Vitaliy Starukhin
Ukrainian footballer (1949–2000) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Vitaliy Vladimirovich Starukhin (Ukrainian: Старухін, Виталій Володимирович; born 6 June 1949 in Minsk; died 9 August 2000) was a Ukrainian professional footballer who played as a forward. He is considered by many fans to one be the greatest players to ever play for Shakhtar Donetsk.[1]
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Full name | Vitaliy Vladimirovich Starukhin | ||
Date of birth | (1949-06-06)6 June 1949 | ||
Place of birth | Minsk, Belarusian SSR | ||
Date of death | 9 August 2000(2000-08-09) (aged 51) | ||
Place of death | Donetsk, Ukraine | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1968–1971 | SKA Odessa | 56 | (28) |
1971–1972 | Budivelnyk | 24 | (20) |
1973–1981 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 217 | (84) |
Total | 297 | (132) | |
International career | |||
1979 | Soviet Union | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1981–2000 | Shakhtar (youth teams) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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In 1979, he was awarded Player of the year award.[2] In 1979 Starukhin played couple of games for Ukraine at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.[3]
In 2011 Vitaly Starukhin, together with Oleg Blokhin and Igor Belanov was named as "the legends of Ukrainian football" at the Victory of Football awards.[4]