Olimjon Ashirov

Olimjon Masaliyevich Ashirov (Олимжон Масалиевич Аширов, Алим Масалиевич Аширов, Alim Ashirov; 25 January 1955 in Tashkent – 11 August 1979 in Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukraine SSR) was a Soviet footballer. Ashirov played for Pakhtakor Tashkent as a defender from 1972 to 1979, before he died in a mid-air plane crash in August 1979. He was classified as a Master of Sport of the USSR in 1979.