Alexander Artemev - Soviet football player, central defender Kaliningrad Club "Baltika"

Artemov Alexander (footballer) - Soviet central defender, played for a long time a football club from the city of Kaliningrad - "Baltika". Title USSR zone tournaments second division in 1984 in (1987 won bronze). Alexander Artemov has long finished his football career, but he is still referred to as a record for most games played for FC "Baltika". Artemov - master of sports of the USSR. Sometimes he was invited to play in the veterans' matches, aimed to support the charity and other social events.

Alexander Artemov: biography footballer

Born on July 25, 1959 in Kaliningrad. I raised in an ordinary Soviet family - his father was a miner and his mother was a teacher of primary classes in secondary school. At the age of five, the boy first came to the football game. Sitting in the stands and watching the game, the guy fell in love with football. Interest soon became a cherished dream - the boy wanted to become a professional footballer.

Childhood Alexander was held as well as at all - the guy in high school, and after school he took the ball and went out with friends to the yard to play football. Peer Artemov played better than anyone. Due to its tall and strongly built young man was the main scorer of his district. Sports talents of Alexander were spotted by local trainers football sections, so it pretty quickly invited to a local sports school. Artemov gladly accepted and enrolled in the specialized youth sports school of Olympic reserve "Youth" in Kaliningrad. There he quickly gained prestige among peers and coaches, and became a key player of the basic structure.

Career FC Kaliningrad "Baltika"

Prior to 1979, Alexander Artemov takes part in various city and regional competitions in football. After his twentieth guy decided that you need to look for a good team for the future career. Gathering her courage, Artemov went to look in the Kaliningrad "Baltic Sea". The coaching staff appreciated Alexander appreciated and accepted in the team. Team were mostly undersized players, so Artemov with his height of 187 centimeters set in the defensive line. Thus, Alexander Artemov entrenched in the "Baltic Sea". Where he played until 1991 and has already become a legend of the club, made the list of the record for most games played - 375 matches. During his career in Kaliningrad "Baltic" Alexander Artemov scored 15 goals.

Further career

In February 1992 he moved to Poland, where he began to play for the team from the second division "Stoma" (Olsztyn). Here he played only one season, scoring 2 goals, then finished his football career and moved back to his homeland.

Now Alexander Artemov participate in veterans' matches. In 2012, 26 August, at the stadium "Baltika" took place the legendary match between veterans of Kaliningrad club and the Moscow "Spartak". Veteran game was timed to the 90th anniversary of the sports "Spartacus" association. Alexander Artemov, along with his old colleagues, team-mates took part in this game.