Aleksandr Markin (footballer) explained

Aleksandr Markin
Fullname:Aleksandr Andreyevich Markin
Birth Date:10 October 1949
Birth Place:Magnitogorsk, Russian SFSR
Death Place:St. Petersburg, Russia
Position:Forward
Youthclubs1:FC Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Years1:1967
Years2:1968–1970
Caps2:83
Goals2:16
Years3:1971–1974
Clubs3:FC Zvezda Perm
Caps3:111
Goals3:51
Years4:1975–1977
Caps4:68
Goals4:26
Years5:1978–1979
Caps5:51
Goals5:19
Years6:1980
Caps6:33
Goals6:10

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.

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.