Known for by titles the most decorated Ukrainian footballer after Blokhin and Shevchenko, and the only Ukrainian with an Olympic gold from Seoul. An omission of this size cannot be explained by anything in the current 33. Biggest achievements: Olympic gold 1988; European Championship runner-up 1988; European Cup Winners' Cup 1986; three Soviet titles and three Soviet Cups with Dynamo Kyiv; Serie A 1991 with Sampdoria; five Scottish titles with Rangers; Soviet Footballer of the Year 1988; fourth in the 1988 Ballon d'Or.
One rank above: Oleh Protasov at #4.
One rank below: Oleksandr Shovkovskyi at #6.
Ukraine's editorial top five: Andriy Shevchenko · Oleh Blokhin · Anatoliy Tymoshchuk · Oleh Protasov · Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko.