Naim Sharifi

Naim Sharifi (Tajik: Наим Шарифӣ; Russian: Махмаднаим Махмадкаримзаде Шарифи; born 3 June 1992) is a Russian-Tajik footballer. He plays for Austrian fourth-tier OÖ Liga club Union Ostermiething.^[1]

Naim Sharifi

Personal information
Full name	Makhmednaim Makhmadkarimzade Sharifi
Date of birth	(1992-06-03) 3 June 1992 (age 33)
Place of birth	Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position	Full back
Team information
Current team	Union Ostermiething
Youth career
2008–2010	Lokomotiv Moscow
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2012	Kapfenberger SV	32	(0)
2012–2013	Amkar Perm	2	(0)
2013–2014	Kapfenberger SV	30	(3)
2014–2016	Sturm Graz	3	(0)
2016–2017	Kapfenberger SV	7	(0)
2017–2018	Fakel Voronezh	27	(0)
2018–2019	Jelgava	25	(0)
2020–2022	DSV Leoben	12	(0)
2022–2023	UFC Markt Allhau	26	(0)
2023–	Union Ostermiething	0	(0)
International career
2011	Russia U-19	7	(0)
2012	Russia U-20	4	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 June 2023

Club career

He has played for reserves team of FC Lokomotiv Moscow in 2009 and 2010.^[2] He did not play for the professional Russian Second Division farm-club called FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow as it is sometimes erroneously reported.

He made his debut in the Russian Premier League on 3 November 2012 for FC Amkar Perm in a game against FC Kuban Krasnodar.^[3]