Alexander Yanyushkin (; born 30 October 1982 in

Penza Penza (, ) is the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and administrative center of Penza Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Sura (river), Sura River, southeast of Moscow. As of the 2010 Russian census, 2010 Census, Penza had ...

) is a Russian

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coach and former player, he is the head coach of the

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. He played for

VVA-Podmoskovye Monino The VVA-Podmoskovye is a Russian rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#T ...

, in the Russian Professional League, since 2009/10. Yanyshkin had 70 for

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, from 2002 to 2015, scoring 10 tries, 9 conversions and 16 penalties scored, 116 points in aggregate. He was called for the

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, playing in three games and scoring a try.Alexander Yanushkin International Statistics
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* 1982 births Living people Russian rugby union players Russia international rugby union players Rugby union fly-halves Rugby union scrum-halves 2011 Rugby World Cup players VVA Podmoskovye players Sportspeople from Penza {{Russia-rugbyunion-bio-stub