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For footballer born in 1980, see Oleg Olegovich Blokhin.
Oleg Blokhin
Personal information
Full name Oleg Vladimirović Blokhin
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1962–1969 Dynamo Kyiv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1969–1988 Dynamo Kyiv 432 (211)
1988–1989 Vorwärts Steyr 41 (9)
1989–1990 Aris Limassol 22 (5)
Total 495 (225)
International career
1972–1988 Soviet Union 112 (42)
Managerial career
1990–1993 Olympiacos
1993–1994 PAOK
1994–1997 Ionikos
1997–1998 PAOK
1998–1999 AEK Athens
1999–2002 Ionikos
2003–2007 Ukraine
2007–2008 FC Moscow
2009–2010 Chornomorets Odesa (Sporting Director)
Medal record
Men's Football
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Munich Team competition
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Montreal Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Oleh Volodymyrovych Blokhin, also spell Oleg Vladimirović Blochin (Ukrainian: Олег Володимирович Блохін) (born 5 November 1952 in Kiev) is a Ukrainian football coach, who was formerly a standout striker for Dynamo Kyiv and the Soviet national team. He was named European Footballer of the Year, winning the Ballon d'Or, in 1975, becoming the second Soviet and the first Ukrainian player to achieve such a feat.

Career

Blokhin was born in Kiev, the capital of the Ukrainian SSR, in 1952

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, becoming the USSR 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 in 1975 and 1986, scoring a goal in each final. Blokhin is also the USSR national football team's most capped player with 112 caps, as well as their all time leading goalscorer with 42 goals; he played in the 1982 and 1986 FIFA World Cups where he scored 1 goal in each. He was one of the first Soviet players to play abroad, signing for Austria's Vorwärts Steyr in 1988, he also played in Cyprus 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 once, in 1992), AEK Athens, PAOK, and Ionikos.

He began serving as the head coach of the Ukrainian national team in September 2003. Under his leadership, Ukraine reached the quarter-finals of 2006 World Cup. There, Ukraine lost to Italy, 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.[1]

On 14 December 2007, he was named head coach of FC Moscow.[2] The club finished 9th (from 16) and after the season ended Blokhin was fired from the club.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]

Career statistics

Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dynamo Kyiv 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 27 14 2 0 0 0 29 14
1973 29 18 8 4 6 1 43 23
1974 29 20 4 3 5 1 38 24
1975 28 18 0 0 11 8 39 26
1976 19 8 1 0 6 2 26 10
1977 29 17 3 2 8 2 40 21
1978 26 13 8 4 2 0 36 17
1979 24 17 6 1 4 0 34 18
1980 33 19 7 3 4 1 44 23
1981 29 19 7 3 2 0 38 22
1982 24 10 3 0 6 1 33 11
1983 31 10 1 0 4 0 36 10
1984 30 10 1 1 2 0 33 11
1985 29 12 5 1 0 0 34 13
1986 23 2 2 1 10 5 35 8
1987 20 4 5 5 7 5 32 14
1988 0 0 3 1 2 0 5 1
Total 432 211 67 29 79 26 578 266
SK Vorwärts Steyr 1987–88 13 5 0 0 0 0 13 5
1988–89 28 4 1 1 0 0 29 5
Total 41 9 1 1 0 0 42 10
Aris Limassol 1989–90 22 5 6 2 0 0 28 7
Total 22 5 6 2 0 0 28 7
Career Total 495 225 74 32 79 26 648 283

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Template:Football player national team statistics
1972 9 8
1973 10 1
1974 3 0
1975 7 2
1976 12 4
1977 10 4
1978 10 6
1979 5 1
1980 2 1
1981 6 5
1982 9 2
1983 9 5
1984 3 1
1985 4 0
1986 11 2
1987 1 0
1988 1 0
Total 112 42

Politics

In 2002, Blokhin was elected to Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) 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,(Soviet/Ukrainian gymnast) world champion in free-stand exercise, but the couple divorced in the early 1990s. Irina became a greater trainer in gymnastic than Oleg in football. Her success influenced the further development of rhythmic gymnastics in Ukraine. Anna Bessonova is world champion was created ander Deriuginas coachin talant. Blokhin & Deriugina have a daughter named Irina.

Individual honours

References

  1. ^ Soccer-Blokhin quits as Ukraine coach by Mikhail Volobuyev, Gennady Fyodorov and Ken Ferris, Reuters, December 6, 2007
  2. ^ FK Moscow hire former Ukraine manager Blokhin ESPNsoccernet December 14, 2007
  3. ^ Блохин освобожден от обязанностей главного тренера «Москвы». Sports.ru. 26 November 2008. Retrieved on 2011-01-02.
  4. ^ Олег Блохин: «Если бы знал, как будут делаться дела в команде, то весной бы не пришел в «Москву». Sports.ru. 16 November 2008. Retrieved on 2011-01-02.
  5. ^ Геннадий Литовченко: «Говорил Блохину, что его будут травить». Sports.ru. 4 December 2008. Retrieved on 2011-01-02.
  6. ^ .. Player – Oleg Blokhin. National Football Teams (1952-11-05). Retrieved on 2011-01-02.
  7. ^ Cup Winners Cup Topscorers. Rsssf.com (2003-12-18). Retrieved on 2011-01-02.
  8. ^ European Champions' Cup 1986–87 – Details. Rsssf.com (2008-01-17). Retrieved on 2011-01-02.
  9. ^ [1] [dead link]
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