Mikalay Mikalayevich Branfilaw (, ; born 16 December 1977) is a Belarusian professional

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and former

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who is the current assistant coach of Energetik-BGU Minsk.

Career

Club career

In his career he has played for clubs in

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, including Wisła Płock, Radomiak Radom, FC Gomel and BATE Borisov.

International career

Branfilaw was capped twice for the Belarus national team. He played in a friendlies against

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and

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in 2004.

Coaching career

In 2014, Branfilaw was named the new coach of Torpedo Minsk.

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* * * * Living people 1977 births Belarusian men's footballers Footballers from Minsk Men's association football defenders Belarus men's international footballers Belarusian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Belarusian expatriate sportspeople in Poland FC Minsk-2 players FC BATE Borisov players FC Torpedo Minsk players Wisła Płock players Radomiak Radom players FC Belshina Bobruisk players Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała players FC Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino players FC Gomel players FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk players FC Naftan Novopolotsk players Belarusian Premier League players Ekstraklasa players I liga players Belarusian football managers FC Torpedo Minsk managers FC Osipovichi managers FC Mikashevichi managers FC Orsha managers {{Belarus-footy-defender-stub