Igor Ponomaryov

For the Russian diplomat, see Igor Ponomarev (diplomat).

Igor Ponomaryov

Personal information
Full name	Igor Anatolyevich Ponomaryov
Date of birth	(1960-02-24) 24 February 1960
Place of birth	Baku, Azerbaijani SSR
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
1977–1978	PFC Neftchi Baku
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1978–1981	Neftchi Baku	77	(25)
1982	CSKA Moscow	34	(3)
1983–1988	Neftchi Baku	149	(38)
1989	IFK Norrköping	17	(3)
Total		277[1]	(69)
National team
1980	USSR	1	(0)
Teams managed
	IFK Norrköping (assistant)
	Reymersholms IK (assistant)
2000–2001	Azerbaijan
2002–2003	Syrianska FC
2004–2005	FC Qarabağ-Azersun
2006–2007	FC Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk
2008–2009	Khazar Lankaran FK
Honours Competitor for the  Soviet Union Men's football 1988 Seoul Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Igor Anatolyevich Ponomaryov (Russian: Игорь Анатольевич Пономарёв) (born 24 February 1960 in Baku) is a retired Soviet football player and currently manager of the Khazar Lankaran.

Honours

• Olympic Champion: 1988
• UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship winner: 1978
• 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship runner-up: 1979
• Holds the record for most penalty kicks scored in a row without misses in the Soviet Top League (24)

International career

Ponomaryov played his only game for USSR on 4 December 1980 in a friendly against Argentina.

Personal life

He is the father of Anatoli Ponomarev. Both hold Swedish passports.

References

External links

• Profile (Russian)

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