Oleg Blokhin

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Oleg Blokhin
Oleg Blokhin2013.jpg
Blokhin as manager of Dynamo Kyiv in 2014
Personal information
Full name Oleg Vladimirovich Blokhin /
Oleh Volodymyrovych Blokhin
Date of birth (1952-11-05) 5 November 1952 (age 68)
Place of birth Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
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)
National team
1972–1988 Soviet Union 112 (42)
Teams managed
1990–1993 Olympiacos
1993–1994 PAOK
1994–1997 Ionikos
1998 PAOK
1998–1999 AEK Athens
1999–2002 Ionikos
2003–2007 Ukraine
2007–2008 Moscow
2011–2012 Ukraine
2012–2014 Dynamo Kyiv
Honours
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Oleg Vladimirovich Blokhin, or Oleh Volodymyrovych Blokhin (Ukrainian: Оле́г Володи́мирович Блохі́н, Russian: Оле́г Влади́мирович Блохи́н; born 5 November 1952), is a former Ukrainian and Soviet football player and manager. Regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all-time, Blokhin was formerly a standout striker for Dynamo Kyiv and the Soviet Union.[1]

He holds the all-time top goalscorer record for both Dynamo Kyiv (266 goals) and the Soviet Union national team (42 goals), as well as being the overall top goalscorer in the history of the Soviet Top League (211 goals). He is also the only player to have been capped over 100 times for the Soviet Union and holds Dynamo's appearance record with 582 appearances during his 18-year spell at the club. With Dynamo, Blokhin won eight Soviet league titles, five national cups and two European Cup Winners' Cups. He also competed for the Soviet Union at the 1972 and 1976 Olympic Games and 1982 and 1986 FIFA World Cups. During his playing career he won the Soviet Footballer of the Year award three times and the Ukrainian Footballer of the Year award nine times (both records). 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.

As a coach, he has had two spells in charge of the Ukrainian national team, managing the team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012.

In 2011, Blokhin, together with Igor Belanov and Vitaliy Starukhin were named as "the legends of Ukrainian football" at the Victory of Football awards.[2]

Career[]

Blokhin was born in Kyiv, the capital of the Ukrainian SSR, in 1952. His mother Kateryna Adamenko was multiple champion of USSR in the pentathlon, sprint and long jump. He was born to a Russian father and Ukrainian mother. His father Vladimir Blokhin was a police officer, a World War II veteran, and a competitive sprinter. Owing to his parents, Blokhin quickly mastered sprint, and by the age of 16 ran 60 m within 7 seconds, and 100 m in 11.0 seconds.[3]

Playing[]

Blokhin was one of the greatest players in the world throughout the 1970s, hitting the target regularly through a period of great success at his hometown club Dynamo Kyiv and becoming the greatest goalscorer in the history of the Soviet League, which was one of Europe's strongest. Normally a forward or winger, Blokhin was most renowned for possessing exceptional pace.

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.

In 1979 Blokhin played a couple of games for the Ukraine at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.[4]

Coaching[]

After retiring as a player, Blokhin coached Greek clubs Olympiacos (Under him they won the Greek Cup and the Greek Super Cup in 1992), PAOK, AEK Athens, and Ionikos.

He began serving as the head coach of the Ukrainian national team in September 2003. Under his leadership, Ukraine qualified for a major tournament for the first time as an independent nation, reaching the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. Ukraine reached the quarter-finals of the tournament, losing to eventual champions Italy. Following the side's failure to reach UEFA Euro 2008, Blokhin stepped down as coach on 6 December 2007.[5]

On 14 December 2007, he was named head coach of FC Moscow.[6] The club finished 9th (from 16) and after the season ended Blokhin was fired from the club.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9]

On 21 April 2011 Blokhin was again appointed head coach of the Ukrainian national team.[10][11] He led the team in UEFA Euro 2012 on home soil, beating Sweden but exiting at the group stage after defeats to France and England.

Blokhin in 2012

On 25 September 2012, Dynamo Kyiv signed Blokhin to lead the club for the next four years.[12] His final matches in charge of Ukraine were World Cup qualifiers against Moldova and Montenegro in October 2012.[13] Blokhin was dismissed as Dynamo's manager by the club's President Ihor Surkis on 17 April 2014 because of the "unsatisfactory results of the team".[12] The day before, in a press conference after Dynamo had lost a match against Shakhtar Donetsk, Blokhin had already stated that he had decided to resign.[12] Under his leadership Dynamo never qualified (a rare occasion for the club) for the UEFA Champions League and performed poorly in the UEFA Europa League.[12] In his first year his team finished third in the Ukrainian Premier League and in his second year (when he was fired) Dynamo was seven points behind Ukrainian Premier League leaders Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and Shakhtar Donetsk.[12]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

Club Season League Cup Europe Super Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dynamo Kyiv 1969 1 0 — — — 1 0
1970 — 1 0 — — 1 0
1971 1 0 — — — 1 0
1972 27 14 2 0 6 1 — 35 15
1973 29 18 8 4 5 1 — 42 23
1974 29 20 4 3 9 5 — 42 28
1975 28 18 — 8 5 — 36 23
1976 19 8 1 0 8 2 — 28 10
1977 29 17 3 2 2 0 1 0 35 19
1978 26 13 8 4 4 0 — 38 17
1979 24 17 6 1 4 1 — 34 19
1980 33 19 7 3 2 0 — 42 22
1981 29 19 7 3 6 1 1 0 43 23
1982 24 10 3 0 4 0 — 31 10
1983 31 10 1 0 2 0 — 34 10
1984 30 10 6 2 — — 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 1 0 26 5
Total 432 211 67 29 79 26 4 0 582 266
SK Vorwärts Steyr 1987–88 13 5 — — — 13 5
1988–89 28 4 1 1 — — 29 5
Total 41 9 1 1 — — 42 10
Aris Limassol 1989–90 22 5 6 2 — — 28 7
Total 22 5 6 2 — — 28 7
Career Total 495 225 74 32 79 26 4 0 652 283
  • The statistics in USSR Cups and Europe is made under the scheme "autumn-spring" and enlisted in a year of start of tournaments

International[]

[14]

Soviet Union
Year Apps Goals
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

International goals[]

Score and results list Soviet Union's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 1972-07-16 Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki  Finland 1–0 1–1 Friendly
2. 1972-08-06 Råsunda Stadion, Stockholm  Sweden 4–3 4–4
3. 1972-09-01 Jahnstadion, Regensburg  Mexico 1–0 4–1 1972 Olympics
4. 2–0
5. 3–0
6. 1972-09-05 Rosenaustadion, Augsburg  Poland 1–0 1–2
7. 1972-09-08  Denmark 3–0 4–0
8. 1972-09-10 Olympic Stadium, Munich  East Germany 1–0 2–2
9. 1973-05-26 Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow  France 1–0 2–0 1972 World Cup qualifier
10. 1975-04-02 Kyiv Central Stadium, Kyiv  Turkey 3–0 3–0 Euro 1976 qualifier
11. 1975-05-18  Republic of Ireland 1–0 2–1
12. 1976-03-10 Všešportový areál, Košice  Czechoslovakia 1–0 2–2 Friendly
13. 1976-03-24 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia  Bulgaria 3–0 3–0
14. 1976-05-22 Kyiv Central Stadium, Kyiv  Czechoslovakia 2–2 2–2 Euro 1976 qualifier
15. 1976-07-23 Lansdowne Park, Ottawa  North Korea 3–0 3–0 1976 Olympics
16. 1977-03-23 JNA Stadium, Belgrade  Yugoslavia 1–0 4–2 Friendly
17. 3–1
18. 1977-09-07 Central Stadium, Volgograd  Poland 3–1 4–1
19. 4–1
20. 1978-02-26 Stade El Harti, Marrakech  Morocco 1–1 3–2
21. 1978-04-05 Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan  Finland 4–0 10–2
22. 6–0
23. 9–1
24. 1978-05-14 Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest  Romania 1–0 1–0
25. 1978-10-05 Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara  Turkey 2–0 2–0
26. 1979-03-28 Lokomotiv Stadium, Simferopol  Bulgaria 1–0 3–1
27. 1980-08-27 Népstadion, Budapest  Hungary 1–1 4–1
28. 1981-09-23 Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow  Turkey 3–0 4–0 1982 World Cup qualifier
29. 1981-10-07 İzmir Atatürk Stadium, Izmir 2–0 3–0
30. 3–0
31. 1981-11-18 Dinamo Stadium, Tbilisi  Wales 2–0 3–0
32. 1981-11-29 Tehelné pole, Bratislava  Czechoslovakia 1–0 1–1
33. 1982-06-03 Råsunda Stadion, Stockholm  Sweden 1–0 1–1 Friendly
34. 1982-06-19 Estadio La Rosaleda, Málaga  New Zealand 2–0 3–0 1982 World Cup
35. 1983-04-13 Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne   Switzerland 1–0 1–0 Friendly
36. 1983-05-17 Praterstadion, Vienna  Austria 2–1 2–2
37. 1983-06-01 Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki  Finland 1–0 1–0 Euro 1984 qualifier
38. 1983-07-26 Zentralstadion, Leipzig  East Germany 1–0 3–1 Friendly
39. 1983-10-09 Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow  Poland 2–0 2–0 Euro 1984 qualifier
40. 1984-08-19 Kirov Stadium, Leningrad  Mexico 3–0 3–0 Friendly
41. 1986-06-09 Estadio Sergio León Chavez, Irapuato  Canada 1–0 2–0 1986 World Cup
42. 1986-10-29 Lokomotiv Stadium, Simferopol  Norway 3–0 3–0 Euro 1988 qualifier

Managerial statistics[]

As of 5 November 2020
Team Nat From To Record Achievement
G W D L Win %
Olympiacos Greece 06/1990 01/1993 96 56 27 13 058.33 League runner-up 1991, 1992, Cup holder 1992
P.A.O.K. Greece 1993 1994 40 19 11 10 047.50
Ionikos Greece 12/1994 02/1997 82 29 18 35 035.37
P.A.O.K. Greece 1998 1998 5 1 2 2 020.00
AEK Athens Greece 11/1998 05/1999 24 16 4 4 066.67
Ionikos Greece 03/2000 01/2002 71 23 18 30 032.39
Ukraine Ukraine 01/2003 12/2007 44 21 12 11 047.73 Won qual.group for 2006, Reached 2006 World Cup quarter-finals
Moscow Russia 12/2007 11/2008 36 13 12 11 036.11
Ukraine Ukraine 04/2011 2012 18 7 3 8 038.89 Eliminated at group stage of Euro 2012
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 09/2012 03/2014 61 36 10 15 059.02
Total Europe 06/1990 03/2014 477 221 117 139 046.33

Politics[]

In 1998 Blokhin was elected to Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) for Hromada.[15] He joined Hromada while still being a member of the Communist Party of Ukraine.[15] In 2002, Blokhin was elected to Verkhovna Rada for a second term. In October 2002, he joined the United Social Democratic Party of Ukraine.

Family[]

Blokhin's father, Vladimir Ivanovich Blokhin, is a native of Moscow, a veteran of the World War II, survivor of the Leningrad blockade, and a former Soviet law enforcement agent. Vladimir Blokhin later worked as a sports functionary for the Soviet Dynamo Society. Blokhin's mother Katerina Zakharivna (née Adamenko) is from a village in the Borodyanka Raion. She originally worked at a Kyiv sewing factory, but eventually discovered hidden athletic talents and became the Soviet champion in track and field as well as pentathlon. After retiring from sports, she became a staff member at one of Kyiv's universities.

Blokhin was married to Irina Deriugina, a top coach and former world champion in rhythmic gymnastics, but the couple divorced in the early 1990s. Blokhin and Deriugina have a daughter, singer Iryna Blokhina, who wrote and performed the Euro 2012 anthem.[16]

Blokhin and his second wife, Angela, have two daughters, Hanna (born 2001) and Katerina (born 2002).[17]

Honours[]

Club[]

Dynamo Kyiv

  • Soviet Top League (8): 1971, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986
  • Soviet Cup (5): 1974, 1978, 1982, 1984–85, 1986–87
  • USSR Super Cup: (3): 1981, 1986, 1987
  • UEFA Cup Winners Cup (2): 1974–75, 1985–86
  • UEFA Super Cup: 1975; Runner-up: 1986

Individual[]

Blokhin's Golden Foot, awarded in 2009
  • Merited Master of Sports (1975)
  • Merited Coach of Ukraine (2005)
  • Ballon d'Or: 1975
  • IOC European Footballer of the Season: 1974–75[18]
  • Golden Foot: 2009, as a legend[19]
  • Soviet Footballer of the Year (3): 1973, 1974, 1975
  • Ukrainian Footballer of the Year (9): 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981
  • Soviet Top League top scorer (5): 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977
  • Soviet Top League All-Time Goals and Appearances Leader
  • Soviet Cup All-Time Goals
  • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1985–86 top scorer[20]
  • European Cup 1986–87 second place on top scorers list.[21]
  • USSR national football team All-Time Goals and Caps Leader
  • Ukraine's Golden Player representative[22]
  • The best 33 football players of the Soviet Union (15): No. 1 (1972—1982, 1985, 1986), No. 2 (1983, 1984)
  • Club Loyalty Award: 1986
  • IFFHS Legends[23]

Ballon d'Or[]

See also[]

References[]

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  11. ^ Oleg Blokhin appointed Ukraine coach, Reuters (21 April 2011)
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  13. ^ Dynamo Kyiv signs Blokhin as coach for 4 years, Sports Illustrated (25 September 2012)
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  16. ^ Донька Блохіна заспіває гімн "Євро-2012" (The daughter of Blokhin will sing the Euro 2012 anthem) with photo. TabloID. 11 November 2011
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  23. ^ "IFFHS announce the 48 football legend players". IFFHS. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.

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