Nikolay Shirshov

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| name = Nikolay Shirshov

| image = Nikolay Shirshov.jpg

| upright = 1.1

| birth_date = {{birth date|1974|6|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union

| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|12|28|1974|6|22|df=y}}

| death_place = Rostov-on-Don, Russia

| height = 1.79 m

| position = Defender

| years1 = 1992

| clubs1 = Traktor Tashkent

| caps1 = 16

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1992–1994

| clubs2 = Pakhtakor Tashkent

| caps2 = 62

| goals2 = 6

| years3 = 1994

| clubs3 = Ordabasy

| caps3 = 1

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1995–1999

| clubs4 = Pakhtakor Tashkent

| caps4 = 97

| goals4 = 10

| years5 = 2000–2005

| clubs5 = Rostov

| caps5 = 120

| goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2006–2007

| clubs6 = SKA Rostov-on-Don

| caps6 = 54

| goals6 = 8

| years7 = 2008–2010

| clubs7 = Bataysk-2007

| caps7 = 76

| goals7 = 6

| years8 = 2010

| clubs8 = Taganrog

| caps8 = 14

| goals8 = 1

| years9 = 2011

| clubs9 = MITOS Novocherkassk

| caps9 = 25

| goals9 = 1

| years10 = 2012–2013

| clubs10 = TPF

| caps10 = 21

| goals10 = 7

| nationalyears1 = 1996–2005

| nationalteam1 = Uzbekistan

| nationalcaps1 = 64

| nationalgoals1 = 13

}}

Nikolay Shirshov (22 June 1974 – 28 December 2021) was an Uzbekistani professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Shirshov began his player career in 1991, in Sverdlovets, club from Soviet Second League. From 1992 to 1999 he played in Uzbek League clubs Traktor Tashkent 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.{{cite web |title=Uzbekistan – Record International Players |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/oez-recintlp.html |website=RSSSF |access-date=28 December 2021 |date=2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022165449/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/oez-recintlp.html |archive-date=22 October 2008 |url-status=live}}

Personal life and death

Shirshov died on 28 December 2021, at the age of 47. The cause of death was not specified.{{cite news |title=Умер бывший футболист "Ростова" и сборной Узбекистана Ширшов |url=https://sportrbc.ru/news/61cad1f79a7947828e2585f0?ruid=NaN |access-date=28 December 2021 |publisher=Sportrbc.ru |date=28 December 2021}}

References

External links

[http://www.playerhistory.com/soccerplayer_statistics.asp?PLAYID=18657 Nikolay Shirshov] at playerhistory.com
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