Olimjon Ashirov

Olimjon Ashirov
Personal information
Full name Olimjon Masalievich Ashirov
Date of birth (1955-01-25)25 January 1955
Place of birth Tashkent, Uzbek SSR
Date of death 11 August 1979(1979-08-11) (aged 24)
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 as of 24 July 2008

Olimjon Masaliyevich Ashirov (Uzbek: Олимжон Масалиевич Аширов, Russian: Алим Масалиевич Аширов, Alim Ashirov; 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. He was one of the FC Pakhtakor Tashkent members killed in the Dniprodzerzhynsk mid-air collision in August 1979.[1][2] He was classified as a Master of Sport of the USSR in 1979.

References

  1. ^ "Accident description". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network (ASN). Archived from the original on 25 December 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  2. ^ "A monument to Pakhtakor football players erected near Dneprodzerzhynsk (Ukrainian)". podrobnosti. 4 August 2009. Retrieved 4 March 2025.


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