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Andrejs Prohorenkovs

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Andrejs Prohorenkovs
Prohorenkovs playing for Liepājas Metalurgs
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-02-05)5 February 1977
Place of birth Ogre, Latvian SSR, USSR
Date of death 1 May 2025(2025-05-01) (aged 48)
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994 FK Interskonto 20 (1)
1995 Olimpija Rīga 8 (0)
1996 FK Jūrnieks 25 (2)
1996–1998 Hutnik Warsaw 0 (0)
1998 Czuwaj Przemyśl 16 (6)
1998–1999 Ceramika Opoczno 0 (0)
1999–2001 Odra Opole 23 (6)
2000–2001 Górnik Zabrze 12 (1)
2001–2002 Maccabi Kiryat Gat 26 (7)
2002–2004 Maccabi Tel Aviv 45 (14)
2004 Dynamo Moscow 4 (0)
2004–2005 Maccabi Tel Aviv 16 (2)
2005 Dynamo Moscow 1 (0)
2006 Melnā Roze 12 (4)
2006 FK Jūrmala 9 (3)
2007 Racing de Ferrol 20 (0)
2007–2008 Ionikos 14 (3)
2008–2013 Liepājas Metalurgs 96 (13)
2013 FC Jūrmala 14 (0)
2014–2016 FK Ogre
International career
2002–2007 Latvia 32 (4)
Managerial career
2014–2016 FK Ogre (player-manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrejs Prohorenkovs (5 February 1977 – 1 May 2025) was a Latvian professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

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Prohorenkovs was born in Ogre. He started his career with Interskonto in the Latvian Higher League, and later played for Hutnik Warszawa, Odra Opole and Górnik Zabrze in Poland, Maccabi Kiryat Gat and Maccabi Tel Aviv in Israel, Dynamo Moscow in Russia, Melnā Roze and FK Jūrmala in Latvia, Racing de Ferrol in Spain, Ionikos in Greece, Liepājas Metalurgs, FC Jūrmala and FK Ogre in Latvia.[1]

Prior to the 2014 Latvian First League (second tier) season Prohorenkovs was appointed the manager of FK Ogre, also remaining a player's role.[2]

International career

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Prohorenkovs made 32 appearances for the Latvia national team scoring four goals between 2002 and 2007. He debuted in 2002, and played at the Euro 2004, making an assist for Māris Verpakovskis in Latvia's tournament opening goal against Czech Republic.[3]

Death

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In late 2024, cancer went inside him.[4] He died from cancer on 1 May 2025, at the age of 48.[5]

Honours

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Maccabi Tel Aviv

Liepājas Metalurgs

References

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  1. ^ "Andrejs Prohorenkovs".
  2. ^ "Prohorenkovs un Rubins trenēs 1.līgas jaunpienācēju "Ogri"". 31 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 January 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Andrejs Prohorenkovs walczy z nowotworem". baltyckifutbol.pl (in Polish). 22 January 2025. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  5. ^ "Mūžības ceļos devies Andrejs Prohorenkovs" (in Latvian). Latvian Football Federation. 2 May 2025. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
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