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Aleksandr Nikolayevich Novikov (Russian: Александр Николаевич Новиков; born 27 February 1958; died 27 June 1991) was a Soviet football player.

Aleksandr Novikov

Personal information
Full name	Aleksandr Nikolayevich Novikov
Date of birth	(1958-02-27)27 February 1958
Date of death	27 June 1991(1991-06-27) (aged 33)
Place of death	Leningrad, Russian SFSR
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1974–1975	FC Iskra Smolensk
1977	PFC CSKA Moscow	0	(0)
1978–1991	FC Iskra Smolensk	303	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Honours

1977 FIFA World Youth Championship winner with the Soviet Union.[1]

Death

On 13 May 1991, the bus with his team FC Iskra Smolensk collided head-on with a truck on a highway on their way back from an away game. Team's head coach Dzhemal Silagadze died instantly, and Novikov died several weeks later in a hospital from head trauma.[2]

References

External links

• Aleksandr Novikov at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)

На других языках

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- [en] Aleksandr Novikov (footballer, born 1958)

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[ru] Новиков, Александр Николаевич (футболист)

Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Но́виков (27 февраля 1958 — 27 июня 1991, Ленинград) — советский футболист, вратарь. Чемпион мира среди молодёжи (1977). Мастер спорта СССР (1979).

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