Vladimir Makarov Biography

Vladimir Vasilevich Makarov (Russian: Владимир Васильевич Макаров; 9 March 1947 in Dushanbe - 11 August 1979 in Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukraine SSR) was a Soviet footballer. Makarov played for clubs in Tajikistan and Ukraine from 1969 to 1977. For the last two years of his life, he starred at Pakhtakor Tashkent as a forward in 1978 and 1979, before he died in a mid-air plane crash in August 1979. He was classified as a Master of Sport of the USSR in 1969.