Oleksandr Aliev
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Aliyev | ||
| Date of birth | 3 February 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Khabarovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position |
Right midfielder Central midfielder |
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| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Katandzaro Kyiv | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–1999 | Spartak Moscow | ||
| 1999–2001 | Dynamo Kyiv | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2002 | Borysfen Boryspil-2 | 10 | (4) |
| 2002–2010 | Dynamo Kyiv | 51 | (17) |
| 2002–2008 | → Dynamo-2 Kyiv | 99 | (53) |
| 2005–2006 | → Metalurh Zaporizhya (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 25 | (14) |
| 2011–2013 | Dynamo Kyiv | 35 | (7) |
| 2012-2013 | → Dnipro (loan) | 12 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | Anzhi Makhachkala | 22 | (3) |
| – | Taraz | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 2001–2002 | Ukraine U17 | 8 | (5) |
| 2003–2006 | Ukraine U21 | 30 | (8) |
| 2008–2012 | Ukraine | 28 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 October 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 October 2016 |
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Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Aliyev (Ukrainian: Олександр Олександрович Алієв); born 3 February 1985 in Khabarovsk, Soviet Union) is a Ukrainian footballer of Azerbaijani origin. He plays as a right midfielder or central midfielder. Known for his spectacular goals from direct free-kicks, his former FC Dynamo Kyiv coach Yuri Syomin described him as "...the best free-kick taker in Europe".
Aliyev began his career in Borysfen-2 Boryspil (a second team of FC Borysfen Boryspil) in Druha Liha A. It was a youth club that was participating on the professional level similar to FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv and Aliyev at that time was a minor (underage). In 2002, he joined Dynamo Kyiv where he was featured mostly in Dynamo-2 Kyiv in the Ukrainian First League. He was really successful in the Dynamo-2 so he was loaned of to Ukrainian Premier League side Metalurh Zaporizhya. With Zaporizhya, he managed to get to the Ukrainian Cup finals.
After his loan ended, Aliyev was promoted to the main team of Dynamo, where he began to shine especially under new Russian head coach Yuri Semin during the 2008–09 season. In September 2008 Ukraine legend Serhiy Rebrov hailed Aliyev's transformation into a "team player", when he thought "Aliyev was just about fun". He was key in Dynamo's campaign in the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League. On 21 October 2008 he scored a beautifully flighted free kick from at least 30 yards out to give Dynamo Kiev the win against FC Porto. On 25 November, at the end of the game against Arsenal, Aliyev pushed the referee, Alain Hamer, and received a red card for his action. Later, during the interview he called Hamer a "" (the goat -eng.) which means similarly to "idiot" in this context. Dynamo Kyiv finished third in their Champions League group, moving down to the 2008–09 UEFA Cup after the winter break. Aliyev was an instrumental player throughout the campaign here too. He played in most of the games, helping Dynamo get to the semi-finals, where they were eliminated by fellow Ukrainian rivals, and eventual UEFA Cup Champions Shakhtar Donetsk. Dynamo also won the 2008–09 Ukrainian Premier League that season. Later in 2009–10 season he was a part of starting lineup for Ukrainian Super Cup match against Vorskla Poltava. After a few minutes in that game he got injured and missed few months of the starting season. On recovery Aliyev was not able to secure a starting position and asked for a transfer during the winter break.
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