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Aleksandr Makhovikov

Soviet footballer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionMar 8, 2025
Entity authorityQ2076772 ↗
Source-derived summary

Aleksandr Fyodorovich Makhovikov (Russian: Александр Фёдорович Маховиков; born 12 April 1951) is a former Soviet football player.

Honours

Soviet Top League winner: 1976 (spring).

Soviet Cup winner: 1977, 1984.

International career

Makhovikov made his debut for USSR on 30 April 1972, in the UEFA Euro 1972 quarterfinal against Yugoslavia. He did not play again for the national team until 1976. He played in the qualifiers for UEFA Euro 1980 (USSR did not qualify for the final tournament) and scored his only national team goal in his last USSR game, a friendly against West Germany.

Editorial summary

“Aleksandr Makhovikov” enters the record as soviet footballer. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Aleksandr, Makhovikov and Soviet can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1951, 1976, 1977, 1984—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1951-04-12. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Aleksandr, Makhovikov and Soviet.
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Why this record matters

“Aleksandr Makhovikov” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Aleksandr, Makhovikov and Soviet provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 8, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q2076772. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1951, 1976, 1977 and 1984.

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This entry incorporates text from “Aleksandr Makhovikov” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.