Nikolay Shirshov (22 June 1974 – 28 December 2021) was an Uzbekistani professional
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Career
Shirshov began his player career in 1991 in ''Sverdlovets'', club from
Soviet Second League
The Soviet Second League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу (вторая лига), Soviet football championship (Second League)) was the third highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet First League. The leagu ...
. From 1992 to 1999 he played in
Uzbek League
Uzbekistan Super League ( uz, O'zbekiston Superligasi), also called Coca-Cola Uzbekistan Super League due to sponsorship reasons ( uz, Coca-Cola O'zbekiston Superligasi / Coca-Cola Ўзбекистон Суперлигаси), is the top division ...
clubs
Traktor Tashkent
Traktor Tashkent was an Uzbekistani football club based in Tashkent. They used to play in the top division in Uzbekistani football but were dissolved in 2007.
Achievements
* SSR Uzbekistan League: 1
:: 1986
* SSR Uzbekistan Cup:
:: 1975
Club p ...
and
Pakhtakor. Since 2000 he played in Russian football clubs.
He got 63 caps and 13 goals for the
Uzbekistan national team between 1996 and 2005.
Personal life and death
Shirshov died on 28 December 2021, at the age of 47. The cause of death was not specified.
References
External links
Nikolay Shirshovat playerhistory.com
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1974 births
2021 deaths
Sportspeople from Tashkent
Soviet footballers
Uzbekistani footballers
Association football defenders
Uzbekistan international footballers
1996 AFC Asian Cup players
2000 AFC Asian Cup players
2004 AFC Asian Cup players
Traktor Tashkent players
Pakhtakor Tashkent FK players
FC Ordabasy players
FC Rostov players
FC SKA Rostov-on-Don players
FC Taganrog players
Russian Premier League players
Uzbekistani people of Russian descent
Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games
Asian Games competitors for Uzbekistan
Uzbekistani expatriate footballers
Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in Russia
Expatriate footballers in Russia
Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan
Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan
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