Eduard Eduardavich Baltrushevich (; ; born 18 January 1971) is a Belarusian former professional

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who played as a defender. His son Ilya Boltrushevich is also a professional footballer.

Club career

Eduard Baltrushevich played for several clubs in Europe, including

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in the

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and Petro Płock in the

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International career

Baltrushevich made three appearances for the

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. He made his international debut on 20 August 1996 in

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(

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), playing the full 90 minutes in a

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against

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Honours

;Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev *

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

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* * * * 1971 births Living people Soviet men's footballers Belarusian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Belarus men's international footballers Belarusian Premier League players Ekstraklasa players Russian Premier League players FC Vitebsk players FC Dnepr Mogilev players Wisła Płock players FC Belshina Bobruisk players FC Fakel Voronezh players FC Kristall Smolensk players FC Neman Grodno players FC Torpedo Mogilev players FC Spartak Shklov players Belarusian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Belarusian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Belarusian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Belarusian football managers Men's association football player-managers {{Belarus-footy-defender-stub