Vitaliy Starukhin

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Vitaliy Starukhin
Personal information
Full nameVitaliy Vladimirovich Starukhin
Date of birth(1949-06-06)June 6, 1949
Place of birthMinsk, Belarusian SSR
Date of deathAugust 9, 2000(2000-08-09) (aged 51)
Place of deathDonetsk, Ukraine
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing positionStriker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1968–1970SKA Odessa
1971–1972Budivelnyk?(20)
1973–1981Shakhtar217(84)
National team
1980USSR1(0)
Teams managed
1981–2000Shakhtar (youth teams)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Vitaliy Vladimirovich Starukhin (Ukrainian: Старухін Віталій Володимирович; born June 6, 1949 in Minsk; died August 9, 2000 in Donetsk of pneumonia) was a Soviet professional football player. He is considered by many fans to be the greatest players to ever play for Shakhtar Donetsk.[1]

In 2011 Vitaly Starukhin, together with Oleg Blohin and Igor Belanov was named as "the legends of Ukrainian football" at the Victory of Football awards.[2]

Statistics for Shakhtar

Club Season League Cup Europe Super Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Shakhtar 1973 281033----3113
1974 281184----3615
1975 259------259
1976 (s) 11031----141
1976 (a) 104--52--156
1977 26931----2910
1978 2579420--3611
1979 32262120--3627
1980 2158721--3113
1981 11352--10175
Total 21784412311310270110

Honours

  • Soviet Top League top scorer: 1979 (26 goals).
  • Soviet Top League runner-up: 1975, 1979.
  • Soviet Top League bronze: 1978.
  • Soviet Cup winner: 1980.
  • Soviet Footballer of the Year: 1979.
  • Best rookie player: 1973.

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