Aleksandr Novikov (footballer, born 1958)

Aleksandr Nikolayevich Novikov (; born 27 February 1958; died 27 June 1991) was a Soviet football player.

Honours 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship winner with the Soviet Union.

Death On 13 May 1991, the bus with his team FC Iskra Smolensk collided head-on with a truck on a highway on their way back from an away game. Team's head coach Dzhemal Silagadze died instantly, and Novikov died several weeks later in a hospital from head trauma.

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