Aleksandr Viktorovich Uvarov (Russian: Александр Викторович Уваров; born 13 January 1960) is a Russian and

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

i (since 2003) former football player. He is current goalkeeping coach of

Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv ( he, מכבי תל אביב) is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such ...

Career

During his club career he played for

FC Dynamo Moscow FC Dynamo Moscow (''FC Dynamo Moskva'', russian: Дина́мо Москва́ ) is a Russian football club based in Moscow. Dynamo returned to the Russian Premier League for the 2017–18 season after one season in the second-tier Russian Fo ...

and

He earned 11 caps for the

USSR national football team The Soviet Union national football team ( rus, сбо́рная СССР по футбо́лу, r=sbórnaya SSSR po futbólu) was the national football team of the former Soviet Union. After the breakup of the Union the team was transformed i ...

, and participated in the

1990 FIFA World Cup The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event for a second time (the first being M ...

, playing matches against

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, t ...

and

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west- central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; th ...

. He tragically lost his wife due to medical complications in May 2021, whilst she was visiting her family in Moscow, Russia. He is the current youth coach at Maccabi Tel Aviv and lives in Israel with his two children.

Honours

Player

Dynamo Moscow

Soviet Cup The Soviet Cup, or USSR Cup (russian: Кубок СССР),, be, Кубак СССР, uz, СССР Кубоги, kk, КСРО Кубогы, ka, სსრკ თასი, az, ССРИ кубоку, lt, TSRS taurė, ro, Cupa URSS ( Moldov ...

(1): **1984

Maccabi Tel Aviv

Israeli Premier League The Israeli Premier League ( he, ליגת העל, ''Ligat Ha`Al'', ), is a professional association football league which operates as the highest division of the Israeli Football League – the state's league of Israel. The league is contested ...

(3): **1991/92, 1994/95, 1995/96 *

State Cup The Israel State Cup ( he, גביע המדינה, ''Gvia HaMedina''), is a knockout cup competition in Israeli football, run by the Israel Football Association (IFA). The State Cup was first held in 1928 as the People's Cup. Because it involves ...

(2): **1993/94, 1995/96 *

Toto Cup The Israel Toto Cup ( he, גביע הטוטו, ''Gvia Ha'Toto'') is an association football tournament that features clubs in the two highest divisions in Israel: the Israeli Premier League (Ligat ha'Al, Ligat Ha'Al), and the second division Liga ...

(2): **1992/93, 1998/99

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1960 births People from Orekhovo-Zuyevo Living people Russian footballers Soviet footballers Soviet expatriate footballers Soviet Union international footballers 1990 FIFA World Cup players Association football goalkeepers Footballers from Moscow Soviet Top League players Israeli Premier League players FC Dynamo Moscow players Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players Russian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Israel Soviet expatriate sportspeople in Israel Russian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Russian football managers Israeli football managers Russian emigrants to Israel Naturalized citizens of Israel Association football goalkeeping coaches {{Israel-footy-goalkeeper-stub