Igor Belanov

Igor Belanov

Belanov in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Igor Ivanovich Belanov
Date of birth	(1960-09-25) 25 September 1960 (age 63)
Place of birth	Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1973–1978	Chornomorets Odesa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1979–1981	SKA Odesa	68	(16)
1981–1985	Chornomorets Odesa	116	(26)
1985–1989	Dynamo Kyiv	121	(40)
1989–1991	Borussia Mönchengladbach	24	(4)
1991–1995	Eintracht Braunschweig	64	(21)
1995–1996	Chornomorets Odesa	3	(1)
1996–1997	Metalurh Mariupol	5	(4)
Total		401	(112)
International career
1985–1990	Soviet Union	33	(8)
Medal record Representing  Soviet Union UEFA European Championship Runner-up 1988 West Germany
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Igor Ivanovich Belanov (Russian: И́горь Ива́нович Бела́нов) or Ihor Ivanovych Bielanov (Ukrainian: Ігор Іванович Бєланов; born 25 September 1960) is a Soviet and Ukrainian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

He made a name for himself at Dynamo Kyiv, winning five major titles as well as the Ballon d'Or in 1986 and became the second Ukrainian national to win the award after Oleh Blokhin (1975). He then spent six years in Germany with Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga and Eintracht Braunschweig in the 2. Bundesliga, with little success.

Belanov represented the Soviet Union at one World Cup and one European Championship. He was included in the list of the top 100 World Cup footballers of all time by The Guardian in 2014.^[1] In 2011, he, Oleh Blokhin and Vitaliy Starukhin were named as the "legends of Ukrainian football" at the Victory of Football awards.^[2]