Vitaliy Starukhin

Vitaliy Vladimirovich Starukhin (Старухін, Виталій Володимирович; born 6 June 1949 in Minsk; died 9 August 2000) was a Ukrainian professional footballer who played as a forward. He is considered by many fans to one be the greatest players to ever play for Shakhtar Donetsk.

In 1979, he was awarded Player of the year award. In 1979 Starukhin played couple of games for Ukraine at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.

In 2011 Vitaly Starukhin, together with Oleg Blokhin and Igor Belanov was named as "the legends of Ukrainian football" at the Victory of Football awards.

Honours
Shakhtar Donetsk
 * Soviet Top League: runner-up 1975, 1979; bronze 1978
 * Soviet Cup: 1980

Individual
 * Soviet Top League top scorer: 1979 (26 goals)
 * Soviet Footballer of the Year: 1979
 * Best rookie player: 1973