Vitaliy Starukhin

Vitaliy Vladimirovich Starukhin (Ukrainian: Старухін, Виталій Володимирович; born 6 June 1949 in Minsk; died 9 August 2000) was a Ukrainian professional footballer who played as a forward.

He is considered by many fans to one be the greatest players to ever play for Shakhtar Donetsk.

[2] In 1979 Starukhin played couple of games for Ukraine at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.

[3] In 2011 Vitaly Starukhin, together with Oleg Blokhin and Igor Belanov was named as "the legends of Ukrainian football" at the Victory of Football awards.

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