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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]
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]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Super Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 1973 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 13 |
| 1974 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 15 | |
| 1975 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 9 | |
| 1976 (s) | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | |
| 1976 (a) | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | |
| 1977 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 10 | |
| 1978 | 25 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 11 | |
| 1979 | 32 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 27 | |
| 1980 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 13 | |
| 1981 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | |
| Total | 217 | 84 | 41 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 270 | 110 | |
Honours
Shakhtar Donetsk
- Soviet Top League: runner-up 1975, 1979; bronze 1978
- Soviet Cup: 1980
Individual
- Soviet Top League top scorer: 1979 (26 goals)
- Soviet Footballer of the Year: 1979
- Best rookie player: 1973
References
- ^ Краткая энциклопедия побед "Шахтера". Segodnya (in Russian). 7 May 2011. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
- ^ "Ukraine – Player of the Year Awards". RSSSF. 6 June 2014. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
- ^ Football at the 1979 Spartakiad of the Peoples of USSR
- ^ Лучшими футболистами Украины признаны Анатолий Тимощук, Андрей Шевченко и Александр Шовковский (in Russian). Vol. 51, no. 346. 20 December 2011. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
External links
- Vitaliy Vladimirovich Staruhin at KLISF.ru at archive.today (archived 5 September 2013)
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