Alexander Sergeevich Pankov (born November 17 1991 Ufa) is a Russian professional ice hockey player forward who currently plays for Salavat Yulaev Ufa of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).Alexander Pankov is the pupil of the Ufa hockey. He began his professional career in 2009 in the club Tolpar Ufa of the Minor Hockey League. In his first season he played 64 games scored 41 (19+22) points and won the bronze medal of the tournament. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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