About Valter Sanaya
Lived 1925 – 1999 (aged 74). Valter Sanaya was a Russian and Georgian association football player and athlete.
Valter Vissarionovich Sanaya (also spelled Walter Sanaya; ; 24 September 1925 – 29 October 1999) was a Soviet football player. A native of Ochamchire, Georgia, Sanaya played as a goalkeeper.
He started his professional football career at FC Dinamo Sukhumi during the 1941 season. In 1944, he then joined FC Dinamo Tbilisi. In the 1946 season, Sanaya was hired by Dynamo Moscow, where he spent the next years. As a goalkeeper in Moscow, he was internally competing with teammates Alexei Khomich and later Lev Yashin and finally took a back seat. After a short return to Dinamo Tbilisi in 1954, he joined Neftyanik Baku. He retired in 1956.
His daughter is former figure skater Marina Sanaya, Walter Sanaya is also a distant cousin of Zurab Sanaya. He died in 1999 in Moscow.
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Who was Valter Sanaya?
Soviet professional football player (1925-1999)
When was Valter Sanaya born?
Valter Sanaya was born on 24 September 1925 in Ochamchire.
When did Valter Sanaya die?
Valter Sanaya died on 29 October 1999 in Moscow.
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Valter Sanaya was an association football player and athlete.
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Valter Sanaya was Russian and Georgian.
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