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{{short description|Soviet footballer}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Aleksandr Prokopenko
| fullname = Aleksandr Timofeyevich Prokopenko
| height = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1953|11|16}}
| birth_place = [[Bobruisk]], [[Belarusian SSR]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1989|3|29|1953|11|16}}
| death_place = [[Minsk]], [[Belarusian SSR]]
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1 =  
| youthclubs1 =   
| years1 = 1971–1972
| years2 = 1973–1983
| years3 = 1986
| years4 = 1987
| clubs1 = Stroitel Bobruisk
| clubs2 = [[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]]
| clubs3 = [[FC Dnepr Mogilev|Dnepr Mogilev]]
| clubs4 = [[PFC Neftchi Baku|Neftchi Baku]]
| caps2 = 310
| goals2 = 97
| caps3 = 15
| goals3 = 2
| caps4 = 5
| goals4 = 1
| nationalyears1 = 1980
| nationalteam1 = [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union]]
| nationalcaps1 =  1  
| nationalgoals1 = 0 
| nationalyears2 = 1980
| nationalteam2 = [[Soviet Union Olympic football team|Soviet Union Olympic]]
| nationalcaps2 = 2 
| nationalgoals2 = 0 
}}
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{{MedalCountry |the {{URS}} }}
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Football at the Summer Olympics|football]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]] | [[Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics#Men's competition|Team]]}}
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'''Aleksandr Timofeyevich Prokopenko''' ({{langx|ru|Александр Тимофеевич Прокопенко}}, {{langx|be|Аляксандр Цімафеевіч Пракапенка}}, November 16, 1953 – March 29, 1989) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] football player. After retiring, he suffered from [[alcoholism]],{{citation needed|date=April 2020}} he died from [[choking]] on food in a restaurant age 35.<ref>[http://www.avkazakevich.ru/zotov/prokopenko.html Воспоминания о Прокопенко]{{Dead link|date=October 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Honours==
* [[Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics|Olympic bronze]]: 1980.
* [[Soviet Top League]] winner: 1982.

==International career==
Prokopenko played his only game for [[USSR national football team|USSR]] on July 12, 1980, in a friendly against [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{FootballFacts.ru}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060222180041/http://rusteam.permian.ru/players/prokopenko.html Profile at RussiaTeam] {{in lang|ru}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com|aleksandr-prokopenko}}

{{Soviet Union Squad 1980 Summer Olympics}}

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[[Category:1953 births]]
[[Category:1989 deaths]]
[[Category:Belarusian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Soviet men's footballers]]
[[Category:Soviet Union men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Olympic footballers for the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Soviet Top League players]]
[[Category:FC Dinamo Minsk players]]
[[Category:FC Dnepr Mogilev players]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in football]]
[[Category:Footballers from Babruysk]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Neftçi PFK players]]
[[Category:20th-century Belarusian sportsmen]]

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