Aleksandr Yuryevich Shchukin (Russian: Александр Юрьевич Щукин; 5 January 1969 – 18 March 2000) was a Russian professional footballer.

Aleksandr Shchukin
Personal information
Full name Aleksandr Yuryevich Shchukin
Date of birth (1969-01-05)5 January 1969
Place of birth Gorky, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Date of death 18 March 2000(2000-03-18) (aged 31)
Place of death near Arzamas, Russia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
DYuSSh-8 Gorky
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1993 FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod 138 (9)
1994–1997 FC Torpedo Arzamas 119 (16)
1998 FC Kuban Krasnodar 15 (0)
1998 FC Torpedo Arzamas 14 (0)
1999 FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 27 (2)
2000 FC Svetotekhnika Saransk 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career edit

He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1987 for FC Lokomotiv Gorky.[1]

Death edit

He was killed in 2000 in a car crash near Arzamas.[2][3]

References edit

  1. ^ Aleksandr Shchukin at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)  
  2. ^ "IX Чемпионат России по футболу" (in Russian). Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Shchukin, A. (images of gravein the Nizhny Novgorod cemetery)" (in Russian). Retrieved 26 March 2012.