Eastern European Players in the Football League 1988-92 – Appendix

January 19, 2024 0 By Paul W

An overview of the Eastern European footballers to have played in the Football League between 1988 and 1992. 

Czechoslovakia 

Luděk Mikloško - Pavel Srníček - Jan Stejskal

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

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 

Sergei Baltacha - Aleksei Cherednik - Sergei Gotsmanov

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

Andrei Kanchelskis – Igor Gurinovich – Victor Yanushevsky