Aleksandr Kanischev

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Aleksandr Kanischev(born May 08, 1960 in Leningrad) is a former Soviet footballer who played with Daugava Rīga and Zenit Leningrad.

[edit] Playing career

Kanischev's first seven years in football were in the local championship of Leningrad, then he played in the reserves of Zenit Leningrad in the second Soviet league. In 1982 Jānis Skredelis invited him to Daugava Rīga with which Kanischev made his name as a very technical midfield in the first Soviet league. With Genādijs Šitiks and Jurijs Popkovs he formed one of the strongest midfield lines in the 1st Soviet league and in 1985 with Daugava won the first league title. In 1986 and 1987 Kanischev played with Zenit Leningrad but he had missed the clubs best years (in 1984 when Zenit won its single Soviet league title Kanischev was still in Daugava).

In 1988 he returned to Daugava which by then was also on the fall. Kanishev retired from football in 1990 after having played his last season with Metalist Kharkiv. Over the three seasons that he played in the Soviet Top League Kanischev played 55 matches and scored 5 goals, in the first league with Daugava he capped 221 appearances and scored 37 goals^[1].