Oleg Blokhin
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Oleh Volodymyrovych "Oleg" Blokhin (Ukrainian: Олег Володимирович Блохін) (born 5 November 1952 in Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

) is a Ukrainian
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

 football coach
Coach (sport)
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 and current head coach of the Ukrainian national team
Ukraine national football team
The Ukraine national football team is the national football team of Ukraine and is controlled by the Football Federation of Ukraine. After Ukrainian Independence and breakaway from the Soviet Union, they played their first match against Hungary on 29 April 1992...

. Blokhin was formerly a standout striker
Striker
Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...

 for Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football...

 and the Soviet national team. In 1975 he was named European Footballer of the Year, winning the Ballon d'Or, becoming the second Soviet and the first Ukrainian player to achieve such a feat.

Career

Blokhin was born in Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

, the capital of the Ukrainian SSR
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic or in short, the Ukrainian SSR was a sovereign Soviet Socialist state and one of the fifteen constituent republics of the Soviet Union lasting from its inception in 1922 to the breakup in 1991...

, in 1952 to a Russian
Russians
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 father and Ukrainian
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

 mother.

Playing

Blokhin was one of the greatest strikers in the world throughout the 1970s, hitting the target regularly through a period of great success at his hometown club Dynamo Kiev and becoming the greatest goalscorer in the history of the Soviet League. Only the regime in the Soviet Union prevented him from moving abroad to play in Europe's strongest leagues.

Blokhin played during most of his career for Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football...

, becoming the USSR
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 national championship's all-time leader and goalscorer with 211 goals, as well as making more appearances than any other player with 432 appearances. He won the championship 8 times. He led Dynamo to the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been organised by UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season—but...

 in 1975 and 1986, scoring a goal in each final. Blokhin is also the USSR national football team's most capped
Cap (sport)
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 player with 112 caps, as well as their all time leading goalscorer with 42 goals; he played in the 1982
1982 FIFA World Cup
The 1982 FIFA World Cup, the 12th FIFA World Cup, was held in Spain from 13 June to 11 July. The tournament was won by Italy, after defeating West Germany 3–1 in the final.-Host selection:...

 and 1986
1986 FIFA World Cup
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 FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup
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s where he scored 1 goal in each. He was one of the first Soviet players to play abroad, signing for Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

's Vorwärts Steyr in 1988, he also played in Cyprus
Cyprus
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 with Aris.

Coaching

After retiring as a player, Blokhin coached Greek clubs Olympiacos (Under him they won the Greek Cup twice, in 1990 and 1992, and the Greek Super Cup
Greek Super Cup
-Official edition:-External links:*...

 once, in 1992), AEK Athens, PAOK, and Ionikos.

He began serving as the head coach of the Ukrainian national team
Ukraine national football team
The Ukraine national football team is the national football team of Ukraine and is controlled by the Football Federation of Ukraine. After Ukrainian Independence and breakaway from the Soviet Union, they played their first match against Hungary on 29 April 1992...

 in September 2003. Under his leadership, Ukraine reached the quarter-finals of 2006 World Cup. There, Ukraine lost to Italy
Italy national football team
The Italy National Football Team , represents Italy in association football and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation , the governing body for football in Italy. Italy is the second most successful national team in the history of the World Cup having won four titles , just one fewer than...

, who eventually progressed to become the 2006 World Champion. Following the side's failure to reach UEFA Euro 2008, Blokhin stepped down as coach on 6 December 2007.

On 14 December 2007, he was named head coach of FC Moscow. The club finished 9th (from 16) and after the season ended Blokhin was fired from the club. At the end of the season, Blokhin announced that if he knew how things would go in FC Moscow, he would have never signed there. This was because the club released many important players without Blokhin's permission yet still had many high expectations. Others said that the reason Blokhin failed in FC Moscow was that he and the press didn't have a friendly relationship, and because of that the press was constantly attacking Blokhin and that damaged his status among the players.

On 21 April 2011 Blokhin was again appointed head coach of the Ukrainian national team.

Club

Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football...

1969 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 0
1970 0 0 1 0 0 0
1 0
1971 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 0
1972
Soviet Top League 1972
-Overview:Sixteen teams competed for the championships, and Zarya Voroshilovgrad won the championship.-League standings:-Top scorers:14 goals* Oleg Blokhin 13 goals* Oganes Zanazanyan 12 goals* Gennadi Khromchenkov...

27 14 2 0 6 1
35 15
1973
Soviet Top League 1973
-Overview:It was performed in 16 teams, and Ararat Yerevan won the championship.-League standings:drawn matches decided by penalties, the winners obtaining 1 point, the losers 0.-Top scorers:18 goals* Oleg Blokhin 16 goals...

29 18 8 4 5 1
42 23
1974
Soviet Top League 1974
-League standings:-Top scorers:20 goals* Oleg Blokhin 16 goals* Anatoli Ionkin * Vadim Pavlenko 13 goals* Vladimir Makarov 12 goals* Vadim Nikonov 11 goals...

29 20 4 3 9 5
42 28
1975 28 18 0 0 8 5
36 23
1976
Soviet Top League 1976
-Overview:It was performed in 16 teams, and Dynamo Moscow won the championship.-League Standings:-Top scorers:8 goals* Arkady Andreasyan 7 goals* Nikolai Kazaryan 6 goals* Ravil Aryapov * Vladimir Danilyuk...

19 8 1 0 8 2
28 10
1977
Soviet Top League 1977
-League standings:-Top scorers:17 goals* Oleg Blokhin 14 goals* David Kipiani 12 goals* Yuri Chesnokov 10 goals* Andrei Yakubik 9 goals* Yuri Reznik * Nikolai Smolnikov...

29 17 3 2 2 0 1 0 35 19
1978
Soviet Top League 1978
-Overview:It was performed in 16 teams, and Dinamo Tbilisi won the championship.-League standings:-Top scorers:19 goals* Georgi Yartsev 15 goals* Ramaz Shengelia 13 goals* Oleg Blokhin 11 goals...

26 13 8 4 4 0
38 17
1979
Soviet Top League 1979
-Overview:It was performed in 18 teams, and Spartak Moscow won the championship.On 11 August 1979, a mid-air collision killed virtually the entire FC Pakhtakor Tashkent team...

24 17 6 1 4 1
34 19
1980
Soviet Top League 1980
-League standings:-Top scorers:20 goals* Sergey Andreyev 19 goals* Oleg Blokhin 17 goals* Ramaz Shengelia 14 goals* Yuri Goryachev * Aleksandr Tarkhanov 12 goals...

33 19 7 3 2 0
42 22
1981
Soviet Top League 1981
-League standings:-Top scorers:23 goals* Ramaz Shengelia 21 goals* Yuri Gavrilov 19 goals* Oleg Blokhin 16 goals* Vladimir Kazachyonok 15 goals* Valery Gazzaev 14 goals...

29 19 7 3 6 1 1 0 43 23
1982
Soviet Top League 1982
-Overview:It was performed in 18 teams, and Dinamo Minsk won the championship.-League standings:-Top scorers:23 goals* Andrei Yakubik 18 goals* Merab Megreladze 16 goals* Ramaz Shengelia...

24 10 3 0 4 0
31 10
1983
Soviet Top League 1983
-Overview:18 teams patricipated, and Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk won the championship.-League standings:-Top scorers:18 goals* Yuri Gavrilov 17 goals* Igor Gurinovich 15 goals* Volodymyr Fink...

31 10 1 0 2 0
34 10
1984
Soviet Top League 1984
-Overview:18 teams participated, and Zenit Leningrad won the championship.-League standings:-Top scorers:19 goals* Sergey Andreyev 18 goals* Hamlet Mkhitaryan 17 goals* Oleh Protasov * Yuri Tarasov...

30 10 6 2 0 0
36 12
1985 29 12 2 1 9 5
40 18
1986 23 2 5 5 8 5 1 0 37 12
1987 20 4 3 1 2 0 5 4 30 9
Total 4322116729792684586270
SK Vorwärts Steyr
SK Vorwärts Steyr
SK Vorwärts Steyr is an Austrian association football club based in Steyr. It was founded in 1919. They play at the Vorwärts Stadium.- Current squad :*On loan from Westside Strikers FC...

1987–88
Austrian Football Bundesliga 1987-88
-Overview:Fall season is performed in 12 teams, and higher eight teams go into Meister playoff. Lower four teams fought in Mittlere Playoff with higher four teams of Austrian Football First League.SK Rapid Wien won the championship.-Fall season:...

13 5 0 0 0 0
13 5
1988–89
Austrian Football Bundesliga 1988-89
-Overview:Fall season is performed in 12 teams, and higher eight teams go into Meister playoff. Lower four teams fought in Mittlere Playoff with higher four teams of Austrian Football First League.FC Swarovski Tirol won the championship.-Fall season:...

28 4 1 1 0 0
29 5
Total 4191100--4210
Aris Limassol 1989–90
Cypriot First Division 1989-90
The Cypriot First Division 1989-90 league was performed with 14 teams, and APOEL won the championship. The defending champion was AC Omonia.-League standings:-References:*...

22 5 6 2 0 0
28 7
Total 2256200--287
CareerTotal 4952257432792684656287

  • Other - USSR Super Cup & USSR Federation Cup

  • The statistics in USSR Cups and Europe is made under the scheme "autumn-spring" and enlisted in a year of start of tournaments

International

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International goals

Score and results list Soviet Union's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 16 July 1972 Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Helsinki Olympic Stadium
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, Helsinki
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1–0 1–1 Friendly
Exhibition game
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2. 6 August 1972 Råsunda Stadion, Stockholm
Stockholm
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4–3 4–4 Friendly
3. 1 September 1972 Jahnstadion, Regensburg
Regensburg
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1–0 4–1 1972 Olympics
4. 2–0
5. 3–0
6. 5 September 1972 Rosenaustadion
Rosenaustadion
Rosenaustadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany. It is the largest stadium in the city.Until 2009, the stadium was used mostly for football matches by the football club...

, Augsburg
Augsburg
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1–0 1–2 1972 Olympics
7. 8 September 1972 Rosenaustadion, Augsburg 3–0 4–0 1972 Olympics
8. 10 September 1972 Olympic Stadium
Olympic Stadium (Munich)
Olympiastadion is a stadium located in Munich, Germany. Situated at the heart of the Olympiapark München in northern Munich, the stadium was built as the main venue for the 1972 Summer Olympics....

, Munich
Munich
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1–0 2–2 1972 Olympics
9. 26 May 1973 Central Lenin Stadium
Luzhniki Stadium
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, Moscow
Moscow
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1–0 2–0 1972 World Cup qualifier
10. 2 April 1975 Kiev Central Stadium
Olimpiysky National Sports Complex
The Olympic National Sports Complex is a multi-use sports facility in Kiev, Ukraine, located on the slopes of city's central Cherepanov Hill, Pechersk Raion. The stadium is the premier sports venue of Ukraine and one of the world's largest...

, Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

 
3–0 3–0 Euro 1976 qualifier
11. 18 May 1975 Kiev Central Stadium, Kiev 1–0 2–1 Euro 1976 qualifier
12. 10 March 1976 Všešportový areál, Košice
Košice
Košice is a city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary...

 
1–0 2–2 Friendly
13. 24 March 1976 Vasil Levski National Stadium
Vasil Levski National Stadium
Vasil Levski National Stadium , named after Bulgarian national hero Vasil Levski, is one of Bulgaria's largest sports venues and the country's second largest stadium...

, Sofia
Sofia
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...

 
3–0 3–0 Friendly
14. 22 May 1976 Kiev Central Stadium, Kiev 2–2 2–2 Euro 1976 qualifier
15. 23 July 1976 Lansdowne Park
Lansdowne Park
Lansdowne Park is a historic sports, exhibition and entertainment facility in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, owned by the City of Ottawa. It is located along Bank Street and is adjacent to the Rideau Canal, in central Ottawa...

, Ottawa
Ottawa
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3–0 3–0 1976 Olympics
16. 23 March 1977 JNA Stadium, Belgrade
Belgrade
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1–0 4–2 Friendly
17. 3–1
18. 7 September 1977 Central Stadium
Central Stadium (Volgograd)
Central Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Volgograd, Russia, that is home to SC Rotor Volgograd. The capacity of the stadium is 32,120 with plans to expand to 45,015 in time for the 2018 FIFA World Cup....

, Volgograd
Volgograd
Volgograd , formerly called Tsaritsyn and Stalingrad is an important industrial city and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. It is long, north to south, situated on the western bank of the Volga River...

 
3–1 4–1 Friendly
19. 4–1
20. 26 February 1978 Stade El Harti
Stade El Harti
Stade El Harti is a multi-use stadium in Marrakech, Morocco. It is currently used mostly for football matches and hosts the home games of Kawkab Marrakech. The stadium holds 20,000 people. It is due to be replaced by Stade de Marrakech in 2009....

, Marrakech
Marrakech
Marrakech or Marrakesh , known as the "Ochre city", is the most important former imperial city in Morocco's history...

 
1–1 3–2 Friendly
21. 5 April 1978 Hrazdan Stadium
Hrazdan Stadium
Hrazdan Stadium is a multi-use, all-seater stadium in Yerevan, Armenia, built and opened in 1970. With the financial support of Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the stadium was built in a remarkable period of 11 months....

, Yerevan
Yerevan
Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country...

 
4–0 10–2 Friendly
22. 6–0
23. 9–1
24. 14 May 1978 Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest
Bucharest
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1–0 1–0 Friendly
25. 5 October 1978 Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium
Ankara 19 Mayis Stadium
Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium is the home venue for three of Ankara's Süper Lig football clubs: Ankaragücü, Gençlerbirliği and Hacettepe. It was built in 1935 and is part of the 19 Mayıs Sports Complex, which is located in the Ulus district. The stadium has a capacity of 19,209...

, Ankara
Ankara
Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of , and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara Province had a population of 4.4 million....

 
2–0 2–0 Friendly
26. 28 March 1979 Lokomotiv Stadium
Lokomotiv Stadium (Tavriya)
Lokomotiv Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Simferopol, Ukraine. It is currently used mostly for football matches, and is the home of SC Tavriya Simferopol. The stadium holds 19,978 people and was built in 1967 and renovated in 2004....

, Simferopol
Simferopol
-Russian Empire and Civil War:The city was renamed Simferopol in 1784 after the annexation of the Crimean Khanate to the Russian Empire by Catherine II of Russia. The name Simferopol is derived from the Greek, Συμφερόπολις , translated as "the city of usefulness." In 1802, Simferopol became the...

 
1–0 3–1 Friendly
27. 27 August 1980 Népstadion, Budapest
Budapest
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1–1 4–1 Friendly
28. 23 September 1981 Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow 3–0 4–0 1982 World Cup qualifier
29. 7 October 1981 İzmir Atatürk Stadium, Izmir
Izmir
Izmir is a large metropolis in the western extremity of Anatolia. The metropolitan area in the entire Izmir Province had a population of 3.35 million as of 2010, making the city third most populous in Turkey...

 
2–0 3–0 1982 World Cup qualifier
30. 3–0
31. 18 November 1981 Dinamo Stadium
Boris Paichadze Stadium
The Boris Paichadze National Stadium , also known as the Dinamo Stadium, is a football stadium in Tbilisi, Georgia. It is the home stadium of FC Dinamo Tbilisi. The stadium was built in 1976 by Georgian architect Gia Kurdiani. Before then Dinamo's stadium was a smaller ground with a maximum...

, Tbilisi
Tbilisi
Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...

 
2–0 3–0 1982 World Cup qualifier
32. 29 November 1981 Tehelné pole
Tehelné pole
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, Bratislava
Bratislava
Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava...

 
1–0 1–1 1982 World Cup qualifier
33. 3 June 1982 Råsunda Stadion, Stockholm 1–0 1–1 Friendly
34. 19 June 1982 Estadio La Rosaleda, Málaga
Málaga
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2–0 3–0 1982 World Cup
35. 13 April 1983 Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise is a multi-purpose stadium in Lausanne, Switzerland. The stadium holds 15,850 people and was built in 1904.During the 1954 FIFA World Cup, the stadium hosted five games.It is used mostly for football matches...

, Lausanne
Lausanne
Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...

 
1–0 1–0 Friendly
36. 17 May 1983 Praterstadion, Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

 
2–1 2–2 Friendly
37. 1 June 1983 Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki 1–0 1–0 Euro 1984 qualifier
UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying Group 2
Standings and results for Group 2 of the 1984 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying tournament.Group 2 consisted of Finland, Poland, Portugal and USSR...

38. 26 July 1983 Zentralstadion
Red Bull Arena (Leipzig)
The Red Bull Arena, formerly Zentralstadion, located in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, is the premier football facility in the former East Germany. It is the largest football stadium in the former East Germany and has also hosted music concerts as well as football. Various Leipzig football teams have...

, Leipzig
Leipzig
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1–0 3–1 Friendly
39. 9 October 1983 Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow 2–0 2–0 Euro 1984 qualifier
40. 19 August 1984 Kirov Stadium
Kirov Stadium
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, Leningrad
Saint Petersburg
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3–0 3–0 Friendly
41. 9 June 1986 Estadio Sergio León Chavez
Estadio Sergio León Chavez
Estadio Sergio León Chávez is a multi-use stadium in Irapuato, Mexico. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 24,000 people...

, Irapuato 
1–0 2–0 1986 World Cup
1986 FIFA World Cup
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42. 29 October 1986 Lokomotiv Stadium, Simferopol 3–0 3–0 Euro 1988 qualifier
UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying Group 3
Standings and results for Group 3 of the 1988 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying tournament.Group 3 consisted of East Germany, France, Iceland, Norway and USSR...


Politics

In 2002, Blokhin was elected to Verkhovna Rada
Verkhovna Rada
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is Ukraine's parliament. The Verkhovna Rada is a unicameral parliament composed of 450 deputies, which is presided over by a chairman...

 (Ukraine's parliament
Parliament
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) for a second term. In October 2002, he joined the United Social Democratic Party of Ukraine. Recently, Blokhin has showed no political activity, concentrating on his coaching job.

Family

Blokhin was married to Irina Deriugina
Irina Deriugina
Irina Deriugina is a Ukrainian former individual Rhythmic Gymnast. She is the only Soviet rhythmic gymnast who possesses two all around world titles, which she won in 1977 and 1979. Her mother, Albina, was her coach...

,(Soviet/Ukrainian gymnast
Gymnast
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) world champion in free-stand exercise, but the couple divorced in the early 1990s. Blokhin & Deriugina have a daughter named Irina.

Individual honours

  • European Footballer of the Year: Winner in 1975, 5th in 1981, 19th in 1974 and 1976
  • Golden Foot award: 2009
  • Soviet Footballer of the Year
    Soviet Footballer of the Year
    The award Soviet Footballer of the Year had been awarded to the best footballer of the former Soviet Union from 1964 until 1991. The poll was conducted by the weekly sport newspaper Football .-List of winners:-Most Wins by Club:...

    : 1973, 1974, 1975
  • Ukrainian Footballer of the Year
    Ukrainian Footballer of the Year
    Ukrainian Footballer of the Year is an annual award given by the Ukrainskiy Football daily to the best professional Ukrainian footballer....

    : 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981
  • Soviet Top League
    Soviet Top League
    The Soviet Top League since 1970 was officially known as the Supreme League serving as the top division of Soviet Union football since 1936.It was one of the best football leagues in Europe ranking second among the UEFA members in 1988-1989 seasons...

     top scorer: 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977
  • Soviet Top League
    Soviet Top League
    The Soviet Top League since 1970 was officially known as the Supreme League serving as the top division of Soviet Union football since 1936.It was one of the best football leagues in Europe ranking second among the UEFA members in 1988-1989 seasons...

     All-Time Goals and Appearances Leader
  • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1985–86 top scorer
  • European Cup 1986–87 second place on top scorers list.
  • USSR national football team
    USSR national football team
    The Soviet Union National Football Team was the national football team of the Soviet Union. It ceased to exist after the break up of the Union...

     All-Time Goals and Caps Leader
  • Ukraine's Golden Player
    UEFA Jubilee Awards
    To celebrate the Union of European Football Associations 's 50th anniversary in 2004, each of its member associations was asked by UEFA to choose one of its own players as the single most outstanding player of the past 50 years . The 52 players were known as the Golden Players...

     representative

Ballon d'Or

  • 1974 – 19th
  • 1975 – 1st
  • 1976 – 19th
  • 1981 – 5th

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