Aleksandr Prokopenko

Soviet footballer
Aleksandr Prokopenko
Personal information
Full name Aleksandr Timofeyevich Prokopenko
Date of birth (1953-11-16)November 16, 1953
Place of birth Bobruisk, Belarusian SSR
Date of death March 29, 1989(1989-03-29) (aged 35)
Place of death Minsk, Belarusian SSR
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1972 Stroitel Bobruisk
1973–1983 Dinamo Minsk 310 (97)
1986 Dnepr Mogilev 15 (2)
1987 Neftchi Baku 5 (1)
International career
1980 Soviet Union 1 (0)
1980 Soviet Union Olympic 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Olympic medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Men's football
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Moscow Team

Aleksandr Timofeyevich Prokopenko (Russian: Александр Тимофеевич Прокопенко, Belarusian: Аляксандр Цімафеевіч Пракапенка, November 16, 1953 – March 29, 1989) was a Soviet football player. After retiring, he suffered from alcoholism,[citation needed] he died from choking on food in a restaurant age 35.[1]

Honours

International career

Prokopenko played his only game for USSR on July 12, 1980, in a friendly against Denmark.

References

  1. ^ Воспоминания о Прокопенко[permanent dead link]

External links

  • Aleksandr Prokopenko at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian) Edit this at Wikidata
  • Profile at RussiaTeam[dead link] (in Russian)
  • Aleksandr Prokopenko at Olympedia Edit this at Wikidata
  • Aleksandr Prokopenko at Olympics.com
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Soviet Union squad1980 Summer Olympics − Bronze medalists
Soviet Union


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