Oleg Volodymyrovych Blokhin (born November 5, 1952 in Kiev, Soviet Union, now Ukraine), is a Ukrainian soccer coach, and was formerly a striker for the USSR national football team. He was named European Footballer of the Year in 1975. The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ... The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were held in 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... Kiev (Київ, Kyiv, in Ukrainian; Киев, Kiev, in Russian) is the capital and largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper river. ... FC Dynamo Kyiv (Ukrainian: ФК Динамо Київ, formerly Dinamo Kiev) is the main professional football club in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. ... FC Dynamo Kyiv (Ukrainian: ФК Динамо Київ, formerly Dinamo Kiev) is the main professional football club in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. ... Aris Limassol (Greek: Άρης Λεμεσού) is a cypriot football club based in Limassol. ... With 222 officially recognized titles, Olympiacos CFP (Ολυμπιακός ΣΦΠ) is one of the biggest multisport clubs in Europe. ... Panthessalonikeios Athlitikos Omilos Konstantinoupoliton (Greek: Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινουπολιτών), or the Pan-Thessalonikan Athletic Organisation of Konstantinopolitans, is a sports club mainly known for its football section, one of the biggest in Greece. ... Ionikos FC is a soccer club that plays in the Alpha Ethniki (highest division) in Greece. ... Panthessalonikeios Athlitikos Omilos Konstantinoupoliton (Greek: Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινουπολιτών), or the Pan-Thessalonikan Athletic Organisation of Konstantinopolitans, is a sports club mainly known for its football section, one of the biggest in Greece. ... AEK Athens FC is the football club of the Athletic Union of Constantinople (AEK), a sports club founded in Athens, Greece in Turkey in 1922. ... Ionikos FC is a soccer club that plays in the Alpha Ethniki (highest division) in Greece. ... November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Motto: Oblast Municipality Municipal government City council (Київська Міська рада) Mayor Oleksandr Omelchenko Mayor-elect Leonid Chernovetsky Area 800 km² Population  - city  - urban  - density 2,660,401 100% 3,299/km² Founded City rights around 5th century 1487 Latitude Longitude Area code +380 44 Car plates AA (before 2004: КА,КВ,КЕ,КН,КІ) Sister cities Athens, Brussels... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... // Original meaning and etymology The original meaning of the term coach was: a horse-drawn vehicle designed for the conveyance of more than one passenger — and of mail — and covered for protection from the elements. ... The striker (wearing the red shirt) has run past the defender (in the white shirt) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to attempt to stop the ball. ... First international Estonia 2 - 4 RSFSR (Tallinn, Estonia; 18 September 1923) USSR 3 - 0 Turkey (Moscow, USSR; 16 November 1924) Last International Cyprus 0 - 3 USSR (Larnaca, Cyprus; 13 November 1991) Scotland 3 - 0 CIS (Norrköping, Sweden; 18 June 1992) Largest win USSR 11 - 1 India (Moscow, USSR; 16... Ronaldinho posing on the cover of France Football with the Ballon dOr. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...

A former Dynamo Kiev player, Blokhin is the USSR national championship's all-time leader and goalscorer with 211 goals, as well as making more appearances than any other player with 432 appearances. He won the championship 8 times. He led Dynamo to the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1975 and 1986. Blokhin is the USSR national football team's most capped player with 112 caps, as well as their all time leading goalscorer with 42 goals, he played in the 1982 and 1986 Football World Cups. He was one of the first Soviet players to play abroad, signing for Austria's Vorwärts Steyr in 1988, he also played in Greece with Aris. FC Dynamo Kyiv (Ukrainian: ФК Динамо Київ, formerly Dinamo Kiev) is the main professional football club in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. ... UEFA logo The Union of European Football Associations, almost always referred to by the acronym UEFA (pronounced (you-AY-fuh) or (oo-Ay-fuh), is the administrative and controlling body for European football. ... The Cup Winners Cup was a football club competition between the winners of the European domestic cup competitions. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 1982 Football World Cup was held in Spain. ... The 1986 Football World Cup was held in Mexico from May 31 to June 29. ... The Football World Cup (official name: FIFA World Cup) is the most important competition in international football (soccer). ... Aris Sports Club is a Greek sport club that premiered on the 25th of March 1914 in Thessaloniki and was destined to become one of the biggest and most historic teams of the country. ...

After retiring as a player, Blokhin coached Greek clubs Olympiakos, PAOK, and Ionikos. He has been serving as the head coach of the Ukrainian national team since September 2003. Under his leadership, Ukraine qualified for the 2006 World Cup. At the end of 2005, Oleg Blokhin was recognized as one of the 10 best football coaches of the world.^{[citation needed]} Olympiacos CFP is a Greek football club, part of the Olympiacos sports club founded in 1925, which plays in the port city of Piraeus. ... Panthessalonikeios Athlitikos Omilos Konstantinoupoliton (Greek: Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινουπολιτών), or the Pan-Thessalonikan Athletic Organisation of Konstantinopolitans, is a sports club mainly known for its football section, one of the biggest in Greece. ... Ionikos FC is a soccer club that plays in the Alpha Ethniki (highest division) in Greece. ... First international Ukraine 2 - 2 Hungary (Uzhgorod, Ukraine; 29 April 1992) Largest win Ukraine 4 - 0 Georgia (Kyiv, Ukraine; 19 August 1998) Ukraine 4 - 0 Andorra (Kyiv, Ukraine; 5 June 1999) Ukraine 4 - 0 Costa Rica (Kyiv, Ukraine; 28 May 2006) Worst defeat Croatia 4 - 0 Ukraine (Zagreb, Croatia; 25... The 2006 FIFA World Cup (officially titled 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany, sometimes referred to as the Football World Cup) finals are scheduled to take place in Germany between 9 June and 9 July 2006. ...

In 2002 Oleg Blokhin was elected to Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) for a second term. In October 2002 he joined the United Social Democratic Party of Ukraine. Recently Oleg has showed no political activity, concentrating on his coaching job. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Verkhovna Rada. ... States currently utilizing parliamentary systems are denoted in orange and red—the former being constitutional monarchies where authority is vested in a parliament, and the latter being parliamentary republics whose parliaments are effectively supreme over a separate head of state. ... October 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December // Events October 31, 2002 The Russian Health Minister Yuri Shevchenko has now stated that the incapacitating agent used in the storming of the Moscow theatre siege was a fentanyl derivative. ... Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (United) or SDPU(U) or SDPU(o) (Ukrainian: Sotsial-Demokratychna Partiya Ukrayiny [Obyednana], Соцiал-демократична партiя України (об`єднана) or СДПУ(О)), is a Ukrainian political party. ...

Blokhin was married to Irina Deriugina, the prominent Soviet/Ukrainian gymnast and world champion in free-stand exercise, but the couple divorced in early 1990s. They have a daughter. During 2006 World Cup, Oleg Blokhin is the head coach of the Ukraine's national team. Irina Deriugina Russian: Ирина Дерюгина Irina Deryugina (born 11th January, 1958 in Kyiv, Ukraine) was an Individual Rhythmic Gymnast. ... Gymnasts are people who participate in the sports of either artistic gymnastics or rhythmic gymnastics. ... Seinfeld was a pop cultural phenomenon during the 90s and became one of the most popular TV programs ever. ...

Racism controversy

In 2006, Blokhin, a well-known racist, was quoted as saying "The more Ukrainians that play in the national league, the more examples for the young generation. Let them learn from Shevchenko or Blokhin and not from some Dave Batista whom they took off a tree, gave him two bananas and now he plays in the Ukrainian League."^[1][2]

Notes

1. ^ The soccer Nazis' losing battle by Tony Karon, Los Angeles Times, June 9, 2006
2. ^ Setting the scene by Jen Chang, ESPNsoccernet, June 8, 2006