Aleksandr Shirko

Aleksandr Shirko
	Shirko in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Aleksandr Petrovich Shirko
Date of birth	24 November 1976 (age 45)
Place of birth	Moscow, Soviet Union
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	FC Khimki (scout)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1995–2001	Spartak Moscow
2001–2003	Torpedo Moscow
2004	Shinnik Yaroslavl
2005	Terek Grozny
2005–2006	Shinnik Yaroslavl
2007–2008	Tom Tomsk
2009	FC MVD Rossii Moscow
Total
National team
1999–2001	Russia
Teams managed
2018–	FC Khimki (scout)
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Aleksandr Petrovich Shirko (Russian: Александр Петрович Ширко; born 24 November 1976) is a Russian football scout and a former player. He works as a scout of FC Khimki.

Playing career[]

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.

International goals[]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2001-09-05	Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands	0 – 3	0–3	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification

External links[]

Player profile (in Russian)
Aleksandr Shirko at National-Football-Teams.com