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Aleksandr Prokopenko

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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)
International career
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
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Moscow Team

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]

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International career

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

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