Aleksandr Poznyak

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Aleksandr Poznyak (Belarusian: Аляксандар Пазняк; Russian: Александр Позняк; born 23 July 1994) is a Belarusian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Slutsk in the Belarusian Premier League. He was born in Lida, Grodno Oblast, Belarus, and he is 1.86 meters tall.

Poznyak came through the youth system at Neman Grodno and began his senior career with the same club in 2014. He spent time on loan at Lida in 2014. Over the years he has played for many clubs in Belarus and abroad, including Shakhtyor Soligorsk, Gorodeya, Dinamo Brest, Rabotnicki (North Macedonia), Minsk, Shakhter Karagandy (Kazakhstan), Dinamo Minsk, Kuban Krasnodar (Russia, on loan), Arsenal Dzerzhinsk, and Slutsk. His career has taken him to clubs in Belarus, Russia, North Macedonia and Kazakhstan.

Internationally, Poznyak represented Belarus at the U21 level from 2013 to 2016, earning 34 caps. He made his senior debut for Belarus on 26 February 2020, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 away win against Bulgaria in a friendly match. He currently wears number 72 for Slutsk.