34 years ago Ihor Belanov was recognized as the best football player in Europe

On December 29, 1986, it was announced that he was the winner of the most prestigious individual award of European and world football, the "Golden Ball" of the weekly France Football, became the Ukrainian footballer Igor Belanov.

In 1986, Dynamo Kyiv, one of the leading players of which was Igor Belanov, won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. The striker also proved himself as a member of the USSR national team at the World Cup in Mexico, scoring, in particular, a hat-trick against the Belgians.

Igor Belanov is one of three, along with Oleg Blokhin and Andriy Shevchenko, Ukrainian winners of the Golden Ball. Today Ihor Ivanovych takes an active position in life, working for the benefit of Ukrainian football. He is the co-chair of the UAF Professional Football Committee.

This year, by the decree of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky "for significant personal contribution to the development and promotion of physical culture and sports in Ukraine, high sports results and many years of fruitful professional activity" Igor Belanov was awarded the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise V degree.

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