Aleksandr Khapsalis

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Aleksandr Khapsalis

| fullname = Aleksandr Antonovich Khapsalis

| height = 1.73 m

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|10|17|df=y}}

| birth_place = Talgar, Kazakh SSR

| position = Striker/Midfielder

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Talgar Football School

| youthyears2 =

| youthclubs2 = Almaty Sports Internat

| years1 = 1974–1975

| years2 = 1976–1982

| years3 = 1983–1985

| years4 = 1987–1988

| years5 = 1989

| years6 = 1990–1991

| years7 = 1991–1992

| clubs1 = FC Kairat

| clubs2 = FC Dynamo Kyiv

| clubs3 = FC Dynamo Moscow

| clubs4 = Kolos Nikopol

| clubs5 = FC Zirka Kirovohrad

| clubs6 = FC Kirovets St. Petersburg

| clubs7 = San Diego Sockers

| caps1 = 21

| caps2 = 135

| caps3 = 72

| caps4 = 52

| caps5 = 49

| caps6 = 43

| caps7 = 12

| goals1 = 0

| goals2 = 12

| goals3 = 0

| goals4 = 6

| goals5 = 4

| goals6 = 3

| goals7 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1979

| nationalteam1 = Ukraine

| nationalcaps1 =

| nationalgoals1 =

| nationalyears2 = 1979

| nationalteam2 = USSR

| nationalcaps2 = 2

| nationalgoals2 = 1

| manageryears1 =

| managerclubs1 = Los Angeles Dynamo

| manageryears2 =

| managerclubs2 = Valley United Soccer Club

|medaltemplates=

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{{MedalCompetition | UEFA European U-18 Championships}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/junior_team/history/1976_u18.html |title=Юниорский турнир УЕФА–1976 – Юношеская сборная России по футболу |access-date=2024-02-26 |archive-date=2021-07-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723230829/http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/junior_team/history/1976_u18.html |url-status=live }}

{{Medal|W|1976 Hungary|}}

}}

Aleksandr Antonovich Khapsalis ({{langx|ru|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.{{cite news|work=Los Angeles Times|title=Changes in the game have MSL on the run|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-11-29-sp-81-story.html|date=November 29, 1991|access-date=January 22, 2020}}

Honours

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.[https://web.archive.org/web/20150319200631/http://football.lg.ua/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6685%3A1979spartakiadanarodovsssrros&catid=212%3Asovietua79&Itemid=775 Football at the 1979 Spartakiad of the Peoples of USSR]

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