Rafael Surenovich Safarov (russian: Рафаэль Суренович Сафаров; 8 November 1947 – 26 May 2019) was a Russian
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
coach and a player.
Safarov died of a long-illness in
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...
on 26 May 2019 at the age of 71.
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1947 births
Footballers from Tbilisi
2019 deaths
Soviet men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Men's association football forwards
FC Dinamo Tbilisi players
FC Locomotive Tbilisi players
FC Ararat Yerevan players
FC Dinamo Batumi players
FC Shakhtar Horlivka players
Lori FC players
Soviet Top League players
Soviet football managers
Russian football managers
FC Anzhi Makhachkala managers
FC Dynamo Makhachkala players
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