Aleksandr Minayev (footballer, born 1954)
# Aleksandr Minayev (footballer, born 1954)

Aleksandr Alekseyevich Minayev (Russian: Александр Алексеевич Минаев; 11 August 1954 – 6 December 2018) was a Russian football player and coach.

## Honours

* Soviet Top League winner: 1976 (spring).
* Soviet Cup winner: 1977.
* Olympic bronze: 1976.
* European Under-23 Championship winner: 1976.

## International career

Minayev made his debut for USSR on 20 March 1976 in a friendly against Argentina. He played in the quarterfinal for the UEFA Euro 1976 and qualifiers for 1978 FIFA World Cup (USSR did not qualify for the final tournament for either).

## Personal life

In the first half of the 1980s, he was in a long relationship with actress Natalya Gundareva.

