Aleksandr Khapsalis

Personal information

Full name

Aleksandr Antonovich Khapsalis

Date of birth

(1957-10-17) 17 October 1957 (age 66)

Place of birth

Talgar, Kazakh SSR

Height

1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)

Position(s)

Striker/Midfielder

Youth career

Talgar Football School

Almaty Sports Internat

Senior career*

Years

Team

Apps

(Gls)

1974–1975

FC Kairat

(0)

1976–1982

FC Dynamo Kyiv

135

(12)

1983–1985

FC Dynamo Moscow

(0)

1987–1988

Kolos Nikopol

(6)

1989

FC Zirka Kirovohrad

(4)

1990–1991

FC Kirovets St. Petersburg

(3)

1991–1992

San Diego Sockers

(0)

International career

1979

Ukraine

1979

USSR

(1)

Managerial career

Los Angeles Dynamo

Valley United Soccer Club

Medal record

Men's football

Representing Soviet Union
UEFA European U-18 Championships^[1]
Winner	1976 Hungary

*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Aleksandr Antonovich Khapsalis (Russian: Александр Антонович Хапсалис; born 17 October 1957) is a former Soviet football player of Pontic Greek descent. His parents were deported from Odesa Oblast.

At the end of his football playing career, Khapsalis played indoor soccer in the United States with the San Diego Sockers.^[2]

Honours

Soviet Top League winner: 1977, 1980, 1981.
Soviet Cup winner: 1978, 1982, 1984.

International career

Khapsalis made his debut for USSR in a UEFA Euro 1980 qualifier against Finland and scored on his debut. USSR did not qualify for the final tournament.

In 1979 Khapsalis played couple of games for Ukraine at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.^[3]

References

^ "Юниорский турнир УЕФА–1976 – Юношеская сборная России по футболу". Archived from the original on 2021-07-23. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
^ "Changes in the game have MSL on the run". Los Angeles Times. November 29, 1991. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
^ Football at the 1979 Spartakiad of the Peoples of USSR