Oleg Blokhin (born November 5, 1952 in Kiev, Soviet Union) is a Soviet/Ukrainian soccer striker and coach. He was named European Footballer of the Year in 1975.
Playing for Dynamo Kiev, Blokhin is the all-time leader in games (432) and goals (211) in the USSR National Championship, which he won 8 times. He led Dynamo to the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1975 and 1986. Blokhin is the all-time cap (112) and goal (42) leader for the Soviet Union, playing in the 1982 and 1986 World Cups. He was one of the first Soviet players to play abroad, signing with Austria's Vorwaerts Steyr in 1988 and also playing in Greece with Aris.
After retiring as a player, Blokhin coached Greek clubs Olympiakos, PAOK, and Ionikos . He serves as the head coach of the Ukrainian national team from September 2003.
Oleg Blokhin was twice elected the member of Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) representing SDPUo political party, but showed no political activity and resigned pre-term each time in order to continue coaching. That was until 2005, when he resigned from his national coaching job to take an active role in the parliament.
Blokhin has been married to Iryna Deryugina , the prominent Soviet/Ukrainian gymnast, few times world champion in free-stand exercise. They have a daughter.
