Aleksandr Prokopenko

Aleksandr Prokopenko
Personal information
Full name Aleksandr Timofeyevich Prokopenko
Date of birth November 16, 1953(1953-11-16)
Place of birth Babruysk, Belarusian SSR
Date of death March 29, 1989(1989-03-29) (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
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.

Honours

International career

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

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