Aleksandr Prokopenko

Soviet footballer

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]

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

1. Воспоминания о Прокопенко^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

• Aleksandr Prokopenko at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
• Profile at RussiaTeam^{[dead link]} (in Russian)
• Aleksandr Prokopenko at Olympedia
• Aleksandr Prokopenko at Olympics.com