Oleg Blokhin | The Fastest Footballer In History

Best goals & skills from the illustrious career of Oleg Blokhin, arguably the greatest footballer in Ukraine’s and USSR’s history. In 1975 he had beaten both Franz Beckenbauer & Johan Cruyff on his way to winning Ballon d’Or, aged just 23. Blokhin combined outstanding technique with otherworldly pace — it was rumoured he was even faster than the legendary sprinter and 1972 100m gold medallist Valeri Borzov (he most likely wasn’t but that’s rumours for you). His CV is quite incredible — Blokhin is the highest Dinamo Kyiv goalscorer of all time, highest Soviet League goalscorer, highest scorer for the Soviet Union, most capped Soviet international, first Ukrainian to be awarded the Ballon d’Or, most Soviet Higher League titles. There is a wonderful channel dedicated to Dynamo Kyiv, Oleg Blokhin & Soviet/Ukrainian/Russian football in general, who had amassed an incredible amount of rare footage — do check it out @Sovietiquefootball1986