Oleg Blokhin

1969/88 Dynamo kyiv (USSR) 578 matches, 266 goals

(USSR Championship: 432 matches, 211 goals)

(USSR Cup: 67 matches, 29 goals)

(European Champion Clubs' Cup: 43 matches, 11 goals)

(UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 18 matches, 10 goals)

(UEFA Cup: 15 matches, 2 goals)

(UEFA Super Cup: 3 matches, 3 goals)

1988/89 Vorwärts Steyr (AUT) 42 matches, 10 goals

(Austrian Championship: 41 matches, 9 goals)

(Austrian Cup: 1 match, 1 goal)

1989/90 Aris Limassol (CHY) 28 matches, 7 goals

(Cyprus League: 22 matches, 5 goals)

(Cyprus Cup: 6 matches, 2 goals)

With the National Team :

112 caps, 42 goals

(Friendly matches: 56 caps, 22 goals)

(World Cup qualifiers: 18 caps, 6 goals)

(World Cup: 7 caps, 2 goals)

(Euro qualifiers: 20 caps, 5 goals)

(Olympic Games: 11 caps, 7 goals)*

1st cap: 16 July 1972 against Finland (1-1)

Last cap: 21 September 1988 against West Germany (1-1)

Oleg Vladimirovich Blokhin (Оле́г Володи́мирович Блохі́н)

Born November 5, 1952 in kyiv (USSR)

Ukrainian, Left Winger, Second Striker, Striker, 1m80

Nickname: "The Ukrainian Arrow", Blokha

Oleg Blokhin was a twirling winger who had a silky touch, very high quality ball control and a monstrous quality of acceleration and speed. His dribbling was devastating. Starting his career at Dynamo kyiv, he quickly became a phenomenon.

Under the orders of Valeri Lobanovski, he won 8 USSR championship titles and 6 USSR Cups. With Dynamo kyiv, he scored 266 goals in 568 matches between 1969 and 1988. His career began at the age of 17 and he showed himself from the start as one of the best players in the championship and then in the world. He played more than 15 consecutive seasons with more than 10 goals and won the title of top scorer in the Soviet championship 5 times.

On the international scene, he won the Cup Winners' Cup twice in 1975 and 1986 and established himself in the list of the best players in the world. The year 1975 will also remain one of his best seasons: USSR Champion, winner of the Cup Winners' Cup and winner of the UEFA Super Cup. He also won the Ballon d'Or ahead of legends such as Franz Beckenabuer, Johan Cruyff and Berti Vogts. His year was so incredible that he still holds the record for the number of points awarded by journalists to a single player.

In the Soviet selection, he participated between 1972 and 1988 in two World Cups, those of 1982 and 1986. He was also one of the best players at the Olympic Games in Munich in 1972 during which he scored 6 goals.

He ended his career in the Soviet selection as the record holder for the number of selections for the USSR with 112 matches played and he scored 42 goals.

His career continued abroad, with the leaders of the regime who allowed him to play at Vorwärts Steyr in Austria. He then left to finish his career at Aris Limassol and retired in 1990 at the age of 38.

- Golden Ball in 1975

- 19th in the Golden Ball in 1974 and 1976

- 5th in the Golden Ball in 1981

- Top scorer in the Cup Winners' Cup in 1986 (5 goals) (Dynamo Kiev)

- Top scorer in the USSR Championship in 1972 (14 goals), 1973 (18 goals), 1974 (20 goals), 1975 (18 goals) and 1977 (17 goals) (Dynamo Kiev)

- Voted best Soviet player of the year in 1973, 1974 and 1975

- Voted 2nd best Soviet player of the year in 1977, 1978, 1980 and 1981

- Voted 3rd best Soviet player of the year in 1976 and 1986

- Voted Ukrainian Player of the Year in 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980 and 1981

- Named to the USSR Championship Team of the Year in 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1985 and 1986

- Named to the USSR Championship Second Team of the Year in 1983 and 1984

- Voted Ukraine's "Golden Player" of the Last 50 Years by UEFA in 2003

- Voted among the "legends" of football by Golden Foot in 2009

- Voted Ukrainian football legend in 2011

- Honored Master of Sports of the USSR in 1975

- Inducted into the Hall of Fame of Ukrainian Football (Viktor Leonenko Hall of Fame) in 2012

- Received the Order of Merit of Ukraine 3rd class in 1992, 2nd class in 2004 and 1st class in 2011

- Received the ribbon of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise 5th class in 2006, 4th class in 2012 and 3rd class in 2015

- Received the "Club Loyalty Award" by the Ukrainian newspaper "Prapor Communizma" in 1986

- Named an honorary citizen of kyiv in 2006

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