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Oleksandr Zhdanov

Oleksandr Zhdanov is a former Ukrainian-Israeli football defender who won Liga Leumit with Maccabi Netanya in the 2016/2017 season.

born 1984Defender in Ukrainian footballLiga Leumit title with Maccabi Netanya

Born: 27 May 1984, Kharkiv
Occupation: association football player, association football coach

Oleksandr Zhdanov was born in 1984 in Kharkiv

Oleksandr Zhdanov was born on 27 May 1984 in Kharkiv. He began playing football in the youth department of Metalist Kharkiv.

At 19 he joined Arsenal Kharkiv and played there for 3 seasons. In 2006 he moved to Lviv, which loaned him to Knyazha Shchaslyve. He returned to Lviv as a starter in the 2008/2009 season, then signed with Kryvbas in 2009.

In 2012 he joined FC Poltava in the second league. In March 2014 he signed with Slutsk in Belarus but was released after 3 months, and in July 2014 he returned to Ukraine.

In January 2016 he immigrated to Israel and joined Hapoel Beit She'an. He then signed with Maccabi Netanya and won Liga Leumit with the club in the 2016/2017 season, earning promotion to the Premier League.

In July 2017 he returned to Ukraine to join Metalist 1925. In February 2020 he moved to Podillya Khmelnytskyi and retired after one season.