Alim Ashirov

Alim Ashirov

Personal information
Full name	Alimzhan Masalievich Ashirov
Date of birth	(1955-01-25)25 January 1955
Place of birth	Tashkent, Uzbek SSR
Date of death
Place of death	Dniprodzerzhynsk, USSR
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1972–1979	Pakhtakor Tashkent	149	(5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 July 2008

Alim Masalievich Ashirov (Russian: Алим Масалиевич Аширов, Uzbek: Олимжон Масалиевич Аширов tr. Olimjon Masalievich Amirov; 25 January 1955 in Tashkent – 11 August 1979 in Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukraine SSR) was a Soviet footballer. Ashirov played for Pakhtakor Tashkent as a defender from 1972 to 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 1979.

External links

• Player statistics on KLISF