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{{short description|Ukrainian footballer and manager}}
{{family name hatnote|Volodymyrovych|Blokhin|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Oleg Blokhin
| image = Oleg Blokhin2013.jpg
| caption = Blokhin as manager of [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]] in 2014
| full_name = Oleg Vladimirovich Blokhin /<br />Oleh Volodymyrovych Blokhin
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1952|11|5}}
| birth_place = [[Kyiv|Kiev]], [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic|Ukrainian SSR]], Soviet Union (now Kyiv, [[Ukraine]])
| height = 1.80 m
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| youthyears1 = 1962–1969
| youthclubs1 = [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
| years1 = 1969–1988
| clubs1 = [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
| caps1 = 432
| goals1 = 211
| years2 = 1988–1989
| clubs2 = [[Vorwärts Steyr]]
| caps2 = 41
| goals2 = 9
| years3 = 1989–1990
| clubs3 = [[Aris Limassol]]
| caps3 = 22
| goals3 = 5
| totalcaps = 495
| totalgoals = 225
| nationalyears1 = 1972–1988
| nationalteam1 = [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union]]
| nationalcaps1 = 112
| nationalgoals1 = 42
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[association football|football]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{flag|USSR}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalBronze| [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich]] | [[Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Team competition]] }}
{{MedalBronze| [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]] | [[Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Team competition]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[UEFA European Under-21 Championship|UEFA European U-23 Championships]]}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=RSSSF Results Archive|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-u23-72.html|access-date=26 February 2024|website=RSSSF|language=en}}</ref>
{{Medal|Runner-up|[[1972 UEFA European Under-23 Championship|1972 Europe]]|}}
| manageryears1 = 1990–1993
| managerclubs1 = [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]]
| manageryears2 = 1993–1994
| managerclubs2 = [[PAOK FC|PAOK]]
| manageryears3 = 1994–1997
| managerclubs3 = [[Ionikos F.C.|Ionikos]]
| manageryears4 = 1998
| managerclubs4 = [[PAOK FC|PAOK]]
| manageryears5 = 1998–1999
| managerclubs5 = [[AEK Athens F.C.|AEK Athens]]
| manageryears6 = 2000–2002
| managerclubs6 = [[Ionikos F.C.|Ionikos]]
| manageryears7 = 2003–2007
| managerclubs7 = [[Ukraine national football team|Ukraine]]
| manageryears8 = 2007–2008
| managerclubs8 = [[FC Moscow|Moscow]]
| manageryears9 = 2011–2012
| managerclubs9 = [[Ukraine national football team|Ukraine]]
| manageryears10 = 2012–2014
| managerclubs10 = [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
}}

'''Oleg Vladimirovich Blokhin''', or '''Oleh Volodymyrovych Blokhin''' ({{langx|uk|Оле́г Володи́мирович Блохі́н}}, {{langx|ru|Оле́г Влади́мирович Блохи́н}}; born 5 November 1952), is a Ukrainian former [[association football|football]] player and manager. Regarded as one of the greatest footballers of his generation, Blokhin was  a standout [[striker (association football)|striker]] for [[Dynamo Kyiv]] and the [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/gallery/50-greatest-footballers-all-time |title=The 50 greatest footballers of all time {{!}} FourFourTwo |date=7 January 2021 |access-date=8 July 2021 |archive-date=28 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928145436/https://www.fourfourtwo.com/gallery/50-greatest-footballers-all-time |url-status=live }}</ref>

He holds the all-time top goalscorer record for both Dynamo Kiev (266 goals) and the [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union national team]] (42 goals), as well as being the overall top goalscorer in the history of the [[Soviet Top League]] (211 goals). He is also the only player to have been [[Cap (sport)|capped]] over [[List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps|100 times]] for the Soviet Union and holds Dynamo's appearance record with 582 appearances during his 18-year spell at the club. With Dynamo, Blokhin won eight [[List of Soviet and Russian football champions|Soviet league titles]], five [[Soviet Cup|national cups]] and two [[European Cup Winners' Cup]]s. He also competed for the Soviet Union at the [[Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972]] and [[Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976]] [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] and [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]] and [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]] [[FIFA World Cup]]s. During his playing career he won the [[Soviet Footballer of the Year]] award three times and the [[Ukrainian Footballer of the Year]] award nine times (both records). 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.

As a coach, he has had two spells in charge of the [[Ukraine national football team|Ukraine national team]], managing the team at the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] and [[UEFA Euro 2012]].

In 2011, Blokhin, together with [[Igor Belanov]] and [[Vitaliy Starukhin]] were named as "the legends of Ukrainian football" at the Victory of Football awards.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bulvar.com.ua/gazeta/archive/s51_65095/7221.html|title=Лучшими футболистами Украины признаны Анатолий Тимощук, Андрей Шевченко и Александр Шовковский|work=Bulvar Gordona|author=Dvali, Natalia|date=22 December 2011|access-date=25 September 2020|archive-date=25 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725072717/http://bulvar.com.ua/gazeta/archive/s51_65095/7221.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Blokhin was born in [[Kyiv]], the capital of the [[Ukrainian SSR]], in 1952. His mother [[Kateryna Adamenko]] was multiple champion of USSR in the [[Women's pentathlon|pentathlon]], sprint and [[long jump]]. He was born to a Russian father and Ukrainian mother. His father [[:ru:Блохин, Владимир Иванович|Vladimir Blokhin]] was a police officer, a World War II veteran, and a competitive sprinter. Owing to his parents, Blokhin quickly mastered sprint, and by the age of 16 ran 60 m in less than 7 seconds, and 100 m in 11.0 seconds.<ref>[https://www.sports.ru/tribuna/blogs/kleshchonok/2770954.html Блохин и Беланов – главные спринтеры в истории футбола. Пиковый Блохин считался опаснее Кройффа и стоил как Марадона] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521005846/https://www.sports.ru/tribuna/blogs/kleshchonok/2770954.html |date=21 May 2021 }}. sports.ru. 27 April 2008</ref>

== Playing career ==
Blokhin was one of the greatest players in the world throughout the 1970s, hitting the target regularly through a period of great success at his hometown club [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]] and becoming the greatest goalscorer in the history of the Soviet League, which was one of Europe's strongest. Normally a forward or winger, Blokhin was most renowned for possessing exceptional pace.

Blokhin played during most of his career for Dynamo Kyiv, becoming the [[Soviet Union|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, scoring a goal in each final. Blokhin is also the USSR national football team's most [[cap (sport)|capped]] player with 112 caps, as well as their all-time leading goalscorer with 42 goals; he played in the [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]] and [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]] [[FIFA World Cup]]s where he scored one goal in each. He was one of the first Soviet players to play abroad, signing for Austria's [[Vorwärts Steyr]] in 1988, he also played in Cyprus with [[Aris Limassol|Aris]].

In 1979 Blokhin played a couple of games for [[Ukraine national football team|Ukraine]] at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://football.lg.ua/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6685:1979spartakiadanarodovsssrros&catid=212:sovietua79&Itemid=775|title=Футбольный турнир VII Летней Спартакиады народов СССР. Составы команд.|date=19 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319200631/http://football.lg.ua/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6685:1979spartakiadanarodovsssrros&catid=212:sovietua79&Itemid=775|archive-date=19 March 2015}}</ref>

== Managerial career ==
After retiring as a player, Blokhin coached Greek clubs [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]] (Under him they won the [[Greek Football Cup|Greek Cup]] and the [[Greek Super Cup]] in 1992), [[PAOK FC|PAOK]], [[AEK Athens F.C.|AEK Athens]], and [[Ionikos F.C.|Ionikos]].

He began serving as the head coach of the [[Ukraine national football team|Ukraine national team]] in September 2003.<ref>{{cite news|title=Blokhin takes Ukraine reins|date=18 September 2003|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0254-0d7b34bbfee2-bb822c4175df-1000--blokhin-takes-ukraine-reins/|publisher=Union of European Football Associations|access-date=18 August 2024}}</ref> Under his leadership, Ukraine [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|qualified]] for a major tournament for the first time as an independent nation, reaching the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] in Germany. Ukraine reached the quarter-finals of the tournament, losing to eventual champions [[Italy national football team|Italy]]. Following the side's failure to reach [[UEFA Euro 2008]], Blokhin stepped down as coach on 6 December 2007.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120729023939/http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldFootballNews/idUKL0689781720071206 Soccer-Blokhin quits as Ukraine coach] by Mikhail Volobuyev, Gennady Fyodorov and Ken Ferris, [[Reuters]], 6 December 2007</ref>

On 14 December 2007, he was named head coach of [[FC Moscow]].<ref>[http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=490600&cc=5739 FK Moscow hire former Ukraine manager Blokhin] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002023516/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=490600&cc=5739 |date=2 October 2012 }} ESPNsoccernet 14 December 2007</ref> The club finished 9th (from 16) and after the season ended Blokhin was fired from the club.<ref>[http://www.sports.ru/football/6293328.html Блохин освобожден от обязанностей главного тренера "Москвы"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922203049/https://www.sports.ru/football/6293328.html |date=22 September 2020 }}. Sports.ru. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2011.</ref> At the end of the season, Blokhin announced that if he knew how things would go in FC Moscow, he would have never signed there. This was because the club released many important players without Blokhin's permission yet still had many high expectations.<ref>[http://www.sports.ru/football/6206389.html Олег Блохин: "Если бы знал, как будут делаться дела в команде, то весной бы не пришел в "Москву"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922120946/https://www.sports.ru/football/6206389.html |date=22 September 2020 }}. Sports.ru. 16 November 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2011.</ref> Others said that the reason Blokhin failed in FC Moscow was that he and the press didn't have a friendly relationship, and because of that the press was constantly attacking Blokhin and that damaged his status among the players.<ref>[http://www.sports.ru/football/6358902.html Геннадий Литовченко: "Говорил Блохину, что его будут травить"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922121000/https://www.sports.ru/football/6358902.html |date=22 September 2020 }}. Sports.ru. 4 December 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2011.</ref>

On 21 April 2011, Blokhin was again appointed head coach of the Ukraine national team.<ref>[http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,19692_6888233,00.html Ukraine appoint Blokhin] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202141706/http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,19692_6888233,00.html |date=2 February 2017 }}, [[Sky Sports]] (21 April 2011)</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110426133526/http://football.uk.reuters.com/leagues/european/news/2011/04/21/LDE73K1AD.php Oleg Blokhin appointed Ukraine coach], [[Reuters]] (21 April 2011)</ref> He led the team in [[UEFA Euro 2012]] on home soil, beating [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]] but exiting at the [[UEFA Euro 2012 Group D|group stage]] after defeats to [[France national football team|France]] and [[England national football team|England]].
[[file:Pressekonferenz nach dem Fußballländerspiel Österreich-Ukraine (01.06.2012) Oleh Blochin1.jpg|thumb|Blokhin in 2012]]
On 25 September 2012, [[Dynamo Kyiv]] signed Blokhin to lead the club for the next four years.<ref name=BBBIU17414/> His final matches in charge of Ukraine were [[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|World Cup qualifiers]] against [[Moldova national football team|Moldova]] and [[Montenegro national football team|Montenegro]] in October 2012.<ref name=BtillOCNToU>[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/soccer/09/25/dynamo-kiev-oleh-blokhin.ap/index.html Dynamo Kyiv signs Blokhin as coach for 4 years] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927081913/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/soccer/09/25/dynamo-kiev-oleh-blokhin.ap/index.html |date=27 September 2012 }}, [[Sports Illustrated]] (25 September 2012)</ref> Blokhin was dismissed as Dynamo's manager by the club's President [[Ihor Surkis]] on 17 April 2014 because of the "unsatisfactory results of the team".<ref name=BBBIU17414>[http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/sport/201114.html Dynamo president sacks Blokhin for poor performance], [[Interfax-Ukraine]] (17 April 2014)</ref> The day before, in a press conference after Dynamo had lost a match against [[Shakhtar Donetsk]], Blokhin had already stated that he had decided to resign.<ref name=BBBIU17414/> Under his leadership Dynamo never qualified (a rare occasion for the club) for the [[UEFA Champions League]] and performed poorly in the [[UEFA Europa League]].<ref name=BBBIU17414/> In his first year his team finished third in the [[Ukrainian Premier League]] and in his second year (when he was fired) Dynamo was seven points behind Ukrainian Premier League leaders [[FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]] and Shakhtar Donetsk.<ref name=BBBIU17414/>

== Politics ==
In 1998 Blokhin was elected to [[Verkhovna Rada]] (Ukraine's [[parliament]]) for [[Hromada (political party)|Hromada]].<ref name=DenCommi>[http://www.day.kiev.ua/270204/ Oleh Blokhin: "I have scored all of my goals"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213101854/https://day.kyiv.ua/sites/default/files/css/css_7xpn-3vS_M-yCrWY09l4kKb7kx8js83JLlwigHEzNmE.css |date=13 February 2024 }}, [[Den (newspaper)|Den]] (1998)</ref> He joined Hromada while still being a member of the [[Communist Party of Ukraine]].<ref name=DenCommi/> In March 2002, Blokhin was elected to Verkhovna Rada for a second term. In October 2002, he joined the [[United Social Democratic Party of Ukraine]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Блохін залишає посаду головного тренера збірної України з футболу |url=https://ua.korrespondent.net/ukraine/254918-blohin-zalishae-posadu-golovnogo-trenera-zbirnoyi-ukrayini-z-futbolu |website=[[Korrespondent.net]] |access-date=15 December 2025 |language=ru |date=16 March 2025 |trans-title=Blokhin resigns as head coach of Ukrainian national football team}}</ref>

== Family ==
Blokhin's father, Volodymyr Blokhin, is a native of [[Moscow]], a veteran of the [[World War II]], survivor of the [[Leningrad blockade]], and a former Soviet law enforcement agent. He later worked as a sports functionary for the Soviet Dynamo Society. Blokhin's mother [[Kateryna Adamenko]] is from Nebrat village in [[Borodianka Raion]], [[Kyiv Oblast]]. She originally worked at a Kyiv sewing factory, but eventually discovered hidden athletic talents and became the Soviet champion in [[track and field]] as well as pentathlon. After retiring from sports, she became a staff member at one of Kyiv's universities.

Blokhin was married to [[Irina Deriugina]], a top coach and former world champion in [[rhythmic gymnastics]], but the couple divorced in the early 1990s. Blokhin and Deriugina have a daughter, singer [[Iryna Blokhina]], who wrote and performed the Euro 2012 anthem.<ref>[http://tabloid.pravda.com.ua/news/4ebd28fd5427b/ Донька Блохіна заспіває гімн "Євро-2012" (The daughter of Blokhin will sing the Euro 2012 anthem)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120704084446/http://tabloid.pravda.com.ua/news/4ebd28fd5427b/ |date=4 July 2012 }} with photo. TabloID. 11 November 2011</ref>

Blokhin and his second wife, Angela, have two daughters, Hanna (born 2001) and Katerina (born 2002).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sport-express.ru/newspaper/2002-09-27/10_1/ |script-title=ru:Олег Блохин: Место В Истории |trans-title=Oleg Blokhin: Place in History |work=Sport-Express |author=Yuri Yuris |date=27 September 2002 |access-date=25 February 2015 |language=ru |archive-date=19 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419045950/https://www.sport-express.ru/newspaper/2002-09-27/10_1/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2" width="100"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="2"|League
!colspan="2"|Cup
!colspan="2"|Europe
!colspan="2"|Super Cup
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!width="40"|Apps
!width="40"|Goals
!width="40"|Apps
!width="40"|Goals
!width="40"|Apps
!width="40"|Goals
!width="40"|Apps
!width="40"|Goals
!width="40"|Apps
!width="40"|Goals
|-
|rowspan="20"|[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|[[Soviet Top League 1969|1969]]
|1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1||0
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1970|1970]]
|colspan="2"|—||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1||0
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1971|1971]]
|1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1||0
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1972|1972]]
|27||14||2||0||6||1||colspan="2"|—||35||15
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1973|1973]]
|29||18||8||4||5||1||colspan="2"|—||42||23
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1974|1974]]
|29||20||4||3||9||5||colspan="2"|—||42||28
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1975|1975]]
|28||18||colspan="2"|—||8||5||colspan="2"|—||36||23
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1976|1976]]
|19||8||1||0||8||2||colspan="2"|—||28||10
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1977|1977]]
|29||17||3||2||2||0||1||0||35||19
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1978|1978]]
|26||13||8||4||4||0||colspan="2"|—||38||17
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1979|1979]]
|24||17||6||1||4||1||colspan="2"|—||34||19
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1980|1980]]
|33||19||7||3||2||0||colspan="2"|—||42||22
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1981|1981]]
|29||19||7||3||6||1||1||0||43||23
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1982|1982]]
|24||10||3||0||4||0||colspan="2"|—||31||10
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1983|1983]]
|31||10||1||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||34||10
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1984|1984]]
|30||10||6||2||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||36||12
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1985|1985]]
|29||12||2||1||9||5||colspan="2"|—||40||18
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1986|1986]]
|23||2||5||5||8||5||1||0||37||12
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1987|1987]]
|20||4||3||1||2||0||1||0||26||5
|-
!Total
!432!!211!!67!!29!!79!!26!!4!!0!!582!!266
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[SK Vorwärts Steyr]]
|[[Austrian Football Bundesliga 1987-88|1987–88]]
|13||5||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||13||5
|-
|[[Austrian Football Bundesliga 1988-89|1988–89]]
|28||4||1||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||29||5
|-
!Total
!41!!9!!1!!1!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!42!!10
|-
|[[Aris Limassol F.C.|Aris Limassol]]
|[[Cypriot First Division 1989-90|1989–90]]
|22||5||6||2||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||28||7
|-
!colspan="2"|Career total
!495!!225!!74!!32!!79!!26!!4!!0!!652!!283
|}
* The statistics in USSR Cups and Europe is made under the scheme "autumn-spring" and enlisted in a year of start of tournaments

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref>{{NFT player|7093|name=Oleg Blokhin|accessdate=2 January 2011}}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!width="40"|Apps!!width="40"|Goals
|-
|rowspan="17"|[[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union]]
|1972||9||8
|-
|1973||10||1
|-
|1974||3||0
|-
|1975||7||2
|-
|1976||12||4
|-
|1977||10||4
|-
|1978||10||6
|-
|1979||5||1
|-
|1980||2||1
|-
|1981||6||5
|-
|1982||9||2
|-
|1983||9||5
|-
|1984||3||1
|-
|1985||4||0
|-
|1986||11||2
|-
|1987||1||0
|-
|1988||1||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!112!!42
|}

:''Scores and results list the Soviet Union's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Blokhin goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Oleg Blokhin
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| style="text-align:center"|1 || {{dts|format=dmy|1972|07|16}} || [[Helsinki Olympic Stadium]], [[Helsinki]], Finland || {{fb|FIN}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || [[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|2 || {{dts|format=dmy|1972|08|06}} || [[Råsunda Stadion]], [[Stockholm]], Sweden || {{fb|SWE}} || style="text-align:center"|4–3 || style="text-align:center"|4–4 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|3
| rowspan="3"|1972-09-01 || rowspan="3"|[[Jahnstadion (Regensburg)|Jahnstadion]], [[Regensburg]], West Germany || rowspan="3"|{{fb|MEX}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|4–1 || rowspan="3"| [[Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics#Group B|1972 Olympics]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|4
| style="text-align:center"|2–0
|-
| style="text-align:center"|5
| style="text-align:center"|3–0
|-
| style="text-align:center"|6 || {{dts|format=dmy|1972|09|05}} || [[Rosenaustadion]], [[Augsburg]], West Germany || {{fb|POL}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–2 || 1972 Olympics
|-
| style="text-align:center"|7 || {{dts|format=dmy|1972|09|08}} || Rosenaustadion, Augsburg, West Germany || {{fb|DEN}} || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || style="text-align:center"|4–0 || 1972 Olympics
|-
| style="text-align:center"|8 || {{dts|format=dmy|1972|09|10}} || [[Olympic Stadium (Munich)|Olympic Stadium]], [[Munich]], West Germany || {{fb|GDR}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–2 || 1972 Olympics
|-
| style="text-align:center"|9 || {{dts|format=dmy|1973|05|26}} || [[Luzhniki Stadium|Central Lenin Stadium]], [[Moscow]], Soviet Union || {{fb|FRA}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || [[1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)#Group 9|1972 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|10 || {{dts|format=dmy|1975|04|02}} || [[Olimpiysky National Sports Complex|Kyiv Central Stadium]], [[Kyiv]], Soviet Union || {{fb|TUR}} || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || [[UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying#Group 6|UEFA Euro 1976 qualification]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|11 || {{dts|format=dmy|1975|05|18}} || Kyiv Central Stadium, Kyiv, Soviet Union || {{fb|IRL}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || UEFA Euro 1976 qualification
|-
| style="text-align:center"|12 || {{dts|format=dmy|1976|03|10}} || [[Všešportový areál]], [[Košice]], Czechoslovakia || {{fb|CSK}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–2 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|13 || {{dts|format=dmy|1976|03|24}} || [[Vasil Levski National Stadium]], [[Sofia]], Bulgaria || {{fb|BUL|1971}} || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|14 || {{dts|format=dmy|1976|05|22}} || Kyiv Central Stadium, Kyiv || {{fb|CSK}} || style="text-align:center"|2–2 || style="text-align:center"|2–2 || [[UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying#Quarter Finals|UEFA Euro 1976 qualification]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|15 || {{dts|format=dmy|1976|07|23}} || [[Lansdowne Park]], [[Ottawa]], Canada || {{fb|PRK}} || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || [[Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics#Group D|1976 Olympics]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|16
| rowspan="2"|1977-03-23 || rowspan="2"|[[Stadion FK Partizan|JNA Stadium]], [[Belgrade]], Yugoslavia || rowspan="2"|{{fb|YUG}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|4–2 || rowspan="2"|Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|17
| style="text-align:center"|3–1
|-
| style="text-align:center"|18
| rowspan="2"|1977-09-07 || rowspan="2"|[[Central Stadium (Volgograd)|Central Stadium]], [[Volgograd]], Soviet Union || rowspan="2"|{{fb|POL}} || style="text-align:center"|3–1 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|4–1 || rowspan="2"|Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|19
| style="text-align:center"|4–1
|-
| style="text-align:center"|20 || {{dts|format=dmy|1978|02|26}} || [[Stade El Harti]], [[Marrakesh]], Morocco || {{fb|MAR}} || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || style="text-align:center"|3–2 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|21
| rowspan="3"|1978-04-05 || rowspan="3"|[[Hrazdan Stadium]], [[Yerevan]], Soviet Union || rowspan="3"|{{fb|FIN}} || style="text-align:center"|4–0 || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|10–2 || rowspan="3"|Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|22
| style="text-align:center"|6–0
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| style="text-align:center"|23
| style="text-align:center"|9–1
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| style="text-align:center"|24 || {{dts|format=dmy|1978|05|14}} || [[Stadionul Național (1953)|Stadionul 23 August]], [[Bucharest]], Romania || {{fb|ROU|1965}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || Friendly
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| style="text-align:center"|25 || {{dts|format=dmy|1978|10|05}} || [[Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium]], [[Ankara]], Turkey || {{fb|TUR}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || Friendly
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| style="text-align:center"|26 || {{dts|format=dmy|1979|03|28}} || [[Lokomotiv Stadium (Tavriya)|Lokomotiv Stadium]], [[Simferopol]], Soviet Union || {{fb|BUL|1971}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|3–1 || Friendly
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| style="text-align:center"|27 || {{dts|format=dmy|1980|08|27}} || [[Ferenc Puskás Stadium (1953)|Népstadion]], [[Budapest]], Hungary || {{fb|HUN}} || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || style="text-align:center"|4–1 || Friendly
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| style="text-align:center"|28 || {{dts|format=dmy|1981|09|23}} || Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow || {{fb|TUR}} || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || style="text-align:center"|4–0 || [[1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)#UEFA Group 3|1982 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|29
| rowspan="2"|1981-10-07 || rowspan="2"|[[İzmir Atatürk Stadium]], [[İzmir]], Turkey || rowspan="2"|{{fb|TUR}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3–0 || rowspan="2"|1982 World Cup qualification
|-
| style="text-align:center"|30
| style="text-align:center"|3–0
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| style="text-align:center"|31 || {{dts|format=dmy|1981|11|18}} || [[Boris Paichadze Stadium|Dinamo Stadium]], [[Tbilisi]], Soviet Union || {{fb|WAL}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || 1982 World Cup qualification
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| style="text-align:center"|32 || {{dts|format=dmy|1981|11|29}} || [[Tehelné pole]], [[Bratislava]], Czechoslovakia || {{fb|CSK}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || 1982 World Cup qualification
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| style="text-align:center"|33 || {{dts|format=dmy|1982|06|03}} || Råsunda Stadion, Stockholm, Sweden || {{fb|SWE}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|34 || {{dts|format=dmy|1982|06|19}} || [[Estadio La Rosaleda]], [[Málaga]], Spain || {{fb|NZL}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || [[1982 FIFA World Cup#Group 6|1982 FIFA World Cup]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|35 || {{dts|format=dmy|1983|04|13}} || [[Stade Olympique de la Pontaise]], [[Lausanne]], Switzerland || {{fb|SUI}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || Friendly
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| style="text-align:center"|36 || {{dts|format=dmy|1983|05|17}} || [[Ernst-Happel-Stadion|Praterstadion]], [[Vienna]], Austria || {{fb|AUT}} || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || style="text-align:center"|2–2 || Friendly
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| style="text-align:center"|37 || {{dts|format=dmy|1983|06|01}} || Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland || {{fb|FIN}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || [[UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying Group 2|UEFA Euro 1984 qualification]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|38 || {{dts|format=dmy|1983|07|26}} || [[Zentralstadion (1956)|Zentralstadion]], [[Leipzig]], East Germany || {{fb|GDR}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|3–1 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|39 || {{dts|format=dmy|1983|10|09}} || Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow, Soviet Union || {{fb|POL}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || UEFA Euro 1984 qualification
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| style="text-align:center"|40 || {{dts|format=dmy|1984|08|19}} || [[Kirov Stadium]], [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad]], Soviet Union || {{fb|MEX}} || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|41 || {{dts|format=dmy|1986|06|09}} || [[Estadio Sergio León Chavez]], [[Irapuato]], Mexico || {{fb|CAN}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || [[1986 FIFA World Cup]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|42 || {{dts|format=dmy|1986|10|29}} || Lokomotiv Stadium, Simferopol, Soviet Union || {{fb|NOR}} || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || [[UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying Group 3|UEFA Euro 1988 qualification]]
|}

==Managerial statistics==
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{{updated|5 November 2020}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="2" width="100"|Team
!rowspan="2" width="50"|From
!rowspan="2" width="50"|To
!colspan="5"|Record
!rowspan="2"|Achievement
|-
!width="35"|G
!width="35"|W
!width="35"|D
!width="35"|L
!width="50"|Win %
|-
|align="left"|[[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]]
|align="center"|06/1990
|align="center"|01/1993
{{WDL|96|56|27|13}}
|League runner-up in [[1990–91 Alpha Ethniki|1991]], [[1991–92 Alpha Ethniki|1992]], Cup holder in [[1991–92 Greek Cup|1992]]
|-
|align="left"|[[PAOK FC|PAOK]]
|align="center"|1993
|align="center"|1994
{{WDL|40|19|11|10}}
|
|-
|align="left"|[[Ionikos F.C.|Ionikos]]
|align="center"|12/1994
|align="center"|02/1997
{{WDL|82|29|18|35}}
|
|-
|align="left"|[[PAOK FC|PAOK]]
|align="center"|1998
|align="center"|1998
{{WDL|5|1|2|2}}
|
|-
|align="left"|[[AEK Athens F.C.|AEK Athens]]
|align="center"|11/1998
|align="center"|05/1999
{{WDL|24|16|4|4}}
|
|-
|align="left"|[[Ionikos F.C.|Ionikos]]
|align="center"|03/2000
|align="center"|01/2002
{{WDL|71|23|18|30}}
|Cup finalist in [[1999–2000 Greek Football Cup|2000]]
|-
|align="left"|[[Ukraine national football team|Ukraine]]
|align="center"|01/2003
|align="center"|12/2007
{{WDL|44|21|12|11}}
|Won qual.group [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)#Group 2|for 2006]], Reached [[2006 FIFA World Cup#Quarter-finals|2006 World Cup quarter-finals]]
|-
|align="left"|[[FC Moscow|Moscow]]
|align="center"|12/2007
|align="center"|11/2008
{{WDL|36|13|12|11}}
|
|-
|align="left"|[[Ukraine national football team|Ukraine]]
|align="center"|04/2011
|align="center"|2012
{{WDL|18|7|3|8}}
|Eliminated at group stage of [[Euro 2012]]
|-
|align="left"|[[Dynamo Kyiv]]
|align="center"|09/2012
|align="center"|03/2014
{{WDL|61|36|10|15}}
|
|-
|align="left"|'''Total'''
|align="center"|'''06/1990'''
|align="center"|'''03/2014'''
{{WDL|477|221|117|139}}
|
|}

==Honours==
'''Dynamo Kyiv'''
* [[Soviet Top League]] (8): [[1971 Soviet Top League|1971]], [[1974 Soviet Top League|1974]], [[1975 Soviet Top League|1975]], [[1977 Soviet Top League|1977]], [[1980 Soviet Top League|1980]], [[1981 Soviet Top League|1981]], [[1985 Soviet Top League|1985]], [[1986 Soviet Top League|1986]]
* [[Soviet Cup]]: [[1974 Soviet Cup|1974]], [[1978 Soviet Cup|1978]], [[1982 Soviet Cup|1982]], [[1984–85 Soviet Cup|1984–85]], [[1986–87 Soviet Cup|1986–87]]
* [[USSR Super Cup]]: 1981, 1986, 1987
* [[UEFA Cup Winners Cup]]: [[1975 European Cup Winners' Cup Final|1974–75]], [[1986 European Cup Winners' Cup Final|1985–86]]
* [[UEFA Super Cup]]: [[1975 European Super Cup|1975]]; Runner-up: [[1986 European Super Cup|1986]]

'''Individual'''
[[File:Oleg Blokhin Golden Foot 2009.jpg|thumb|upright|Blokhin's [[Golden Foot]], awarded in 2009]]
* [[Unified Sports Classification System of the USSR and Russia|Merited Master of Sports]] (1975)
* [[Merited Coach of Ukraine]] (2005)
* [[Ballon d'Or]]: [[1975 Ballon d'Or|1975]]
*[[Guerin Sportivo|''Guerin Sportivo'' All-Star Team]]: 1981<ref>{{Cite web |title=Guerin Sportivo World Player of the Year awards 1979-1986 |url=https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/guerin-sportivo-world-player-of-the-year-awards-1979-1986.2019142/page-4#post-32148808 |access-date=7 December 2024 |website=BigSoccer Forum |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Allgemeiner Deutscher Nachrichtendienst|ADN Eastern European Footballer of the Season]]: 1975, 1977, 1981<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ukrfootball.ua/news/albert-dzhayich-blohin-stoyichkov-levandovski-shcho-spilnogo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304200112/http://ukrfootball.ua/news/albert-dzhayich-blohin-stoyichkov-levandovski-shcho-spilnogo |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-03-04 |website=WebArchive |title=Eastern European Footballer of the season|access-date=5 July 2024 }}</ref>
*''Sport Ideal European XI'': 1975<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/unofficial-european-ideal-teams-1971-1980.1985633/ |website=BigSoccer |title=Sport 1975|access-date=4 June 2024 }}</ref>
* [[World Soccer (magazine)|Eric Batty's World XI]]: 1976<ref>{{Cite web |last=McCracken |first=Craig |date=7 November 2013 |title=Eric Batty's World XI – The Seventies |url=https://beyondthelastman.com/2013/11/07/eric-battys-world-xis-the-seventies/ |access-date=19 June 2022 |website=Beyond The Last Man |language=en |archive-date=5 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705040250/https://beyondthelastman.com/2013/11/07/eric-battys-world-xis-the-seventies/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Golden Foot]]: 2009, as a [[Golden Foot#Award legends|legend]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goldenfoot.com/legends.php?l=en|title=Legends|publisher=Golden Foot|access-date=23 September 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925120930/http://www.goldenfoot.com/legends.php?l=en|archive-date=25 September 2015}}</ref>
* [[Soviet Footballer of the Year]]: 1973, 1974, 1975
* [[Ukrainian Footballer of the Year]] (9): 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981
* [[Soviet Top League]] top scorer: 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977
* [[Soviet Top League]] All-Time Goals and Appearances Leader
* [[Soviet Cup]] All-Time Goals
* [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1985–86]] top scorer<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec2tops.html Cup Winners Cup Topscorers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929091430/https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec2tops.html |date=29 September 2022 }}. Rsssf.com (18 December 2003). Retrieved 2 January 2011.</ref>
* [[European Cup 1986–87]] second place on top scorers list.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec198687det.html European Champions' Cup 1986–87 – Details] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309091204/https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec198687det.html |date=9 March 2023 }}. Rsssf.com (17 January 2008). Retrieved 2 January 2011.</ref>
* [[USSR national football team]] All-Time Goals and Caps Leader
* Ukraine's [[UEFA Jubilee Awards|Golden Player]] representative<ref>[http://www.uefa.com/uefa/news/Kind=256/newsId=130150.html]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050317084104/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/news/Kind=256/newsId=130150.html|date=17 March 2005}}</ref>
* [[UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll|UEFA Jubilee Poll]] (2004): #80<ref>{{cite news|date=21 December 2006|title=UEFA Awards|work= Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/uefa-awards.html#100|access-date=12 March 2024}}</ref>
* [[The best 33 football players of the Soviet Union]] (15): No. 1 (1972–1982, 1985, 1986), No. 2 (1983, 1984)
* Club Loyalty Award: 1986
* [[IFFHS]] Legends<ref>{{cite web|url=http://iffhs.de/iffhs-has-announced-the-48-football-legend-players/|title=IFFHS announce the 48 football legend players|publisher=IFFHS|date=25 January 2016|access-date=14 September 2016|archive-date=24 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924082150/https://iffhs.de/iffhs-has-announced-the-48-football-legend-players/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*''[[Placar]]'''s 100 Stars of the World Cup: #90<ref>{{Cite web|title=Os 100 Craques das Copas (Placar Magazine)|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/placwc100.html|access-date=29 May 2025|website=[[RSSSF]]}}</ref>
*''Planète Foot'''s 50 Best Players of all Time<ref name="rsssf.org">{{Cite web|title=The Best x Players of the Century/All-Time|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/best-x-players-of-y.html|access-date=29 May 2025|website=[[RSSSF]]}}</ref>
*''[[Voetbal International]]'''s World Stars by Raf Willems<ref name="rsssf.org"/>

'''Ballon d'Or'''
* [[1974 Ballon d'Or|1974]] – 19th
* [[1975 Ballon d'Or|1975]] – 1st
* [[1976 Ballon d'Or|1976]] – 19th
* [[1981 Ballon d'Or|1981]] – 5th

==See also==
* [[List of top international men's football goal scorers by country|List of top international men's football goalscorers by country]]
* [[List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps]]
* [[Oleh Blokhin club]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Oleg Blokhin}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/uefa/history/associationweeks/association=57166/newsId=256962.html |title="Blokhin's sprint to success" (UEFA.com) |access-date=10 August 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124135636/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/history/associationweeks/association=57166/newsId=256962.html |archive-date=24 January 2009 |url-status=bot: unknown}}
* {{FootballFacts.ru|21144<!-- -blohin-oleg-vladimirovich -->}}
* {{FIFA|174409}}

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