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Igor Larionov

1960 - Today

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Igor Nikolayevich Larionov (Russian: Игорь Николаевич Ларионов; born 3 December 1960) is a Russian ice hockey coach, sports agent and former professional ice hockey player, known as "the Professor". Considered one of the best hockey players of all time, he, along with Viacheslav Fetisov, were instrumental in forcing the Soviet government to let Soviet players compete in the National Hockey League (NHL). During his career, which lasted from 1977 to 2006, he primarily played the centre position. Larionov won the Stanley Cup three times with the Detroit Red Wings (1997, 1998, 2002) and was inducted as a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame on 10 November 2008. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Igor Larionov is the 26th most popular hockey player (down from 22nd in 2019), the 1,596th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,642nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Russian Hockey Player.

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Igor Larionov ranks 26 out of 676. Before him are Alexander Ovechkin, Bobby Orr, Karel Hartmann, Valentin Loos, Jacques Plante, and René Fasel. After him are Art Langley, Sergei Makarov, Teemu Selänne, Vladimír Zábrodský, Georges Vézina, and Vladimir Petrov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Igor Larionov ranks 233. Before him are Djamel Menad, RuPaul, Alfred Gusenbauer, Annabella Sciorra, Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, and Mykelti Williamson. After him are Mick Hucknall, Shinya Tsukamoto, Carol Alt, Kazuo Ozaki, Barbara Broccoli, and Tomislav Ivković.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Igor Larionov ranks 1,596 out of 3,761. Before him are Mstislav Dobuzhinsky (1875), Vladimir Georgiyevich Titov (1947), Vladimir Levenshtein (1935), Andrei Tchmil (1963), Sergei Mavrodi (1955), and Pyotr Gavrilov (1900). After him are Nikolai Gastello (1907), Mikhail Pugovkin (1923), Klaus-Dieter Sieloff (1942), Klavdiya Boyarskikh (1939), Illarion Pryanishnikov (1840), and Pyotr Saltykov (1698).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Russia

Among hockey players born in Russia, Igor Larionov ranks 6. Before him are Vladislav Tretiak (1952), Valeri Kharlamov (1948), Viktor Tikhonov (1930), Viacheslav Fetisov (1958), and Alexander Ovechkin (1985). After him are Sergei Makarov (1958), Vladimir Petrov (1947), Alexander Yakushev (1947), Alexei Kasatonov (1959), Viktor Konovalenko (1938), and Pavel Bure (1971).

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