Aleksandr Antonovich Khapsalis (russian: Александр Антонович Хапсалис; born 17 October 1957) is a former

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football player of Pontic Greek descent. His parents were deported from

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. At the end of his football playing career, Khapsalis played Indoor soccer in the

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with the

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Honours

Soviet Top League The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу: Высшая лига), served as the top division of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991. The professional top level ...

winner: 1977, 1980, 1981. *

Soviet Cup The Soviet Cup, or USSR Cup (russian: Кубок СССР),, be, Кубак СССР, uz, СССР Кубоги, kk, КСРО Кубогы, ka, სსრკ თასი, az, ССРИ кубоку, lt, TSRS taurė, ro, Cupa URSS ( Moldov ...

winner: 1978, 1982, 1984.

International career

Khapsalis made his debut for

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in a

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qualifier against

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and scored on his debut. USSR did not qualify for the final tournament. In 1979 Khapsalis played couple of games for

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at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.Football at the 1979 Spartakiad of the Peoples of USSR
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1957 births Living people Pontic Greeks Soviet men's footballers Men's association football forwards Soviet people of Greek descent Kazakhstani men's footballers Kazakhstani people of Greek descent Kazakhstani people of Ukrainian descent Ukrainian men's footballers Ukrainian people of Greek descent Soviet Union men's international footballers Soviet Top League players FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg players FC Dynamo Kyiv players FC Dynamo Moscow players FC Kairat players FC Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol players FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi players Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in the United States San Diego Sockers (1978–1996) indoor players Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players People from Talgar Sportspeople from Almaty Region American soccer coaches {{Kazakhstan-footy-bio-stub