{{short description|Soviet footballer}} {{More citations needed|date=November 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name= Olimjon Ashirov | fullname = Olimjon Masalievich Ashirov | image = | height = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1955|01|25}} | birth_place = Tashkent, Uzbek SSR | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1979|8|11|1955|01|25}} | death_place = Dniprodzerzhynsk, USSR | position = Defender | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1972–1979 | clubs1 = Pakhtakor Tashkent | caps1 = 149 | goals1 = 5 | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | manageryears1 = | managerclubs1 = | pcupdate = 24 July 2008 | ntupdate = }} '''Olimjon Masaliyevich Ashirov''' ({{langx|uz|Олимжон Масалиевич Аширов}}, {{langx|ru|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.<ref name="websafe2">{{cite web |title=Accident description |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19790811-2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225075941/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19790811-2 |archive-date=25 December 2016 |access-date=6 March 2025 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=Aviation Safety Network (ASN)}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2009-08-04 |title=A monument to Pakhtakor football players erected near Dneprodzerzhynsk (Ukrainian) |url=https://podrobnosti.ua/620103-pod-dneprodzerzhinskom-postavili-pamjatnik-futbolistam-pahtakora.html |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=podrobnosti}}</ref> He was classified as a Master of Sport of the USSR in 1979.
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==External links== *[http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=ln&lang=en&id=337652042379577 Player statistics on KLISF]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ashirov, Olimjon}} Category:1955 births Category:1979 deaths Category:Footballers from Tashkent Category:Uzbekistani men's footballers Category:Pakhtakor Tashkent FK players Category:Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in the Soviet Union Category:Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Ukraine Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Soviet men's footballers
{{Uzbekistan-footy-defender-stub}} Category:Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1979 Category:Victims of mid-air collisions Category:Association football players killed in aviation accidents or incidents