Oleg Blokhin was one of the best Soviet players. In 1975, he was awarded the Ballon d’Or as the best football player in Europe.He set multiple records that remain valid to this day. For instance, he was the only football player to be awarded the title of the best player in the USSR for three consecutive years. He was also listed among the 33 best Soviet football players fifteen times, which is also an unparalleled achievement.

It was to Blokhin that Tamara Gverdtsiteli, a famous singer, dedicated her song Vivat, Korol (Long Live the King). She sang it for the first time in 1988 ahead of the farewell match of the legendary forward. Blokhin used to say that he felt a little bitter when the song that was dedicated to him was played on various other occasions. “Had I known that it would turn out this way, I would have taken out a patent (copyright), " he used to say with a smile.