Oleksandr Kosyrin

Personal information
Full name	Oleksandr Mykhaylovych Kosyrin
Date of birth	(1977-06-18) 18 June 1977 (age 46)
Place of birth	Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 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)
1997–1999	→ Dynamo-2 Kyiv	80	(28)
1997–1999	→ Dynamo-3 Kyiv	15	(8)
1999	→ Cherkasy (loan)	18	(11)
2000	Maccabi Tel Aviv	17	(4)
2000–2002	CSKA / Arsenal Kyiv	32	(4)
2000–2002	→ CSKA-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

Oleksandr Mykhaylovych Kosyrin (Ukrainian: Олександр Михайлович Косирін, born 18 June 1977) is a former professional footballer a former member of the Ukraine national team.^[1]

Career

Club career

Kosyrin started playing in his home town of Zaporizhzhia, at the football academy of FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia. He spent two seasons playing in the Ukrainian Second League with FC Viktor Zaporizhia. In 1995, he was brought back to Torpedo Zaporizhzhia, and after two seasons was sold to the Ukrainian giants FC Dynamo Kyiv. He only managed a handful of appearances for the senior team, spending most of his time playing for FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv and FC 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 FC Arsenal Kyiv. In 2002, he was sold to the newly promoted FC 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 FC 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 FC Dniester Ovidiopol in the Ukrainian First League.

International career

Kosyrin has played for the Ukraine national under-21 football team on 6 occasions and has played for the Ukraine national team 7 times. His senior debut came on 15 August 2005 in the game against Macedonia.