Aleksei Arefyev (; born 9 March 1971) is a Russian retired professional

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er. He made his professional debut in the

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in 1989 for

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. He played 4 games in the

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for

Honours

bronze: 1991. * Russian Cup winner: 1993.

References

1971 births Footballers from Moscow Living people Soviet men's footballers Russian men's footballers Soviet Top League players Russian Premier League players Russian expatriate sportspeople in Bangladesh FC Torpedo Moscow players FC Torpedo-2 players FC Ural Yekaterinburg players FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod players Expatriate men's footballers in Bangladesh Men's association football midfielders Men's association football defenders 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub