Aleksandr Shirko

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Aleksandr Shirko
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Full name Aleksandr Shirko
Date of birth November 24, 1976 (1976-11-24) (age 31)
Place of birth    Moscow, Soviet Union
Playing position Forward
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1995-2001
2001-2003
2004
2005
2005-2006
2007		 Spartak Moscow
Torpedo Moscow
Shinnik Yaroslavl
Terek Grozny
Shinnik Yaroslavl
Tom Tomsk		 127 (40)
61 (22)
27 (7)
3 (0)
34 (6)   
National team2
1999–2001 Russia 6 (1)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 09:20, 27 March 2007 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of March 27, 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Aleksnadr Shirko (born November 24, 1976 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 .

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