title: Aleksandr Minayev (footballer, born 1954)
text: # 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.
  
  