Igor Ponomaryov

Personal information
Full name	Igor Anatolyevich Ponomaryov
Date of birth	(1960-02-24) 24 February 1960 (age 64)
Place of birth	Baku, Azerbaijani SSR
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Sabah (board member)
Youth career
1977–1978	Neftçi
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1978–1981	Neftçi	77	(25)
1982	CSKA Moscow	34	(3)
1983–1988	Neftçi	149	(38)
1989	IFK Norrköping	17	(3)
Total		277[1]	(69)
International career
1988	USSR (Olympic)	1	(0)
1980	USSR	1	(0)
Managerial career
	IFK Norrköping (assistant)
	Reymersholms IK (assistant)
2000–2001	Azerbaijan
2002–2003	Syrianska FC
2004–2005	Qarabağ
2006–2007	Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk
2008–2009	Khazar Lankaran
2019–	Sabah (board member)
2024	Sabah (caretaker)
Medal record Representing the  Soviet Union Men's football 1988 Seoul Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Igor Anatolyevich Ponomaryov (Russian: Игорь Анатольевич Пономарёв; Azerbaijani: İqor Anatoli oğlu Ponomaryov; born 24 February 1960) is an Azerbaijani and Russian football manager and a former Soviet player. He is a board member of Sabah.

• Olympic Champion: 1988
• UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship winner: 1978
• 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship runner-up: 1979
• Holds the record for most penalty kicks scored in a row without misses in the Soviet Top League (24)

Ponomaryov played his only game for USSR on 4 December 1980 in a friendly against Argentina.

He is the father of Anatoli Ponomarev. Both hold Swedish passports.

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