Aleksey Sayarovich Arifullin (russian: Алексей Саярович Арифуллин) (13 October 1970 − 28 September 2017) was a

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association footballer.

Club career

Arifullin played in the

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with

FC Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow (''FC Lokomotiv Moskva'', russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Локомотив" Москва, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Lokomotiv have won the Russian Premier League on three oc ...

FC 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 ...

and

FC Dynamo Moscow FC Dynamo Moscow (''FC Dynamo Moskva'', russian: Дина́мо Москва́ ) is a Russian football club based in Moscow. Dynamo returned to the Russian Premier League for the 2017–18 season after one season in the second-tier Russian Footb ...

. He never scored in a league match, and is one of a few players to make more than 100 appearances in the league without scoring a goal.

Honours

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 ...

runner-up: 1995, 1999. * Russian Premier League bronze: 1994, 1998. * Russian Cup winner: 1996, 1997, 2000. * Russian Cup finalist: 1990, 1998.

International career

Born in

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, Arifullin played his only international game for

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on 22 April 1998 in a friendly against

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European club competitions

All with FC Lokomotiv Moscow. *

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: 2 games. *

UEFA Cup 1995–96 Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs foo ...

: 2 games. *

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: 1 game. * UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1997–98: 7 games (reached semifinal). * UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1998–99: 7 games (reached semifinal). *

UEFA Cup 1999–2000 Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs fo ...

: 5 games.

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