Igor Dobrovolski

Igor Dobrovolski

Personal information
Full name	Igor Ivanovich Dobrovolski
Date of birth	27 August 1967 (1967-08-27) (age 44)
Place of birth	Markov, Odessa Oblast, Soviet Union
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Winger
Club information
Current club	Dacia Chişinău (manager)
Youth career
	Tiraspol Children and Youth Sport School N4
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1984–1985	Nistru Chişinău	27	(13)
1986–1990	Dynamo Moscow	124	(27)
1990–1991	Castellón	14	(3)
1991–1992	Servette	23	(15)
1992	Genoa	4	(1)
1992–1993	Marseille	8	(1)
1993–1994	Dynamo Moscow	31	(9)
1994–1995	Atlético Madrid	19	(1)
1996–1999	Fortuna Düsseldorf	54	(14)
2004–2006	Tiligul Tiraspol	9	(1)
National team
1986–1991	USSR	25	(7)
1992	CIS	4	(1)
1992–1998	Russia	18	(2)
Teams managed
2004–2006	Tiligul Tiraspol (player-manager)
2007–2009	Moldova
2010–	Dacia Chişinău
Honours Competitor for the  Soviet Union Men's football Gold 1988 Seoul Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Igor Ivanovich Dobrovolski (Russian: Игорь Иванович Добровольский, Ukrainian: Ігор Іванович Добровольський, Ihor Ivanovych Dobrovolskyi; born 27 August 1967) is retired footballer in the wide attacking midfielder role. He is currently the manager of Dacia Chişinău.

He started his career at Moldavian SSR, then played in Russian SFSR, Spain, Italy, France, Germany before retired in Moldova. He never played in Ukrainian SSR or independent Ukraine.

Contents 1 Club career 2 International career 2.1 Honours 3 Coaching career 4 References

Club career

Born in Markove, Rozdilnianskyi Raion, Odessa Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Dobrovolski trained at Tiraspol Children and Youth Sport School N4 in Moldavian SSR in early years (now in Transnistria). During his extensive career he played for Nistru Chişinău, Dynamo Moscow, Castellón, Servette, Genoa, Olympique de Marseille, Atlético Madrid, Fortuna Düsseldorf and Tiligul Tiraspol.^[1] In 1990, Igor Dobrovolski was thought of as one of the best young players in the world.^[2]

International career

He played for three different national teams: USSR at 1988 Olympic Games were he was a gold medal winner and finished second top goal scorer with six goals (including one in the Gold Medal game itself); Romário scored seven but Brazil lost in the final to USSR. He was also part, with the same team, of the 1990 FIFA World Cup, representing afterwards the CIS at UEFA Euro 1992 and Russia at Euro 1996. He scored CIS's only goal in UEFA Euro 1992, in a 1–1 draw against Germany.^[3]

Five players had the honour of scoring a goal in five successive games – Igor Dobrovolski (USSR in 1988), Ottmar Hitzfeld (FR Germany in 1972), Milan Galić (Yugoslavia in 1960) and Adolfo Baloncieri (Italy in 1928). Only Dobrovolski actually claimed gold.^[4]

Honours

• Gold Medal at the 1988 Olympics
• Silver Boot at the 1988 Olympics (6 goals)
• Soviet Footballer of the Year: 1990
• 1990 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Winner
• French League Title 1991–92
• UEFA Champions League: 1992–93 Winner

Coaching career

At 39 years old he was coaching Tiligul Tiraspol in the 2005–06 season, and then took over the Moldova national football team for the qualification to UEFA Euro 2008, with a view to a two-year extension to his contract if he was successful.

In December 2007, he signed a new contract with Moldova.^[5] He was allowed to coach any club until the start of 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA). On 16 October 2009, Dobrovolski announced his resignation.^[6]

References

Swiss Footballer of the Year Previous winners 1972–73: Karl Odermatt 1973–74: verilmedi 1974–75: Umberto Barberis 1975-76: Köbi Kuhn 1976–77: Hansjörg Pfister 1977-78: Rudolf Elsener 1978–79: Umberto Barberis 1979–80: Umberto Barberis 1980–81: Heinz Lüdi 1981–82: Claudio Sulser 1982–83: Lucien Favre 1983–84: Heinz Hermann 1984–85: Heinz Hermann / Rolf Osterwalder 1985–86: Heinz Hermann 1986–87: Heinz Hermann 1987–88: Heinz Hermann 1988–89: Peter Nadig 1989–90: André Egli 1990–91: Adrian Knup 1991–92: Jean-Paul Brigger 1992–93: Ciriaco Sforza 1993–94: Thomas Bickel 1994–95: Nestor Subiat 1995–96: Kubilay Türkyilmaz 1996–97: Kubilay Türkyilmaz 1997–98: Kubilay Türkyilmaz Foreigner of the Year 1974–75: Ilija Katić 1975-76: Ilija Katić 1976–77: Eigil Nielsen 1977-78: Martin Chivers 1978–79: Jurica Jerković 1979–80: Piet Hamberg 1980–81: Robert Kok 1981–82: Jurica Jerković 1982–83: Jurica Jerković 1983–84: Raúl Nogués 1984–85: Charly Herberth 1985–86: Lars Lunde 1986–87: Robert Prytz 1987–88: John Eriksen 1988–89: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 1989–90: Iván Zamorano 1990–91: Edwin Gorter 1991–92: Igor Dobrovolski 1992–93: Sonny Anderson 1993–94: Élber 1994–95: Petar Aleksandrov 1995–96: Viorel Moldovan 1996–97: Viorel Moldovan 1997–98: Shabani Nonda

Soviet Footballer of the Year 1964: Voronin 1965: Voronin 1966: Biba 1967: Streltsov 1968: Streltsov 1969: Muntyan 1970: Shesternyov 1971: Rudakov 1972: Lovchev 1973: Blokhin 1974: Blokhin 1975: Blokhin 1976: Astapovsky 1977: Kipiani 1978: Shengelia 1979: Starukhin 1980: Chivadze 1981: Shengelia 1982: Dasayev 1983: Cherenkov 1984: Lytovchenko 1985: Demyanenko 1986: Zavarov 1987: Protasov 1988: Mykhaylychenko 1989: Cherenkov 1990: Dobrovolski 1991: Kolyvanov

Soviet Union squad – 1988 Summer Olympics Gold Medalists 1 Prudnikov 2 Kharine 3 Fokin 4 Gorlukovich 5 Janonis 6 Ketashvili 7 Losev 8 Jarovenko 9 Kuznetsov 10 Dobrovolski 11 Mykhaylychenko 12 Narbekovas 13 Ponomaryov 14 Sklyarov 15 Cherednyk 16 Tatarchuk 17 Tyshchenko 18 Savichev 19 Lyutyi 20 Borodyuk Coach: Byshovets

Soviet Union squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup 1 Dasayev (c) 2 Bezsonov 3 Khidiyatullin 4 Kuznetsov 5 Demyanenko 6 Rats 7 Aleinikov 8 Litovchenko 9 Zavarov 10 Protasov 11 Dobrovolski 12 Borodyuk 13 Tsveiba 14 Lyutyi 15 Yaremchuk 16 Chanov 17 Zygmantovich 18 Shalimov 19 Fokin 20 Gorlukovich 21 Broshin 22 Uvarov Coach: Lobanovsky

CIS squad – UEFA Euro 1992 1 Kharine 2 Chernyshov 3 Tskhadadze 4 Tsveiba 5 O. Kuznetsov 6 Shalimov 7 Mykhaylychenko (c) 8 Kanchelskis 9 Aleinikov 10 Dobrovolski 11 Yuran 12 Cherchesov 13 Kiriakov 14 Lyutyi 15 Kolyvanov 16 D. Kuznetsov 17 Korneev 18 Onopko 19 Lediakhov 20 Ivanov Coach: Byshovets

Russia squad – UEFA Euro 1996 1 Kharin 2 Tetradze 3 Nikiforov 4 Tsymbalar 5 Kovtun 6 Karpin 7 Onopko (c) 8 Kanchelskis 9 Kolyvanov 10 Mostovoi 11 Kiriakov 12 Cherchesov 13 Bushmanov 14 Dobrovolskiy 15 Shalimov 16 Simutenkov 17 Beschastnykh 18 Yanovskiy 19 Radimov 20 Gorlukovich 21 Khokhlov 22 Ovchinnikov Coach: Romantsev

Moldova national football team – managers Caras (1991–92) Piunovschi (1992) Caras (1992–97) Danilianţ (1998–99) Maţiura (1999–2001) Spiridon (2001) Pasulko (2002–06) Teslev (2006–07) Dobrovolski (2007–09) Balint (2010–)

Persondata
Name	Dobrovolski, Igor
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	27 August 1967
Place of birth	village Markove, Odessa Oblast, Soviet Union
Date of death
Place of death