Aleksei Aleksandrovich Bakharev (russian: Алексей Александрович Бахарев, uk, Олексій Олександрович Бахарєв; 12 October 1976 – 18 March 2022) was a Russian and Ukrainian professional

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who played as a

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International career

Bakharev played for two national teams: he played for

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on 18 November 1998 in a friendly against

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and for

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on 21 August 2002 in a friendly against

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1976 births 2022 deaths People from Volgograd Oblast Russian footballers Ukrainian footballers Association football midfielders Russia international footballers Russia youth international footballers Russia under-21 international footballers Ukraine international footballers Russian Premier League players Ukrainian Premier League players FC Lada-Tolyatti players FC Spartak Moscow players FC Rotor Volgograd players FC Shakhtar Donetsk players FC Rubin Kazan players Dual internationalists (football) Naturalized citizens of Ukraine FC Nosta Novotroitsk players FC Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk players Russian expatriate footballers Russian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate footballers in Ukraine FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk players Sportspeople from Volgograd Oblast {{Russia-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub