Aleksandr Sergeyevich Kozlov (russian: Александр Серге́евич Козлов; 19 March 1993 – 15 July 2022) was a Russian professional
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
or
striker.
Career
Kozlov made his debut in the
Russian Premier League
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on 25 April 2010 for
FC Spartak Moscow
FC Spartak Moscow (russian: Футбольный клуб «Спартак» Москва, Futbolʹnyy klub «Spartak» Moskva, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships (second only to Dyna ...
.
On 16 January 2017, Kozlov signed a one-year contract with
Kazakhstan Premier League
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side
FC Okzhetpes
Football Club Okzhetpes ( kk, Оқжетпес Футбол Клубы, ''Oqjetpes Kókshetaý Fýtbol Klýby'') is a Kazakhstani professional football based in the Torpedo Stadium in Kokshetau. The club currently plays in the Kazakhstan Premie ...
.
On 26 June 2019,
Ararat Yerevan
Football Club Ararat Yerevan ( hy, Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Արարատ Երևան), commonly known as Ararat Yerevan, is an Armenian football club based in Yerevan that plays in the Armenian Premier League.
Since 1999, the club is ...
announced the signing of Kozlov along with another twelve players.
Death
On 15 July 2022,
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* HC Spartak Moscow, a professional ice hockey team
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announced the death of Kozlov, reportedly as a result of a blood clot suffered during training with
Zorkiy Krasnogorsk.
Career statistics
References
External links
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Aleksandr Kozlovat Footballdatabase
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Career profile at sportbox.ru
1993 births
2022 deaths
Footballers from Moscow
Russian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Russia men's youth international footballers
Russia men's under-21 international footballers
Russian Premier League players
Russian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan
Expatriate men's footballers in Armenia
FC Spartak Moscow players
FC Khimki players
FC Tosno players
FC Fakel Voronezh players
FC Okzhetpes players
FC Tyumen players
FC Ararat Yerevan players
FC Ararat Moscow players
FC Spartak-2 Moscow players
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