Aleksandr Prokhorov (footballer)

Aleksandr Prokhorov

Personal information
Full name	Aleksandr Vladimirovich Prokhorov
Date of birth	June 18, 1946
Place of birth	Brest, Byelorussian SSR
Date of death	January 7, 2005 (aged 58)
Place of death	Moscow, Russia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 ^1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1965	Neman Grodno	29	(0)
1966–1967	Dinamo Minsk	11	(0)
1969	Metalurh Zaporizhya	42	(0)
1970–1971	Dynamo Kyiv	18	(0)
1972–1975	Spartak Moscow	91	(0)
1976	Dynamo Kyiv	0	(0)
1976–1978	Spartak Moscow	51	(0)
1978	Krasnaya Presnya Moscow
National team
1971–1975	Soviet Union Olympic	6	(0)
1976	Soviet Union	3	(0)
Teams managed
1979–1980	Avangard Petropavlovsk
1981	Meliorator Kyzylorda
1981	Shakhter Karagandy (assistant)
1982	Meliorator Kyzylorda
1983–1984	Shakhter Karagandy (assistant)
1985	Tselinnik Tselinograd
1988–1989	Olimpiyets football school
1990–1991	USSR Football Veterans (administrator)
1992–1995	MFC Norovus Moscow (director)
1996–2005	Russia Football Veterans (director)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Aleksandr Vladimirovich Prokhorov (Russian: Александр Владимирович Прохоров) (June 18, 1946 in Brest, Belarus – January 7, 2005 in Moscow) was a Soviet football player and coach.

Honours

• Soviet Top League winner: 1971.
• Soviet Goalkeeper of the Year: 1974, 1975.

International career

Prokhorov made his debut for USSR on March 20, 1976 in a friendly against Argentina. He played in the UEFA Euro 1976 quarterfinal (USSR did not qualify for the final tournament).

References

• (Russian) Profile