Olimjon Masaliyevich Ashirov ( uz, 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
FC Pakhtakor Tashkent ( uz, Paxtakor futbol klubi) is an Uzbek professional association football, football club, based in the capital city Tashkent, that competes in the Uzbekistan Super League. Pakhtakor literally means "cotton-grower" in Englis ...
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
1955 births
1979 deaths
Sportspeople from Tashkent
Uzbekistani footballers
Pakhtakor Tashkent FK players
Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in the Soviet Union
Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Ukraine
Association football defenders
Soviet footballers
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