Aleksandr Alekseyevich Minayev (russian: Александр Алексеевич Минаев; born 20 August 1958, died 12 March 2010Всегда будем помнить
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player and coach.

Playing career

He made his professional debut in the

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in 1976 for

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. He played 4 games in the

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for

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. Minayev played only for one club abroad, a season in Yugoslavia with Serbian side

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Death

He died in March 2010 in

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References

1958 births People from Skovorodinsky District 2010 deaths Soviet men's footballers Russian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Men's association football defenders Russian Premier League players Russian football managers PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players FC Torpedo Moscow players FC Fakel Voronezh players FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin players FC Metallurg Lipetsk players FK Budućnost Valjevo players Expatriate men's footballers in Yugoslavia FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod players Sportspeople from Amur Oblast Soviet expatriate men's footballers Soviet expatriate sportspeople in Yugoslavia {{Russia-footy-forward-1950s-stub