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Oleksandr Aliyev

1985 - Today

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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, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2024). Oleksandr Aliyev is the 8,917th most popular soccer player (down from 8,106th in 2024), the 2,830th most popular biography from Russia (down from 2,792nd in 2019) and the 110th most popular Russian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Oleksandr Aliyev ranks 8,917 out of 21,273. Before him are Oussama Assaidi, Michel Miyazawa, Igor Pamić, Filip Bradarić, José Pilar Reyes, and Gonzalo Sorondo. After him are Fernando Moner, Romeo Castelen, Alberto Belsué, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Tatsuki Noda, and Tatsuhiko Kubo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Oleksandr Aliyev ranks 452. Before him are Asmaa Mahfouz, Tomáš Hubočan, Otman Bakkal, Birkan Sokullu, Rafael Bastos, and Havana Brown. After him are Elena Berkova, Natasha Poly, Dong Fangzhuo, Yutaro Masuda, Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, and Zdeněk Štybar.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Oleksandr Aliyev ranks 2,830 out of 3,761. Before him are Vladimir Ryzhkov (1966), Alexander Zhuravlyov (1965), Ksenia Sukhinova (1987), Valerios Leonidis (1966), Andrei Borisenko (1964), and Alexey Vorobyov (1988). After him are Alexei Zhamnov (1970), Andrey Shuvalov (1965), Darya Klishina (1991), Igor Denisov (1984), Elena Berkova (1985), and Anna Semenovich (1980).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Russia

Among soccer players born in Russia, Oleksandr Aliyev ranks 110. Before him are Marat Izmailov (1982), Sergei Fokin (1961), Alexei Eremenko (1983), Alexey Smertin (1975), Aleksei Miranchuk (1995), and Nikolay Larionov (1957). After him are Igor Denisov (1984), Dmitri Sychev (1983), Aleksandr Kokorin (1991), Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (1985), Dmitri Galiamin (1963), and Dmitri Loskov (1974).

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