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Oleg Blokhin

1952 - Today

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Oleg Vladimirovich Blokhin, or Oleh Volodymyrovych Blokhin (Ukrainian: Оле́г Володи́мирович Блохі́н, Russian: Оле́г Влади́мирович Блохи́н; born 5 November 1952), is a Ukrainian former football player and manager. Regarded as one of the greatest footballers of his generation, Blokhin was a standout striker for Dynamo Kyiv and the Soviet Union. He holds the all-time top goalscorer record for both Dynamo Kiev (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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Oleg Blokhin is the 95th most popular soccer player (down from 94th in 2019), the 89th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 92nd in 2019) and the most popular Ukrainian Soccer Player.

Oleg Blokhin is most famous for being a football player. He played for Dynamo Kiev and the Soviet Union national team, and is the second-highest scorer in the history of the Soviet Union national team.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Oleg Blokhin ranks 95 out of 21,273. Before him are Yochanan Vollach, Xavi, Xabi Alonso, Hristo Stoichkov, Lilian Thuram, and Gylmar dos Santos Neves. After him are Luis Suárez, Eric Cantona, Rob Rensenbrink, George Graham, Fabio Cannavaro, and Roberto Mancini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Oleg Blokhin ranks 38. Before him are Sammo Hung, Anneliese Michel, Gary Moore, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Larry Fink, and Péter Erdő. After him are Jacques Audiard, Dominique Mamberti, Maria Schneider, Bronisław Komorowski, Idriss Déby, and Laura Branigan.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Oleg Blokhin ranks 89 out of 1,365. Before him are Nestor the Chronicler (1056), Irène Némirovsky (1903), Karol Szymanowski (1882), Bruno Schulz (1892), Ze'ev Jabotinsky (1880), and Andrzej Żuławski (1940). After him are Lev Shestov (1866), Anacharsis (-700), Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (1884), Karl Radek (1885), Daniel of Galicia (1201), and Clarice Lispector (1920).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Ukraine

Among soccer players born in Ukraine, Oleg Blokhin ranks 1. After him are Andriy Shevchenko (1976), Igor Belanov (1960), Géza Kalocsay (1913), Oleh Protasov (1964), Mykhaylo Fomenko (1948), Yozhef Sabo (1940), Serhiy Rebrov (1974), Oleksandr Zavarov (1961), Kazimierz Górski (1921), Anatoliy Demyanenko (1959), and Anatoliy Konkov (1949).

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