Eastern European Players in the Football League 1988-92 – Appendix
An overview of the Eastern European footballers to have played in the Football League between 1988 and 1992.
Czechoslovakia
Luděk Mikloško
Born: 09.12.1961 Prostějov
Signed from: Banik Ostrava, February 1990 [£300,000]
Football League Career: West Ham United (1990-98) – 318 appearances; QPR (1998-2001) – 57 appearances
International Career: Czechoslovakia (1982-92) 40 caps; Czech Republic (1996-97) 2 caps
In the squad for the 1990 World Cup
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Pavel Srníček
Born: 10.03.1968 Ostrava (d. 29.12.2015 Ostrava)
Signed from: Banik Ostrava, January 1991 [£350,000]
Football League Career: Newcastle United (1991-98) – 150 appearances; Sheffield Wednesday (1998-2000) – 44 appearances [to Brescia]; Portsmouth (2003-04) – 3 appearances; West Ham United (2004) – 3 appearances; Newcastle United (2006-07) – 2 appearances
International Career: Czech Republic (1994-2001) 49 caps
In the squad for the 1996 European Championship; Played at the 2000 European Championship
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Jan Stejskal
Born: 15.01.1962 Brno
Signed from: Sparta Prague, October 1990 [£625,000]
Football League Career: QPR (1990-94) – 107 appearances
International Career: Czechoslovakia (1986-92) 29 caps; Czech Republic (1994) 2 caps
Played at the 1990 World Cup
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Hungary
István Kozma
Born: 03.12.1964 Pásztó
Signed from: Dunfermline Athletic, February 1992 [£300,000]
Football League Career: Liverpool (1992-93) – 6 appearances
International Career: Hungary (1986-95) 40 caps, 1 goal
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Romania
Ştefan Iovan
Born: 23.08.1960 Moțăței
Signed from: Steaua Bucharest, March 1991 [£60,000]
Football League Career: Brighton & Hove Albion (1991-92) – 6 appearances
International Career: Romania (1983-90) 34 caps, 3 goals
Ştefan Iovan – István Kozma – Sergei Baltacha
USSR
Sergei Baltacha
Born: 17.02.1958 Kiev
Signed from: Dynamo Kiev, December 1988 [£200,000]
Football League Career: Ipswich Town (1988-90) – 28 appearances, 1 goal [to St. Johnstone, June 1990]
International Career: USSR (1980-88);45 caps, 2 goals
Played at the 1982 World Cup & 1988 European Championship
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Alexei Cherednik
Born: 12.12.1960 Pamir
Signed from: Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, February 1990 [£300,000]
Football League Career: Southampton (1990-93) – 23 appearances
International Career: USSR (1989) 2 caps
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Sergei Gotsmanov
Born: 17.03.1959 Minsk
Signed from: Dynamo Minsk, February 1990 [non-contract]
Football League Career: Brighton (1990) – 16 appearances, 4 goals; Southampton [Aug 1990, £150,000] (1990-91) – 8 appearances
International Career: USSR (1984-88) 31 caps, 2 goals; Belarus (1992-93) 3 caps, 1 goal
Played at the 1988 European Championship
Igor Gurinovich
Born: 05.03.1960 Minsk
Signed from: Dynamo Minsk, November 1990
Football League Career: Brighton (1990-91) – 4 appearances, 1 goal
International Career: USSR (1984) 1 cap; Belarus (1994-95) 3 caps, 1 goal
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Andrei Kanchelskis
Born: 23.01.1969 Kirovgrad
Signed from: Shakhtar Donetsk, March 1991 [£650,000]
Football League Career: Manchester United (1991-95) – 123 appearances, 28 goals; Everton [Aug 1995, £5m] (1995-97) – 52 appearances, 20 goals [to Fiorentina, Jan 1997, £6m]; [from Rangers] Manchester City [Jan 2001, loan] (2001) – 10 appearances; Southampton [Aug 2002] (2002-03) – 1 appearance
International Career: USSR (1989-91); 17 caps, 3 goals; CIS (1992) 6 caps; Russia (1992-98) 36 caps, 4 goals
Played at the 1992 & 1996 European Championships
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Victor Yanushevsky
Born: 23.01.1960 Minsk (d. 23.06.1992 Berlin)
Signed from: CSKA Moscow, March 1991
Football League Career: Aldershot (1991) – 6 appearances, 1 goal
International Career: USSR (1984) 2 caps
Andrei Kanchelskis – Igor Gurinovich – Victor Yanushevsky