Aleksandr Prokopenko | |
Fullname: | Aleksandr Timofeyevich Prokopenko |
Birth Date: | 16 November 1953 |
Birth Place: | Bobruisk, Belarusian SSR |
Death Place: | Minsk, Belarusian SSR |
Position: | Midfielder |
Years1: | 1971–1972 |
Years2: | 1973–1983 |
Years3: | 1986 |
Years4: | 1987 |
Clubs1: | Stroitel Bobruisk |
Clubs2: | Dinamo Minsk |
Clubs3: | Dnepr Mogilev |
Clubs4: | Neftchi Baku |
Caps2: | 310 |
Goals2: | 97 |
Caps3: | 15 |
Goals3: | 2 |
Caps4: | 5 |
Goals4: | 1 |
Nationalyears1: | 1980 |
Nationalteam1: | Soviet Union |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears2: | 1980 |
Nationalteam2: | Soviet Union Olympic |
Nationalcaps2: | 2 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
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, he died from choking on food in a restaurant age 35.[1]
Prokopenko played his only game for USSR on July 12, 1980, in a friendly against Denmark.