Oleksandr Mykhaylovych Kosyrin (Ukrainian: Олександр Михайлович Косирін, born 18 June 1977) is a Ukrainian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He made seven appearances for the Ukraine national team.[1]

Oleksandr Kosyrin
Personal information
Full name Oleksandr Mykhaylovych Kosyrin
Date of birth (1977-06-18) 18 June 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Torpedo Zaporizhzhia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1995 Viktor Zaporizhzhia 35 (5)
1996 Torpedo Zaporizhzhia 21 (0)
1997–1999 Dynamo Kyiv 5 (1)
1997–1999Dynamo-2 Kyiv 80 (28)
1997–1999Dynamo-3 Kyiv 15 (8)
1999Cherkasy (loan) 18 (11)
2000 Maccabi Tel Aviv 17 (4)
2000–2002 CSKA / Arsenal Kyiv 32 (4)
2000–2002CSKA-2 Kyiv 14 (8)
2002–2005 Chornomorets Odesa 86 (44)
2005–2008 Metalurh Donetsk 61 (26)
2008–2010 Chornomorets Odesa 19 (8)
2010–2011 Odesa 41 (15)
2012–2013 Hoverla Uzhhorod 22 (10)
International career
1996–1998 Ukraine U21 6 (4)
2003–2005 Ukraine 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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Kosyrin started playing in his home town of Zaporizhzhia, at the football academy of Torpedo Zaporizhzhia. He spent two seasons playing in the Ukrainian Second League with Viktor Zaporizhia. In 1995, he was brought back to Torpedo Zaporizhzhia, and after two seasons was sold to the Ukrainian giants Dynamo Kyiv. He only managed a handful of appearances for the senior team, spending most of his time playing for Dynamo-3 Kyiv and Dynamo-2 Kyiv, the club's reserve teams which compete in the Ukrainian Second League and Ukrainian First League respectively. In 1998, he was loaned out to FC Cherkasy, and had a good season there, scoring 11 goals in 18 league games. Kosyrin also spent a year playing in Israel with Maccabi Tel Aviv. He also spent two years with Arsenal Kyiv. In 2002, he was sold to the newly promoted Chornomorets Odesa, where he finally established himself as a formidable player. Kosyrin had a good three-year spell with the team, becoming the league leading scorer in the 2004–05 season. He formed a strong partnership with Kostantyn Balabanov. In 2005, he was sold to Metalurh Donetsk where he continued his good scoring form. On 19 June 2008, he made his return to Odesa by signing a two-year contract with Chornomorets.[2] In the summer of 2010, when his contract expired, he joined Dniester Ovidiopol in the Ukrainian First League.

International career

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Kosyrin played for the Ukraine U21 national team on six occasions and for the Ukraine senior national team seven times. His senior debut came on 15 August 2005 in a game against Macedonia.

References

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  1. ^ Kosyrin ended his career (Косырин завершил карьеру). Football.ua. 19 June 2013
  2. ^ "Черноморец" "подписал" Косырина на два года (in Russian). football.odessa.ua. Retrieved 19 June 2008.
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