Aleksandr Markin
- September 2, 1996
- 46 years
- accident
About Aleksandr Markin
Aleksandr Markin, 46, Soviet football player, accident.
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|Aleksandr Andreyevich Markin (Russian: Александр Андреевич Маркин; 10 October 1949 in Magnitogorsk – 2 September 1996 in St. Petersburg in an apartment fire) was a Soviet Russian football player.
He is most notable as the top scorer of the 1976 (autumn) Soviet Top League with 13 goals. He was the first FC Zenit St. Petersburg player to become a top scorer and the only Zenit player to score 4 goals in a league game.
He was also the top scorer in the 1974 season of the Soviet First League with 25 goals.
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