Aleksandr Prokopenko

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]

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
	1980 Moscow	Team

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.