Olimjon Ashirov

Olimjon Ashirov
Personal information
Full name	Olimjon Masalievich Ashirov
Date of birth	25 January 1955
Place of birth	Tashkent, Uzbek SSR
Date of death	11 August 1979 (aged 24)
Place of death	Dniprodzerzhynsk, USSR
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1972–1979	Pakhtakor Tashkent
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct 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

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

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