Oleksandr Kosyrin

Oleksandr Kosyrin

Personal information
Full name	Oleksandr Mykhaylovych Kosyrin
Date of birth	18 June 1977 (1977-06-18) (age 34)
Place of birth	Zaporizhia, Soviet Union
Height	1.84 m (6 ft  1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	FC Dniester Ovidiopol
Number	23
Youth career
	FC Torpedo Zaporizhia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1995–1997	FC Torpedo Zaporizhia	21	(0)
1997–2000	FC Dynamo Kyiv	5	(1)
1998–1999	→ FC Cherkasy (loan)	18	(11)
1999–2000	Maccabi Tel Aviv	17	(4)
2000–2002	FC Arsenal Kyiv	32	(4)
2002–2005	FC Chornomorets Odessa	86	(44)
2005–2008	FC Metalurh Donetsk	61	(26)
2008–2010	FC Chornomorets Odessa	19	(8)
2010	FC Dniester Ovidiopol
National team‡
1996–1998	Ukraine (U-21)	6	(4)
2003–2005	Ukraine	7	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 July 2009. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 June 2008

Oleksandr Mykhaylovych Kosyrin (Ukrainian: Олександр Михайлович Косирін, born 18 June 1977 in Zaporizhia, USSR, now Ukraine) is a professional footballer currently playing for FC Dniester Ovidiopol. He is also a member of the Ukrainian national football team.

Career

Club career

Kosyrin started playing in his home town of Zaporizhia, at the football academy of FC Torpedo Zaporizhia. He spent two seasons playing in the Ukrainian Second League with Victor Zaporizhia. In 1995 he was brought back to Torpedo Zaporizhia, and after two seasons was sold to the Ukrainian giants FC Dynamo Kyiv. He only managed a handful of appearances for the senior team, spending most of his time playing for FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv and FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv, the club’s reserve teams which compete in the Ukrainian Second League and Ukrainian First League respectively. In 1998 he was loaned out to FC Cherkasy, and had a good season there, scoring 11 goals in 18 league games. Kosyrin also spent a year playing in Israel with Maccabi Tel Aviv. He also spent two years with FC Arsenal Kyiv. In 2002 he was sold to the newly promoted FC Chornomorets Odessa, where he finally established himself as a formidable player. Kosyrin had a good three year spell with the team, becoming the league leading scorer in the 2004–05 season. He formed a strong partnership with Kostantyn Balabanov. In 2005 he was sold to FC Metalurh Donetsk where he continued his good scoring form. On 19 June 2008 he made his return to Odessa by signing a two-year contract with Chornomorets.^[1] In the summer of 2010, when his contract expired, he joined FC Dniester Ovidiopol in the Ukrainian First League.

International career

Kosyrin has played for the Ukraine national under-21 football team on 6 occasions and has played for the Ukrainian national football team 7 times. His senior debut came on 15 August 2005 in the game against Macedonia.

External links

• Profile on Official FC Chornomorets Odessa website
• Profile at national-football-teams.com
• Profile at Odessa Football

References

1. ^ (Russian) "«Черноморец» "подписал" Косырина на два года". football.odessa.ua. http://football.odessa.ua/?7055. Retrieved 19 June 2008. 

Persondata
Name	Kosyrin, Oleksandr
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	18 June 1977
Place of birth	Zaporizhia, Soviet Union
Date of death
Place of death