Aleksandr Yuryevich Shchukin (; 5 January 1969 – 18 March 2000) was a Russian professional

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er.

Club career

He made his professional debut in the

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in 1987 for FC Lokomotiv Gorky.

Death

He was killed in 2000 in a car crash near

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References

1969 births Footballers from Nizhny Novgorod 2000 deaths Road incident deaths in Russia Soviet men's footballers Russian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod players FC Kuban Krasnodar players FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk players FC Mordovia Saransk players Russian Premier League players FC Druzhba Arzamas players 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-footy-midfielder-1960s-stub