Vitaliy Starukhin
Vitaliy Starukhin| Personal information |
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| Full name |
Vitaliy Vladimirovich Starukhin |
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| Date of birth |
(1949-06-06)June 6, 1949 |
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| Place of birth |
Minsk, Belarusian SSR |
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| Date of death |
August 9, 2000(2000-08-09) (aged 51) |
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| Place of death |
Donetsk, Ukraine |
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| Height |
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
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| Playing position |
Striker |
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| Senior career* |
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| Years |
Team |
Apps† |
(Gls)† |
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| 1968–1971 |
SKA Odessa |
56 |
(28) |
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| 1971–1972 |
Budivelnyk |
24 |
(20) |
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| 1973–1981 |
Shakhtar |
217 |
(84) |
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| Total |
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297 |
(132) |
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| National team |
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| 1979 |
Ukraine |
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| 1980 |
USSR |
1 |
(0) |
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| Teams managed |
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| 1981–2000 |
Shakhtar (youth teams) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (goals)
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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 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 Blohin and Igor Belanov was named as "the legends of Ukrainian football" at the Victory of Football awards.[4]
Statistics for Shakhtar
| Club |
Season |
League |
Cup |
Europe |
Super Cup |
Total |
| Apps |
Goals |
Apps |
Goals |
Apps |
Goals |
Apps |
Goals |
Apps |
Goals |
| Shakhtar |
1973 |
28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 31 | 13 |
| 1974 |
28 | 11 | 8 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 36 | 15 |
| 1975 |
25 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | 9 |
| 1976 (s) |
11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 14 | 1 |
| 1976 (a) |
10 | 4 | - | - | 5 | 2 | - | - | 15 | 6 |
| 1977 |
26 | 9 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 29 | 10 |
| 1978 |
25 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 36 | 11 |
| 1979 |
32 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 36 | 27 |
| 1980 |
21 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 31 | 13 |
| 1981 |
11 | 3 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 |
| Total |
217 | 84 | 41 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 270 | 110 |
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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.
References
- ↑ Краткая энциклопедия побед "Шахтера". Segodnya (in Russian). May 7, 2011. Archived from the original on September 27, 2013. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
- ↑ "Ukraine - Player of the Year Awards". RSSSF. June 6, 2014. Archived from the original on July 2, 2014. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
- ↑ Football at the 1979 Spartakiad of the Peoples of USSR
- ↑ Лучшими футболистами Украины признаны Анатолий Тимощук, Андрей Шевченко и Александр Шовковский (in Russian) 51 (346). December 20, 2011. Archived from the original on October 15, 2013. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
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