Aleksandr Minayev (footballer, born 1954)

Aleksandr Alekseyevich Minayev (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.