Alexander Alexandrovich Sokolov (November 4, 1975, Suja , Kursk Region ) - Russian footballer , striker .
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Biography
Father Alexander Efimovich Sokolov played in the second league of the USSR, graduated from the P.F. Lesgaft Institute . Sokolov spent his childhood in Zheleznogorsk , where he studied at the local youth sports school. In 1992 he entered the Smolensk Institute of Physical Education . The student team includes the winner of the Russian championship among universities. In 1995-1996 he played in the third and second leagues for the Kursk “Vanguard” . At the time of the army service in 1997, Smolensk was in the Kristall Air Force CSK , taking 4th place in the first league that year, but spent only three matches for the Russian Cup.
In 1998 he moved to the club of the Belarusian major league “Naftan-Devon” Novopolotsk . On May 9, in his fifth match for the club - away against Soligorsk Shakhtar - he was seriously injured: a fracture of two tibia bones with a displacement. He went to Zheleznogorsk to recover, and in the tournament on the snow received a second fracture of the tibia. In 1999-2000 he played at an amateur level for the local “Magnet”. In 2001, he taught the invitation from the club of the second league "Salute-Energy" Belgorod . In 2003, the head coach Valery Nenenko joined the team, with whom Sokolov had had a conflict since his performance in Smolensk. Sokolov, who for the previous two seasons scored 34 goals for the team in 74 games, ceased to put in the composition. After the first round, Nenenko was fired, and the player moved to the Tula Arsenal . After joining the team of Boris Stukalov, Sokolov ceased to fit into the game concept. He was at a training camp with the Voronezh Fakel, but switched to the Belarusian Darida , which was headed by Armen Adamyan , who played with Sokolov in Smolensk and Belgorod. In 2004, he scored 16 goals in 29 matches, and the next year after 9 matches he left for the Israeli club Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona . In 2006-2009, he played at an amateur level for “Magnet” Zheleznogorsk - 94 games, 45 goals.
Links
- Alexander Sokolov: I do not want to fight for survival
- Profile on FootballFacts.ru