Igor Anatolyevich Ponomaryov (; ; born 24 February 1960) is an Azerbaijani and Russian football manager and a former Soviet player. He is a board member of Sabah.
Honours 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)
International career In the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship final He Scored a free kick to give the Soviet Union national under-20 football team the lead, but the Team eventually lost 3-1 to the Argentina national under-20 football team.
Ponomaryov played his only game for USSR on 4 December 1980 in a friendly against Argentina and Diego Maradona.
Personal life He is the father of Anatoli Ponomarev. Both hold Swedish passports.
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