Aleksandr Uvarov (footballer)

Aleksandr Viktorovich Uvarov (Russian: Александр Викторович Уваров; born 13 January 1960) is a Russian and Israeli (since 2003) former football player. He is current goalkeeping coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Aleksandr Uvarov
Александр Уваров

Personal information
Full name	Aleksandr Viktorovich Uvarov
Date of birth	(1960-01-13) 13 January 1960 (age 65)
Place of birth	Orekhovo-Zuyevo, Russian SFSR
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1981–1991	Dynamo Moscow	105	(0)
1991–2000	Maccabi Tel Aviv	220	(0)
Total		325	(0)
International career
1990–1991	USSR	11	(0)
Managerial career
2000–2018	Maccabi Tel Aviv (goalkeeping coach)
2000–2012	Israel (goalkeeping coach)
2018–	Maccabi Tel Aviv U19 (goalkeeping coach)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

During his club career he played for FC Dynamo Moscow and Maccabi Tel Aviv He earned 11 caps for the USSR national football team, and participated in the 1990 FIFA World Cup, playing matches against Argentina and Cameroon. He lost his wife due to medical complications in May 2021, whilst she was visiting her family in Moscow, Russia. He is the current youth coach at Maccabi Tel Aviv and lives in Israel with his two children.

Honours

Player

Dynamo Moscow

• Soviet Cup (1):
  • 1984

Maccabi Tel Aviv

• Israeli Premier League (3):
  • 1991/92, 1994/95, 1995/96
• State Cup (2):
  • 1993/94, 1995/96
• Toto Cup (2):
  • 1992/93, 1998/99

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