Valentin Aleksandrovich Nikolayev (Russian: Валенти́н Алекса́ндрович Никола́ев; August 16, 1921 in Yerosovo, Vladimir Governorate – October 9, 2009 in Moscow) was a Soviet football player and coach.

Nikolayev made his debut for USSR on July 20, 1952 in an Olympics game against Bulgaria.

As a manager, he was in charge of USSR national football team from October 1970 until the end of 1971.

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