Aleksandr Ivanovich Lenyov (; 25 September 1944 – 12 November 2021) was a

Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

and Russian former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in t ...

or defender.

International career

Lenyov earned ten caps for the USSR national team, and participated in UEFA Euro 1968.

Honours

Soviet Top League The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (), served as the top division (tier) of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991. The league's name was a conditional designation used for brevity since being completely owned and g ...

: 1965 *

Soviet Cup The Soviet Cup, or USSR Cup (),, , , (Moldovan Cyrillic: Купа УРСС), , , . was the premier football cup competition in the Soviet Union conducted by the Football Federation of the Soviet Union. The 1991–92 season of the tournam ...

: 1968

Death

He died on 12 November 2021, after a long illness.Ушёл из жизни Александр Ленёв

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1944 births 2021 deaths Russian men's footballers Soviet men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Men's association football defenders Soviet Union men's international footballers UEFA Euro 1968 players Soviet Top League players FC Shinnik Yaroslavl players FC Torpedo Moscow players FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod players FC Arsenal Tula players Footballers from Tula Oblast People from Novomoskovsky District 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-footy-midfielder-1940s-stub