Aleksandr Eduardovich Koksharov (russian: Александр Эдуардович Кокшаров; born 20 December 2004) is a Russian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

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for

FC Krasnodar FC Krasnodar is a Russian professional football club based in Krasnodar that plays in the Russian Premier League. The club was founded in 2008. In 2009, the club was promoted to the Russian First Division, the second highest division of the Ru ...

and

FC Krasnodar-2 FC Krasnodar-2 (russian: ФК «Краснодар-2» Краснодар) is a Russian football team from Krasnodar, founded in 2013. From 2013 to 2018, it played in the third-tier Russian Professional Football League. It made its debut in the ...

Career

Koksharov made his debut for

on 28 September 2022 in a Russian Cup game against Pari Nizhny Novgorod. He made his

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; russian: Российская премьер-лига; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is the top division professional association football league in Russia. It was established at the end of 2001 ...

debut for Krasnodar on 3 October 2022 against

Krylia Sovetov Samara PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara (russian: Профессиональный футбольный клуб «Крылья Советов» Самара) is a football club from Russia based in Samara. It returned to the Russian Premier League for the 20 ...

. He scored his first RPL goal for Krasnodar on 21 May 2023 against

FC Rostov FC Rostov (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб Ростов) is a Russian professional football club based in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast. The club are members of the Russian Premier League, and play at the Rostov Arena. After the 20 ...

Personal life

His father

Eduard Koksharov Eduard Aleksandrovich Koksharov (russian: link=no, Эдуард Александрович Кокшаров, born 4 November 1975) is a Russian handball player and coach of the Russian national team. He played as a left winger. He retired from ...

is an Olympic champion in

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. Aleksandr was born in

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, Slovenia, where his father was playing club handball at the time.

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* * * * Living people 2004 births Footballers from Celje Russian men's footballers Russia men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football forwards FC Krasnodar players FC Krasnodar-2 players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Russian Second League players {{Russia-footy-forward-stub