Aleksandr Prokopenko

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
Playing position 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)
National team
1980 Soviet Union 1 (0)
1980 Soviet Union Olympic 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Olympic medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Men's football
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 age 35.[1]

Honours

International career

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

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