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Aleksandr Timofeyevich Prokopenko (Russian: Александр Тимофеевич Прокопенко, Belarusian: Аляксандр Цімафеевіч Пракапенка, November 16, 1953 – March 29, 1989) was a Soviet football player. After retiring, he suffered from alcoholism,^{[citation needed]} he died from choking on food in a restaurant age 35.[1]

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
Position(s)	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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Olympic medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Men's football
	1980 Moscow	Team

Honours

• Olympic bronze: 1980.
• Soviet Top League winner: 1982.

International career

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

References

External links

• (in Russian) Profile
• Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics. Wilson, Jonathan.

На других языках

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- [en] Aleksandr Prokopenko

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[fr] Aleksandr Prokopenko

Aleksandr Timofeïevitch Prokopenko (en russe : Александр Тимофеевич Прокопенко), né le 16 novembre 1953 à Bobrouïsk et mort le 29 mars 1989 à Minsk est un footballeur soviétique.

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[it] Aljaksandr Prakapenka

Aljaksandr Cimafeevič Prakapenka (in bielorusso: Аляксандр Цімафеевіч Пракапенка?, in russo: Александр Тимофеевич Прокопенко?, traslitterato: Aleksandr Timofeevič Prokopenko; Babrujsk, 16 novembre 1953 – Minsk, 29 marzo 1989) è stato un calciatore sovietico, di ruolo centrocampista.

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[ru] Прокопенко, Александр Тимофеевич

Александр Тимофеевич Прокопенко (16 ноября 1953, Бобруйск — 29 марта 1989, Минск) — советский футболист. Игровое амплуа — полузащитник. Мастер спорта СССР (1979). Мастер спорта международного класса (1980).

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