Aleksandr Zhirov (footballer)
![]() Zhirov with Anzhi Makhachkala in 2015 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Aleksandr Vyacheslavovich Zhirov | ||
Date of birth | 24 January 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Barnaul, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | FC Baltika Kaliningrad | ||
Number | 2 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2013 | Dynamo Barnaul | 75 | (3) |
2013–2015 | FC Volgar Astrakhan | 73 | (4) |
2015–2016 | Anzhi Makhachkala | 34 | (1) |
2016 | Tom Tomsk | 11 | (0) |
2017 | FC Krasnodar | 0 | (0) |
2017 | → Anzhi Makhachkala (loan) | 13 | (0) |
2017 | → FC Krasnodar-2 | 3 | (0) |
2018 | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 12 | (0) |
2018–2023 | SV Sandhausen | 146 | (7) |
2023– | Baltika Kaliningrad | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 September 2023 |
Aleksandr Vyacheslavovich Zhirov (Russian: Александр Вячеславович Жиров; born 24 January 1991) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Baltika Kaliningrad.
Club career
On 12 January 2017, he signed a 3.5-year contract with FC Krasnodar and was immediately loaned to FC Anzhi Makhachkala for the rest of the 2016–17 season.[1]
He was released from his Krasnodar contract by mutual consent on 12 February 2018,[2] signing with the second-tier FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk the next day.[3]
On 12 June 2018, he signed a two-year contract with the German club SV Sandhausen.[4]
On 18 June 2023, Zhirov signed a one-year contract with Russian Premier League club Baltika Kaliningrad, with an option to extend for the second year.[5]
International career
In September 2020, he was called up to the Russia national team for the first time for UEFA Nations League games against Turkey and Hungary and a friendly against Sweden.[6]
References
- ^ «Анжи» арендовал Жирова у «Краснодара» (in Russian). FC Anzhi Makhachkala. 12 January 2017. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
- ^ АЛЕКСАНДР ЖИРОВ ПОКИНУЛ «КРАСНОДАР» (in Russian). FC Krasnodar. 12 February 2018.
- ^ ЖИРОВ ПОДПИСАЛ КОНТРАКТ С "ЕНИСЕЕМ" (in Russian). FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk. 13 February 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Sandhausen nimmt Zhirov unter Vertrag" (in German). SV Sandhausen. 12 June 2018. Archived from the original on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ "ДОБРО ПОЖАЛОВАТЬ, АЛЕКСАНДР!" (in Russian). FC Baltika Kaliningrad. 18 June 2023.
- ^ "Состав на Швецию, Турцию и Венгрию" [Line-up for Sweden, Turkey and Hungary]. RFU (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 28 September 2020.
External links
- Aleksandr Zhirov at WorldFootball.net
- Aleksandr Zhirov at Sportbox.ru (in Russian)
- Living people
- 1991 births
- Footballers from Barnaul
- Russian men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- FC Dynamo Barnaul players
- FC Volgar Astrakhan players
- FC Krasnodar-2 players
- FC Anzhi Makhachkala players
- FC Tom Tomsk players
- FC Krasnodar players
- FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk players
- SV Sandhausen players
- FC Baltika Kaliningrad players
- Russian Premier League players
- Russian First League players
- Russian Second League players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- Russian expatriate men's footballers
- Russian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Russian football defender, 1991 births stubs