Oleksandr Aliyev

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Oleksandrovych and the family name is Aliyev.

Oleksandr Aliyev

Aliyev in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Aliyev
Date of birth	(1985-02-03) 3 February 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Khabarovsk, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	SKA Khabarovsk
1998–1999	Spartak Moscow
1999–2001	Dynamo Kyiv
2000–2001	Obukhiv
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2002	Borysfen-2 Boryspil	10	(4)
2002–2010	Dynamo Kyiv	51	(17)
2002–2008	→ Dynamo-2 Kyiv	99	(53)
2005–2006	→ Metalurh Zaporizhzhia (loan)	8	(1)
2010–2011	Lokomotiv Moscow	25	(14)
2011–2013	Dynamo Kyiv	35	(7)
2012–2013	→ Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (loan)	12	(2)
2014–2015	Anzhi Makhachkala	22	(3)
2015	Rukh Vynnyky (amateurs)	23	(11)
2016	Katanzaro Kyiv (amateurs)
2016	Taraz	9	(1)
2017	Katanzaro Kyiv (amateurs)
2018	Khmelnytskyi (amateurs)	4	(0)
2018	Meliorator Bucha (amateurs)
2019–2020	Juniors Shyptky (amateurs)	5	(0)
International career
2001–2002	Ukraine U17	8	(5)
2003–2006	Ukraine U21	30	(8)
2008–2012	Ukraine	28	(6)
Managerial career
2018	Khmelnytskyi (amateurs) (player-manager)
2018	Meliorator Bucha (amateurs) (player-manager)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Ukraine UEFA European Under-19 Championship 2004 Switzerland UEFA European Under-21 Championship Runner-up 2006 Portugal
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Aliyev (Ukrainian: Олександр Олександрович Алієв, Russian: Александр Александрович Алиев; born 3 February 1985) is a Ukrainian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Debuting at professional level for Dynamo Kyiv in 2002 at the age of 17 years and 6 months,^[1] Aliyev was known for his spectacular goals from direct free kicks. His former coach at Dynamo, Yuri Syomin, described him as "...the best free kick taker in Europe".

During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Aliyev joined the Ukrainian army.^[2]

Club career

Born in Khabarovsk, Russia, Aliyev began playing football as a child with FC Zaria Khabarovsk before entering the Dynamo Kyiv youth system.^[3]

Dynamo Kyiv

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 FC 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 Zaporizhzhia. With Zaporizhzhia, 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 Serhii 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 free kick from at least 30 yards out to give Dynamo Kyiv 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 "kozel" (the goat -eng.) which means similarly to "idiot" in this context.^[4] 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.

Lokomotiv Moscow

As soon as the first half of 2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League Aliyev began negotiations with Lokomotiv Moscow in the Russian Premier League.^[5] These negotiations failed and Aliyev remained a Dynamo player^[6] until 1 February 2010, when Lokomotiv officially announced the signing of Aliyev to a three-year contract.^[7]

Anzhi Makhachkala

In January 2014 Aliyev moved from Dynamo Kyiv to Anzhi Makhachkala on a 2.5-year contract.^[8] Aliyev left Anzhi at the end of the 2013–14 season by mutual consent. Shortly thereafter, he re-signed with Anzhi, before having his contract terminated by mutual consent once again in January 2015.^[9]

Rukh Vynnyky and amateurs

In 2015 Aliyev returned to Ukraine playing for FC Rukh Vynnyky along with his former teammate Maksim Shatskikh at the 2015 Ukrainian Football Amateur League.

In 2016 and 2017 he was taking part at the Kyiv city championship for local amateur club.

Taraz

In June 2016, after eighteen-months without a professional club, Aliyev signed for FC Taraz of the Kazakhstan Premier League until the end of the 2016 season.^[10] Aliyev left Taraz prior to the expiration of his contract on 6 October 2016.^[11]

International career

Aliyev playing for Ukraine in 2009.

Aliyev played the under-20 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in Netherlands. He was one of the top scorers of the tournament with five goals, one less than Lionel Messi, the top scorer. Aliyev also played in the Ukraine national under-21 football team in the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, helping his side reach the final. His set piece goal from more than 40 yards that hit the cross-bar and went in against Turkey in the U-21 Championship has been regarded as one of the best goals in U-21 Football history. He is the current top goalscorer of the Ukrainian under-21 team with eight goals.

On 6 September 2008, Aliyev got his first senior cap for Ukraine. He was substituted on for Maksym Kalynychenko starting from the second half.

Coaching career

In March 2018 Aliyev became a manager of Ukrainian amateur club FC Khmelnytskyi which earlier in 2017 started out at the 2017–18 Ukrainian Football Amateur League.^[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 15 July 2015^[13][14] included only games played at professional level and might not correspond to the actual record of Football Federation of Ukraine

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Borysfen Boryspil-2	2001–02	Ukrainian Second League	10	4	0	0	–		–		10	4
Dynamo Kyiv	2002–03	Vyshcha Liha	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	2003–04		2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	2004–05		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2005–06		5	1	3	1	1	0	1	0	10	2
	2006–07		3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
	2007–08		10	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	14	4
	2008–09	Ukrainian Premier League	26	13	1	0	16	4	1	0	44	17
	2009–10		3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	6	0
	Total		51	17	13	2	19	4	4	0	87	23
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia (loan)	2005–06	Vyshcha Liha	8	1	3	1	–		–		11	2
Lokomotiv Moscow	2010	Russian Premier League	25	14	0	0	2	1	–		27	15
Dynamo Kyiv	2010–11	Ukrainian Premier League	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	2
	2011–12		26	5	1	0	9	0	1	0	37	5
	2012–13		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	Total		35	7	3	0	9	0	1	0	48	7
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (loan)	2012–13	Ukrainian Premier League	12	2	1	0	5	2	–		18	4
Anzhi Makhachkala	2013–14	Russian Premier League	7	0	0	0	4	1	–		11	1
	2014–15	Russian Football National League	15	3	1	0	–		–		16	3
	Total		22	3	1	0	4	1	-	-	27	4
Taraz	2016	Kazakhstan Premier League	9	1	0	0	–		0	0	9	1
Career total			172	49	21	3	39	8	5	0	237	60

International

As of match played 15 June 2012^[13]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Ukraine	2008	4	0
	2009	5	0
	2010	8	5
	2011	7	1
	2012	4	0
Total		28	6

As of match played 11 October 2011^[13]

Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Aliyev goal.

List of international goals scored by Oleksandr Aliyev

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	25 May 2010	Kharkiv, Ukraine	Lithuania	1–0	4–0	Friendly
2				2–0
3	29 May 2010	Lviv, Ukraine	Romania	1–0	3–2	Friendly
4	11 August 2010	Donetsk, Ukraine	Netherlands	1–1	1–1	Friendly
5	7 September 2010	Kyiv, Ukraine	Chile	2–0	2–1	Friendly
6	11 October 2011	Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	2–0	2–0	Friendly

Honours

Dynamo Kyiv

• Ukrainian Premier League: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2008–09
• Ukrainian Cup: 2002–03, 2004–05,^{[citation needed]} 2005–06, 2006–07
• Ukrainian Super Cup: 2004,^{[citation needed]} 2006,^{[citation needed]} 2007, 2009

Ukraine U21

• UEFA Under-21 Championship: runner-up 2006

Individual

• Top assist provider of the Ukraine Premier League: 2008–09^[15]
• 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship: Silver Shoe

References

1. Oleksandr Aliyev (Александр Алиев). Dynamomania. 2013
2. ‘We could play at Wembley’: Ukraine manager on war, the World Cup and his hatred of Russia, The Guardian (1 April 2022)
3. "Алиев - хлопец с амбициями" (in Russian). Tikhookeanskaya Gazeta. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
4. [1] Алиев: "Повторяю: судья – козел!" Aliyev: I repeat: referee – idiot! (in Russian)
5. "Алиев подпишет контракт с "Локо" после нового года (Aliyev will sign a new contract with "Lokomotiv" in the new year")" (in Russian). ua-football.com. 30 December 2009. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
6. "Александр Алиев: "Остаюсь в "Динамо" (Aliyev: "I remain with Dynamo")" (in Russian). ua-football.com. 10 January 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
7. "Александр Алиев – игрок "Локомотива" (Oleksandr Aliyev – "Lokomotiv" player)" (in Russian). ua-football.com. 1 February 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
8. "Alexander Aliev moves to Anji (VIDEO)". fc-anji.ru/news/en/. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
9. Анжи расторг контракт с Алиевым. sports.ru (in Russian). 16 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
10. "РЕСЕЙЛІК ҚОРҒАУШЫ АНТОН ГРИГОРЬЕВ ТАРАЗДЫҢ НАМЫСЫН ҚОРҒАЙДЫ". fctaraz.kz (in Kazakh). FC Taraz. 11 June 2016. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
11. "АЛЕКСАНДР АЛИЕВ "ТАРАЗ" КОМАНДАСЫНАН КЕТТІ". fctaraz.kz (in Kazakh). FC Taraz. 6 October 2016. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
12. Oleksandr Aliyev was placed in charge of FC Khmelnytskyi (Александр Алиев возглавил ФК Хмельницкий). UA-Football. 17 March 2018
13. "Oleksandr Aliyev". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
14. "O.Aliyev". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
15. "Украина - Статистика игроков - Чемпионат.ру". Archived from the original on 30 January 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2010.

External links

• Profile on Official Dynamo Kyiv website at the Wayback Machine (archived 26 September 2008)
• Stats about Dynamo Kyiv players on Ukrainiansoccer.net at the Wayback Machine (archived 11 December 2005)
• Oleksandr Aliyev at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
• Oleksandr Aliyev at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
• Oleksandr Aliyev at Soccerway