Oleh Blokhin

Oleh Blokhin

Oleh Volodymyrovych Blokhin (Ukrainian: Олег Володимирович Блохін; born 5 November 1952 in Kiev) is a Soviet football player and Ukrainian football coach. He is currently a head coach of the Ukrainian national team (till October 2012) and FC Dynamo Kyiv. Blokhin was formerly a standout striker for Dynamo Kyiv and the Soviet national team. In 1975 he was named European Footballer of the Year, winning the Ballon d'Or, becoming the second Soviet and the first Ukrainian player to achieve such a feat.