| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vitaliy Vladimirovich Starukhin | ||
| Date of birth | (1949-06-06)6 June 1949 | ||
| Place of birth | Minsk, Belarusian SSR | ||
| Date of death | 9 August 2000(2000-08-09) (aged 51) | ||
| Place of death | Donetsk, Ukraine | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1968–1971 | SKA Odessa | 56 | (28) |
| 1971–1972 | Budivelnyk | 24 | (20) |
| 1973–1981 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 217 | (84) |
| Total | 297 | (132) | |
| International career | |||
| 1979 | Soviet Union | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1981–2000 | Shakhtar (youth teams) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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.
In 1979, he was awarded Player of the year award. In 1979 Starukhin played couple of games for Ukraine at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.
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.
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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