Rawil Menzeleýew (; born 1942 in

Turkmenistan Turkmenistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest and the Caspian Sea to the west. Ash ...

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) is a

professional

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and

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Career

In 1965 he began his professional career for the

Soviet First League The Soviet First League in football () was the second highest division of Soviet football,Evgeni Kazakov. The Soviet First Football League (Первая лига СССР по футболу)''. History of Soviet football championships. Volume 1 ...

club Stroitel Aşgabat, in which he played to terminate career in 1974. In 1999, he, together with Sergei Kazankov coached the

Köpetdag Aşgabat The Köpet Dag, Kopet Dagh, or Koppeh Dagh (; ), also known as the Turkmen-Khorasan Mountain Range, is a mountain range on the border between Turkmenistan and Iran that extends about along the border southeast of the Caspian Sea, stretching nort ...

, that occurred in a Turkmenistan higher league.Газета СПОРТ-ЭКСПРЕСС. ПАС ИЗ-ЗА ГРАНИЦЫ. ЧЕМПИОНАТ ТУРКМЕНИИ
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