Aleksandr Zhirov
Zhirov with Anzhi Makhachkala in 2015
Personal information
Full name Aleksandr Vyacheslavovich Zhirov
Date of birth (1991-01-24) 24 January 1991
Place of birth Barnaul, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 FC Baltika Kaliningrad
Number 2
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 Dynamo Barnaul 75 (3)
2013–2015 FC Volgar Astrakhan 73 (4)
2015–2016 Anzhi Makhachkala 34 (1)
2016 Tom Tomsk 11 (0)
2017 FC Krasnodar 0 (0)
2017 → Anzhi Makhachkala (loan) 13 (0)
2017 → FC Krasnodar-2 3 (0)
2018 Yenisey Krasnoyarsk 12 (0)
2018–2023 SV Sandhausen 146 (7)
2023– Baltika Kaliningrad 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 September 2023

Aleksandr Vyacheslavovich Zhirov (Russian: Александр Вячеславович Жиров; born 24 January 1991) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Baltika Kaliningrad.

Club career

On 12 January 2017, he signed a 3.5-year contract with FC Krasnodar and was immediately loaned to FC Anzhi Makhachkala for the rest of the 2016–17 season.[1]

He was released from his Krasnodar contract by mutual consent on 12 February 2018,[2] signing with the second-tier FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk the next day.[3]

On 12 June 2018, he signed a two-year contract with the German club SV Sandhausen.[4]

On 18 June 2023, Zhirov signed a one-year contract with Russian Premier League club Baltika Kaliningrad, with an option to extend for the second year.[5]

International career

In September 2020, he was called up to the Russia national team for the first time for UEFA Nations League games against Turkey and Hungary and a friendly against Sweden.[6]

References

  1. ↑ «Анжи» арендовал Жирова у «Краснодара» (in Russian). FC Anzhi Makhachkala. 12 January 2017. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  2. ↑ АЛЕКСАНДР ЖИРОВ ПОКИНУЛ «КРАСНОДАР» (in Russian). FC Krasnodar. 12 February 2018.
  3. ↑ ЖИРОВ ПОДПИСАЛ КОНТРАКТ С "ЕНИСЕЕМ" (in Russian). FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk. 13 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "Sandhausen nimmt Zhirov unter Vertrag" (in German). SV Sandhausen. 12 June 2018. Archived from the original on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "ДОБРО ПОЖАЛОВАТЬ, АЛЕКСАНДР!" (in Russian). FC Baltika Kaliningrad. 18 June 2023.
  6. ↑ "Состав на Швецию, Турцию и Венгрию" [Line-up for Sweden, Turkey and Hungary]. RFU (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 28 September 2020.


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