Aleksandr Trofimov (footballer)

Aleksandr Mihaylovich Trofimov (Russian: Александр Михайлович Трофимов; 11 September 1937 – 6 September 2002) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani footballer who played midfield 11 years for Neftchi Baku PFC. Trofimov later coached Neftchi and Araz Nakhchivan in the 1970s.

Aleksandr Trofimov
Personal information
Full name Aleksandr Mihaylovich Trofimov
Date of birth (1937-09-11)11 September 1937
Place of birth Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
Date of death 5 September 2002(2002-09-05) (aged 64)
Place of death Lipetsk, Russia
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Trudovye Reservy Lipetsk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1960 Trudovye Reservy Lipetsk
1961–1969 Neftchi Baku 257 (9)
Teams managed
1973–1974 Neftchi Baku (assistant)
1977 Araz Nakhchivan (assistant)
1978 Karabakh Stepanakert (assistant)
1987 Avtomobilist Mingechevir
1992 Plastik Salyan FK
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Born in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Trofimov began playing professional football with FC Trudovye Reservy Lipetsk in the Soviet Second League and the Soviet First League from 1957 to 1960.

He was classified as a Master of Sport of the USSR in 1963 and was a member of the Neftchi squad that finished third in the Soviet Top League in 1966.

After he retired from playing, Trofimov coached his former club Neftchi before becoming a manager. He led Avtomobilist Mingechevir in the Soviet Second League during 1987 and Plastik Salyan FK in the Azerbaijan Top League during 1992.[1]

He would return to Lipetsk, where he worked with a local club FC Spartak Kazinka before he died in 2002.[1]

References
  1. "Липецкий азербайджанец" (in Russian). Lipetskaya Gazeta. 5 September 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2020.


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