Igor Kislov (; born 19 July 1966) is a

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-born former

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i international

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, who played as a

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. Kislov was born in

Donetsk Donetsk ( , ; uk, Донецьк, translit=Donets'k ; russian: Донецк ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin and Stalino (see also: Names of European cities in different languages (C–D), cities' alternat ...

. He came to Poltava to play football. With

Vorskla Poltava FC Vorskla Poltava ( uk, ФК «Во́рскла» Полта́ва ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Poltava that competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, the top flight of Ukrainian football. History Kolos Poltava The club ...

he finished second in the

1988 Soviet Second League, Zone 6 1988 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was the 58th season of association football competition of the Ukrainian SSR, which was part of the Soviet Second League. The 1988 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was won for the second time by ...

. He played in Poltava for three seasons. He is the first foreign player to become champion of

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– in 1991 he won the A PFG as part of the

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team. He also won the 1990–91 Bulgarian Football Union's Cup. He later joined

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. After moving back to Vorskla, Kislov captained his team to third place in the

1996–97 Vyshcha Liha The 1996–97 Vyshcha Liha season was the 6th since its establishment. FC Dynamo Kyiv were the defending champions. Preseason changes Number of teams in the league was reduced from 18 to 16. Vyshcha Liha became a member of the newly established ...

. After Kislov finished playing, he worked as a principal at

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Horpynka. He also was the head of the head of the physical education and sports department of the family, youth and sports department of the executive committee of the city council. Later he was the head of Poltava "All-Ukrainian physical culture and sports society "Ukraine". On 9 July 2024 he was elected as Head of the " Poltavshchyna Football Association" public union.

Honours

Vorskla * Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR runner-up:

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* Ukrainian Premier League third place: 1996–97 Etar * Bulgarian League: 1990–91 * Bulgarian Football Union's Cup: 1990–91

References

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at allplayers.in.ua * * 1966 births Living people Soviet men's footballers Soviet expatriate men's footballers Turkmenistan men's footballers Ukrainian men's footballers Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers Turkmenistan people of Ukrainian descent Turkmenistan men's international footballers Ukrainian emigrants to Turkmenistan FC Metalurh Kupiansk players FC Metalist Kharkiv players FC Vorskla Poltava players FC Vorskla-2 Poltava players FC Etar (Veliko Tarnovo) players FC Dunav Ruse players CS Sfaxien players FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi players FC Zirka-2 Kropyvnytskyi players SC Tavriya Simferopol players FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Ukrainian Premier League players Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Tunisia Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games Men's association football forwards Asian Games competitors for Turkmenistan Footballers from Donetsk {{Turkmenistan-footy-bio-stub