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SOCCER PLAYER

Oleg Blokhin

1952 - Today

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Oleg Vladimirovich Blokhin, or Oleh Volodymyrovych Blokhin (Ukrainian: Оле́г Володи́мирович Блохі́н, Russian: Оле́г Влади́мирович Блохи́н; born 5 November 1952), is a Ukrainian and Soviet former football player and manager. Regarded as one of the greatest footballers of his generation, Blokhin was a standout striker for Dynamo Kyiv and the Soviet Union. He holds the all-time top goalscorer record for both Dynamo Kyiv (266 goals) and the Soviet Union national team (42 goals), as well as being the overall top goalscorer in the history of the Soviet Top League (211 goals). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oleg Blokhin has received more than 648,458 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia. Oleg Blokhin is the 100th most popular soccer player (down from 79th in 2019), the 94th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 79th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Ukrainian Soccer Player.

Oleg Blokhin is most famous for being a football player. He played for Dynamo Kiev and the Soviet Union national team, and is the second-highest scorer in the history of the Soviet Union national team.

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  • 62.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 58

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Oleg Blokhin ranks 100 out of 16,880. Before him are Kakuichi Mimura, Xavi, Franco Baresi, Fritz Walter, Zoltán Czibor, and José Nasazzi. After him are Peter Schmeichel, Paulo Roberto Falcão, Paul Breitner, Jürgen Klinsmann, Zito, and César Luis Menotti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Oleg Blokhin ranks 32. Before him are Sammo Hung, John Goodman, Hun Sen, Douglas Adams, Isabella Rossellini, and Jean-Paul Gaultier. After him are Laura Branigan, Zoran Đinđić, Idriss Déby, Bronisław Komorowski, Tomislav Nikolić, and Arkan.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Oleg Blokhin ranks 94 out of 1,083. Before him are Josaphat Kuntsevych (1580), Bruno Schulz (1892), Yevgeny Primakov (1929), Boris Shcherbina (1919), Vsevolod I of Kiev (1030), and Karol Szymanowski (1882). After him are Nestor the Chronicler (1056), Reinhold Glière (1874), Lee Strasberg (1901), Ivan Paskevich (1782), Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki (1640), and Marie Bashkirtseff (1858).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Ukraine

Among soccer players born in Ukraine, Oleg Blokhin ranks 2. Before him are Andriy Shevchenko (1976). After him are Igor Belanov (1960), Oleh Protasov (1964), Yozhef Sabo (1940), Kazimierz Górski (1921), Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko (1963), Mykhaylo Fomenko (1948), Géza Kalocsay (1913), Serhiy Rebrov (1974), Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (1979), and Alfred Eisenbeisser (1908).

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