Aleksandr Andreyevich Markin (Russian: Александр Андреевич Маркин; 10 October 1949 in Magnitogorsk – 2 September 1996 in St. Petersburg in an apartment fire) was a Soviet Russian football player.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Aleksandr Andreyevich Markin | ||
Date of birth | (1949-10-10)10 October 1949 | ||
Place of birth | Magnitogorsk, Russian SFSR | ||
Date of death | 2 September 1996(1996-09-02) (aged 46) | ||
Place of death | St. Petersburg, Russia | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
FC Metallurg Magnitogorsk | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1967 | FC Metallurg Magnitogorsk | ||
1968–1970 | FC SKA Khabarovsk | 83 | (16) |
1971–1974 | FC Zvezda Perm | 111 | (51) |
1975–1977 | FC Zenit Leningrad | 68 | (26) |
1978–1979 | FC SKA Rostov-on-Don | 51 | (19) |
1980 | FC Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk | 33 | (10) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
He is most notable as the top scorer of the 1976 (autumn) Soviet Top League with 13 goals. He was the first FC Zenit St. Petersburg player to become a top scorer and the only Zenit player to score 4 goals in a league game.
He was also the top scorer in the 1974 season of the Soviet First League with 25 goals.
Soviet Top League top scorers | |
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