Aleksandr Prokopenko
- March 29, 1989
- 35 years
- choked on food
About Aleksandr Prokopenko
Aleksandr Prokopenko, 35, Belarusian international footballer (Dinamo Minsk, Soviet Union), choked on food.
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|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.
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.
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