Igor Dobrovolski

Igor Ivanovich Dobrovolski is Russian professional football manager and former player who currently serves as head coach of Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol.
Dobrovolski started his career in the Moldavian SSR, then played in the Russian SFSR, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, France and Germany before retiring in Moldova. He is an Olympic gold medalist.

Club career

Born in Markivka, Rozdilna Raion, Odesa Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Dobrovolski trained at Tiraspol Children and Youth Sport School N4 in Moldavian SSR in early years. During his extensive career he played for Nistru Chișinău, Dynamo Moscow, Castellón, Servette, Genoa, Olympique de Marseille, Atlético Madrid, Fortuna Düsseldorf and Tiligul Tiraspol.
He is the first Russian player to win the Champions League with Olympique de Marseille in season 1992–93.

International career

Dobrovolski 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 ; 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, Ottmar Hitzfeld, Milan Galić and Adolfo Baloncieri. Only Dobrovolski and Galić actually claimed gold.

Honours

Marseille

Soviet Union Under-21

Olympic Gold Medal: [Football at the Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Summer Olympics|1988]
UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 1990

Individual

Olympic Silver Boot: 1988
Soviet Footballer of the Year: 1990

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.