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 Igor BELANOV 1985-1989 
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Name: Igor Ivanovich Belanov

Nickname: "Rocket", "Thunderbolt", "Skippy"

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Country: :UKR: Ukraine
Club: FC Dynamo Kyiv
Position: *SS, CF, WF, AMF
Side: RF/BS
Age: 25-29 years (25/09/1960)

Height: 174 cm
Weight: 70 kg

Attack: 86
Defence: 45
Balance: 74
Stamina: 82
Top Speed: 90
Acceleration: 91
Response: 85
Agility: 89
Dribble Accuracy: 84
Dribble Speed: 88
Short Pass Accuracy: 76
Short Pass Speed: 73
Long Pass Accuracy: 77
Long Pass Speed: 75
Shot Accuracy: 82
Shot Power: 85
Shot Technique: 83
Free Kick Accuracy: 70
Curling: 72
Header: 78
Jump: 78
Technique: 81
Aggression: 87
Mentality: 78
Goalkeeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 75

Injury Tolerance: B
Condition: 6
Weak Foot Accuracy: 6
Weak Foot Frequency: 6
Consistency: 5
Growth type: Standard

CARDS:
P04 Darting Run
S05 Speed Marchant

SPECIAL ABILITIES: Reaction

Attack/Defence Awareness Card: Attack Minded


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Belanov was noted for his athletism, in particular for his running speed and powerful goal strikes. He was one of the fastest sprinters among Soviet footballers of all times, together with Oleg Blokhin. However, while Blokhin was trained by his parents, who were both competitive sprinters, Belanov never received a formal sprint training; yet he ran the 50 metres in a hand-timed 5.7 seconds, corresponding to a mere 0.3 seconds slower than the world record at the time. A footballer with a light body, small in stature, but extremely fast, he was the finisher of Lobanovski's Dynamo Kiev, who coached him both in Kiev and in the national team. He was one of the best protagonists of "laboratory football" (or "Lobanovski laboratory" or "football of the two thousand") played by Valeri Lobanovski's Dynamo Kiev, which the same player believes to be the "best coach ever". The Soviet national team was used to playing on the counterattack, taking advantage of the skills of Belanov on the right wing, those of Protasov on the left and the imagination o fOleksandr Zavarov in the middle of the field. Together with Protasov he formed a threatening offensive couple. During his career he also played as the only striker in 4-5-1 , retreating to play as a right attack winger during the matches and leaving the central position to the more suitable Protasov.

Striker capable of playing even as an attacking midfielder, he was not physically strong, nor did he have a high technical background but he managed to break through the defenses thanks to his very rapid change of pace: the speed, dribbling and shooting in his possession made him a complete striker and thanks to these characteristics he was considered among the best footballers of the eighties. He was also a good penalty taker. He was nicknamed the Rocket , which hints at its high speed, dynamism and the ability to unmark it, which often culminated in a powerful, sharp, running shot. The slender, 1.74 m tall attacking player is a typical representative of the new Soviet football, whose style is shaped by individualists (the late sports journalist Ulfert Schröder wrote that Belanov was "one of the first children of Perestroika"). He has wit, is a brilliant technician, is strong at shooting and dribbling, likes to run and has a pronounced goal instinct. Thanks to his enormous speed he is the ideal counter-player, with his sprints he repeatedly tears gaps in the opposing defense. Belanow never gives up on the pitch, he plays very spirited and is usually attacked hard by the opposing defense due to his pronounced attacking power.

Igor Belanov would be more of the guerrilla type. Present nowhere, but present everywhere. Naturally fast and resistant, he never ceases to be on the move, far from the opposing goal, when his team's offensive maneuvers are initiated from behind. Two Belanovs then appear: one playing a game without a ball, that is to say a work of demarcation or magnetization of the stopper and the opposing defenders. The other Belanov uses a simple, complete, safe, effective technique wonderfully for discounts, deviations and one-two searches. The main advantage of Belanov is a powerful blow from both feet, the highest starting sprint speed, a sharp change in pace and direction of movement, which, together with focus on the goal, determination and the ability to deliver the final blow, made him one of the brightest strikers in Europe in the second half of the 80s. At the same time, his tasks were not limited to goals only. Belanov accelerated attacks, often acted as an assistant, and also arranged active pressure, from under which it was difficult to get out or at least make a normal pass. He also established himself as an excellent penalty taker. Implemented 17 shots from the "spot". Throughout his career, there were only two cases when Belanov did not score a penalty. The first, in 1987, at the overcrowded 100,000 Olympic Stadium in the match against Besiktas in the European Cup, right after he was awarded the Ballon d'Or. Second, in 1988 in the European Championship final against the Netherlands national team.





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