Igor Dobrovolski

For the Ukrainian choreographer, see Igor Dobrovolskiy (choreographer).

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Ivanovich and the family name is Dobrovolski.

Igor Dobrovolski

Personal information
Full name	Igor Ivanovich Dobrovolski
Date of birth	(1967-08-27) 27 August 1967
Place of birth	Odessa Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
	Tiraspol Children and Youth Sport School N4
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1984–1985	Nistru Chişinău	27	(13)
1986–1990	Dynamo Moscow	124	(27)
1990–1991	Castellón	14	(3)
1991–1992	Servette	23	(15)
1992	Genoa	4	(1)
1992–1993	Marseille	8	(1)
1993–1994	Dynamo Moscow	31	(9)
1994–1995	Atlético Madrid	19	(1)
1996–1999	Fortuna Düsseldorf	54	(14)
2004–2006	Tiligul Tiraspol	9	(1)
International career
1986–1991	USSR	25	(7)
1992	CIS	4	(1)
1992–1998	Russia	18	(2)
Managerial career
2004–2006	Tiligul Tiraspol (player-manager)
2007–2009	Moldova
2010–2013	Dacia Chişinău
2013–2014	Veris Chișinău
2015	Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
2015	Dacia Chişinău
2016–	Moldova
Medal record Representing the Soviet Union Men's football 1988 Seoul Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Igor Ivanovich Dobrovolski (Russian: Игорь Иванович Добровольский, Ukrainian: Ігор Іванович Добровольський, Ihor Ivanovych Dobrovolskyi; born 27 August 1967) is a football manager and a former player.

He started his career at Moldavian SSR, then played in Russian SFSR, Spain, Italy, France, Germany before retired in Moldova. He never played in Ukrainian SSR or independent Ukraine.

Club career

Born in Markivka, Rozdilna Raion, Odessa Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Dobrovolski trained at Tiraspol Children and Youth Sport School N4 in Moldavian SSR in early years (now in Transnistria). During his extensive career he played for Nistru Chişinău, Dynamo Moscow, Castellón, Servette, Genoa, Olympique de Marseille, Atlético Madrid, Fortuna Düsseldorf and Tiligul Tiraspol. In 1990, Igor Dobrovolski was thought of as one of the best young players in the world.

International career

He played for three different national teams: USSR at the 1988 Olympic Games where he was a gold medal winner and finished second top goal scorer with six goals (including one in the Gold Medal game itself); Romário scored seven but Brazil lost in the final to USSR. He was also part, with the same team, of the 1990 FIFA World Cup, representing afterwards the CIS at UEFA Euro 1992 and Russia at Euro 1996. He scored CIS's only goal in UEFA Euro 1992, in a 1–1 draw against Germany.

Four players have had the honour of scoring at least one goal in five successive matches at the Men's Olympic Football Tournament – Igor Dobrovolski (USSR in 1988), Ottmar Hitzfeld (FR Germany in 1972), Milan Galić (Yugoslavia in 1960) and Adolfo Baloncieri (Italy in 1928). Only Dobrovolski and Galić actually claimed gold.

Honours

• Gold Medal at the 1988 Olympics
• Silver Boot at the 1988 Olympics (6 goals)
• Soviet Footballer of the Year: 1990
• 1990 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Winner
• French League Title 1991–92
• UEFA Champions League: 1992–93 Winner

Coaching career

At 39 years old he was coaching Tiligul Tiraspol in the 2005–06 season, and then took over the Moldova national football team for the qualification to UEFA Euro 2008, with a view to a two-year extension to his contract if he was successful.

In December 2007, he signed a new contract with Moldova. He was allowed to coach any club until the start of 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA). On 16 October 2009, Dobrovolski announced his resignation.