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'''Igor Ivanovich Dobrovolski''' - or '''Ihor Ivanovych Dobrovolskyi''' - ({{lang-ru|Игорь Иванович Добровольский}}) (born ], ] in village Markovo, ], ]) is a ]n-]n (and former ]) ] player of Ukrainian descent in the wide attacking midfielder role. '''Igor Ivanovich Dobrovolski''' - or '''Ihor Ivanovych Dobrovolskyi''' - ({{lang-ru|Игорь Иванович Добровольский}}) (born ], ] in ], ], ]) is a Ukrainian-born ]n-]n (and former ]) ] player of Ukrainian descent in the wide attacking midfielder role.


==Football career== ==Football career==

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Igor Dobrovolski
Personal information
Full name Igor Ivanovich Dobrovolski
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Retired Winger (Head coach)
Team information
Current team Moldova

Igor Ivanovich Dobrovolski - or Ihor Ivanovych Dobrovolskyi - (Template:Lang-ru) (born August 27, 1967 in Markovo, Rozdilnianskyi Raion, Odessa Oblast) is a Ukrainian-born Moldovan-Russian (and former Soviet) football (soccer) player of Ukrainian descent in the wide attacking midfielder role.

Football career

In his early years he trained at Tiraspol Children and Youth Sport School N4 in Moldavian SSR(now in Transnistria, Moldova). During his extensive career he played for FC Nistru Chişinău, FC Dynamo Moscow, CD Castellón, Servette FC, Olympique de Marseille, Genoa C.F.C., Atletico Madrid, Fortuna Düsseldorf and Tiligul Tiraspol. In 1990, Igor Dobrovolski was though of as one of the best young players in the world.

International career

He played for three different national teams: USSR at 1988 Olympic Games were he was a gold medal winner and finished 2nd top goal scorer with 6 goals; Romário scored 7 but Brazil lost in the final to USSR. He was also part, with the same team, of the 1990 FIFA World Cup, representing afterwards the CIS at Euro 1992 and Russia at Euro 1996.

Five players had the honour of scoring a goal in five successive games - Igor Dobrovolski (USSR in 1988), Ottmar Hitzfeld (FR Germany in 1972), Milan Galic (Yugoslavia in 1960) and Adolfo Baloncieri (Italy in 1928). Only Dobrovolski actually claimed gold.

Honours

Coaching career

At 39 years old he was coaching Tiligul Tiraspol in the 2005-06 season, and has now taken over the Moldova national football team for the qualification to Euro 2008, with a view to a 2-year extension to his contract if he is successful.

In December 2007 he official signed a new contract with Moldova. He also allowed to coach any club until the start of 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) in summer 2008.

External links

Olympic medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Men's football
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul Team
Soviet Union squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup
Soviet Union
CIS squad – UEFA Euro 1992
Commonwealth of Independent States
Russia squad – UEFA Euro 1996
Russia
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