Personal information | |||
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Full name | Aleksandr Timofeyevich Prokopenko | ||
Date of birth | November 16, 1953 | ||
Place of birth | Babruysk, Belarusian SSR | ||
Date of death | March 29, 1989 | (aged 35)||
Place of death | Minsk, Belarusian SSR | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
1972 | Babruysk | ||
1973-1983 | FC Dinamo Minsk | ||
1986 | FC Dnepr Mogilyov | ||
1987 | Neftchi Baku | ||
National team | |||
1980 | USSR | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
Olympic medal record | ||
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Competitor for the Soviet Union | ||
Men's football | ||
Bronze | 1980 Moscow | Team |
Aleksandr Timofeyevich Prokopenko (Russian: Александр Тимофеевич Прокопенко, November 16, 1953 – March 29, 1989) was a Soviet football player. After retiring he suffered from alcoholism, he died from choking on food in a restaurant.
Prokopenko played his only game for USSR on July 12, 1980 in a friendly against Denmark.
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