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Igor Belanov

Igor Belanov
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Personal information
Full name Igor Ivanovich Belanov
Date of birth (1960-09-25) 25 September 1960 (age 56)
Place of birth Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 12 in)
Playing position Attacking Midfielder
Youth career
1973–1978 Chornomorets Odessa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1980 SKA Odessa 68 (16)
1981–1984 Chornomorets Odessa 116 (26)
1985–1989 Dynamo Kyiv 121 (39)
1989–1990 Borussia M'gladbach 24 (4)
1991–1995 Eintracht Braunschweig 67 (21)
1995–1996 Chornomorets Odessa 3 (1)
1996–1997 Metalurh Mariupol 5 (4)
Total 404 (111)
National team
1985–1990 Soviet Union 33 (8)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.



* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Igor Ivanovich (or Ihor Ivanovych) Belanov (Ukrainian: Ігор Іванович Беланов; born 25 September 1960) is a retired Soviet and Ukrainian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or second striker.

He made a name for himself at Dynamo Kyiv, winning five major titles and being named European Footballer of the Year in 1986. He then spent six years in Germany with two teams, with little success.

Belanov represented the Soviet Union at one World Cup and one European Championship.

In 2011, Igor Belanov together with Oleg Blohin and Vitaliy Starukhin was named as the "legends of Ukrainian football" at the Victory of Football awards.

Belanov was born in Odessa, Ukraine, Soviet Union. He started playing professionally in his hometown, with SKA Odessa and FC Chornomorets Odessa, joining country giants FC Dynamo Kyiv in 1985, and scoring ten goals in his first season, which ended with league and cup conquest.


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