Igor Anatolyevich Ponomaryov (; ; born 24 February 1960) is an Azerbaijani and Russian

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manager and a former

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player. He is a board member of

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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 U-20 World Cup, 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 i ...

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

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(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. Both hold

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passports.

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1960 births Footballers from Baku Living people Soviet men's footballers Soviet Union men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Neftçi PFK players PFC CSKA Moscow players IFK Norrköping players Soviet Top League players Allsvenskan players Olympic footballers for the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in football Soviet expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Soviet expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Azerbaijani football managers Azerbaijan national football team managers Syrianska FC managers Qarabağ FK managers Khazar Lankaran FK managers Russian First League managers Azerbaijan Premier League managers Azerbaijani expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Sweden Azerbaijani expatriate sportspeople in Sweden {{Azerbaijan-footy-bio-stub