The talented centre made himself famous in his home country and on the international stage as one of the members of the KLM Line he formed with Vladimir Krutov and Sergei Makarov with the CSKA Moscow and the Soviet National Team, line that was, with the contribution of Viacheslav Fetisov, one of the main reason to explain the outrageous domination of the Soviet Team in the international competitions of the 80's; he won the Olympic gold in 1984 and 1988 and four World titles, in 1982, 1983, 1986 and 1989.