Igor Anatolyevich Ponomaryov (russian: Игорь Анатольевич Пономарёв; born 24 February 1960 in Baku) is a retired

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football player and currently manager of the

Khazar Lankaran Khazar Lankaran FK ( tly, Xəzər Lankon Futboli Klub, script=Latn, az, Xəzər Lənkəran Futbol Klubu) is an Azerbaijani football club based in Lankaran that last played in the Azerbaijan Premier League during the 2015–16 season. Since the ...

Honours

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: 1988 *

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winner: 1978 *

1979 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship, the second staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship, was held in Japan from 26 August to 7 September 1979. It was the first FIFA tournament played in Asia. The tournament took place in four cities — K ...

runner-up: 1979 * Holds the record for most penalty kicks scored in a row without misses in the

Soviet Top League The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу: Высшая лига), served as the top division of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991. The professional top level ...

(24)

International career

Ponomaryov played his only game for

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on 4 December 1980 in a friendly against

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Personal life

He is the father of

Anatoli Ponomarev Anatoli Igorevich Ponomarev (born 12 June 1982) is an Azerbaijani former professional footballer who played as a striker. Career Ponomarev began his career in 1998 with Swedish club Reymersholms IK. He has also played in Sweden for Djurg� ...

. Both hold

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passports.

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