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 (including one in the gold medal game itself);
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 (USSR in 1988),
Ottmar Hitzfeld (FR Germany in 1972),
Milan Galić (Yugoslavia in 1960) and
Adolfo Baloncieri (Italy in 1928). Only Dobrovolski and Galić actually claimed gold. == Honours ==