Igor Ponomaryov

Career

Igor Anatolyevich Ponomaryov (Russian: Игорь Анатольевич Пономарёв) (born 24 February 1960 in Baku) is a retired Soviet football player and currently manager of the Khazar Lankaran. Ponomaryov played his only game for Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics on 4 December 1980 in a friendly against Argentina.

Achievements

• Olympic Champion: 1988 Union of European Football Associations European Under-19 Football Championship winner: 1978 1979 Fédération internationale de football association World Youth Championship runner-up: 1979 Holds the record for most penalty kicks scored in a row without misses in the Soviet Top League (24).