Oleksandr Nikiforov

Oleksandr Nikiforov

Personal information
Full name	Oleksandr Valeriyovych Nikiforov
Date of birth	(1967-10-18) 18 October 1967
Place of birth	Odessa, Ukrainian SSR
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1985	FC Chornomorets Odessa	0	(0)
1985	FC Dynamo Stavropol	1	(0)
1986–1987	SKA Odessa	74	(4)
1988–1990	FC Chornomorets Odessa	57	(6)
1990–1992	BVSC Budapest	24	(2)
1992	FC Torpedo Zaporizhia	8	(0)
1992–1993	FC Chornomorets Odessa	17	(1)
1993–1994	BVSC Budapest	2	(0)
1993–1994	FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny	16	(0)
1995	FC Chornomorets Odessa	9	(0)
1995	SK Mykolaiv	9	(0)
1995	MTK	15	(1)
1996	FC KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny	11	(2)
1997	FC Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk	10	(1)
1997–1999	SK Odessa	21	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Oleksandr Valeriyovych Nikiforov (Ukrainian: Олександр Валерійович Нікіфоров; Russian: Александр Валерьевич Никифоров; born 18 October 1967 in Odessa) is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet First League in 1985 for FC Dynamo Stavropol. He played 1 game in the UEFA Cup 1990–91 for FC Chornomorets Odessa.

He is the older brother of the former CIS/Ukraine/Russia international footballer Yuri Nikiforov.

Honours

• USSR Federation Cup winner: 1990.
• Ukrainian Premier League runner-up: 1995.
• Ukrainian Premier League bronze: 1993, 1994.