Aleksandr Shirko

Infobox Football biography


playername= Aleksandr Shirko
fullname = Aleksandr Petrovich Shirko
height =
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1976|11|24
cityofbirth = Moscow
countryofbirth = Soviet Union
current club = Tom Tomsk
clubnumber = -
position = Forward
years = 1995-2001
2001-2003
2004
2005
2005-2006
2007-present
clubs = Spartak Moscow
Torpedo Moscow
Shinnik Yaroslavl
Terek Grozny
Shinnik Yaroslavl
Tom Tomsk
caps(goals) = 127 (40)
61 (22)
27 (7)
3 (0)
34 (6)
nationalyears = 1999–2001
nationalteam = Russia
nationalcaps(goals) = 6 (1)
date=last update March 27, 2007
pcupdate = 09:20, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
ntupdate = March 27, 2007

Aleksandr Petrovich Shirko ( _ru. Александр Петрович Ширко) (born November 241976 in Moscow) is Russian footballer, playing for Tom Tomsk.
Shirko started his professional career with Spartak Moscow, with whom he won six Russian Premier League titles, from 1996 to 2001, and become one of the top scorers of the UEFA Cup in the 1997/1998 season, before leaving for city-rivals Torpedo.
In 2004 Shirko joined Shinnik Yaroslavl as part of a loan deal from Torpedo, but then extended his stay at the club by two years.
In 2006 Aleksandr Shirko was involved in a fight with Shinnik fans, after a disappointing 1-6 defeat to Rostov. That accident earned him a ten-match ban.
At the start of 2007, Shirko signed with Tom Tomsk, in club's attempt to replace Pavel Pogrebnyak, who left for Zenit Saint Petersburg.
During his professional career, Shirko earned six caps for Russia national football team from 1999 to 2001, scoring one goal in a 3-0 win over Faroe Islands in 2001 .

External links

* [http://rusteam.permian.ru/players/shirko.html Bio at Rusteam] ru icon
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/php/spieler.php?id=12031 National Football Teams entry]