Akmal Kholmatov (born 4 April 1976) is a former

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

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Career

Club

Kholmatov played for Regar-TadAZ between 1993 and 1996. During 1996 Kholmatov moved to

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...

, signing for Neftchi Fargʻona, and becoming an Uzbek citizen in 2001. After 12 years at Neftchi Fargʻona, Kholmatov moved to fellow Uzbek club

Pakhtakor Tashkent FC Pakhtakor Tashkent ( uz, Paxtakor futbol klubi) is an Uzbek professional association football, football club, based in the capital city Tashkent, that competes in the Uzbekistan Super League. Pakhtakor literally means "cotton-grower" in Englis ...

for three seasons, before joining

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

ian side

PAS Hamedan PAS Hamedan Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال پاس همدان, ''Bashgag-e Futbal-e Pas Hemidan'') is an Iranian football club based in Hamedan, Iran and compete in the Azadegan League. The club was formed after the dissolution of P ...

in 2011. A year later Kholmatov returned to Uzbekistan with

Lokomotiv Tashkent PFC Lokomotiv Tashkent ( uz, Lokomotiv Toshkent Professional Futbol Klubi) is an Uzbekistan, Uzbek professional association football, football club based in Tashkent. The owner and main sponsor of the club is a state-owned company Uzbek Railways. ...

before rejoining Neftchi Fargʻona in 2014. Kholmatov left Neftchi Fargʻona at the end of the 2015 season. After leaving Neftchi Fargʻona, Kholmatov featured for

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in the pre-season friendlies, scoring in a 3–1 defeat to

Várda SE Várda is a village in Somogy county, Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the e ...

in February 2016. In June 2016, Kholmatov left

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returning to Neftchi Fargʻona.

Name controversy

Kholmatov came under scrutiny in 2007, when the

Asian Football Confederation The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in some countries/territories in Asia and Oceania. It has 47 member countries most of which are located in Asia. Australia, formerly in ...

launched an investigation into the identities of two Central Asian players who they believed had falsified documentation to play in AFC competitions. The investigation showed that the two players registered "Akmal Kholmatov" and "Akhmal Holmatov" were actually the same person.

International

Kholmatov played for

between 2003 and 2007, taking part in their

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification Qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. Each confederation — the AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean), CONMEBOL (South America), OFC (O ...

campaign.

Career statistics

Club

International

''Statistics accurate as of match played 18 November 2007''

International goals

Goals for Senior National team

Honours

Club

;Neftchi *

Uzbek League Uzbekistan Super League ( uz, O'zbekiston Superligasi), also called Coca-Cola Uzbekistan Super League due to sponsorship reasons ( uz, Coca-Cola O'zbekiston Superligasi / Coca-Cola Ўзбекистон Суперлигаси), is the top division ...

(1): 2001 ;Pakhtakor *

Uzbek Cup The O‘zbekiston Kubogi or ( uz, O‘zbekiston Kubogi, script=Latn or ) Uzbek Cup is the top knockout tournament in Uzbek football (soccer). Previous champions All champions as Uzbek SSR in Soviet times: *1939: Dinamo Tashkent *1940: Dinamo T ...

(1): 2009 ; Istiklol * Tajik Supercup (1): 2016

Individual

Gennadi Krasnitsky club Gennadi Krasnitsky club ( uz, Геннадий Красницкий тўпурарлар клуби or Gennadi Krasnitsky to'purarlar klubi, russian: Клуб Геннадия Красницкого) is a list of Uzbek football players that have s ...

: 121 goals (as of 30 October 2016)

References

External links

* 1976 births Living people Tajikistani men's footballers Tajikistani expatriate men's footballers Tajikistan men's international footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Iran Expatriate men's footballers in Uzbekistan Tajikistani expatriate sportspeople in Uzbekistan Tajikistani expatriate sportspeople in Iran FK Neftchi Farg'ona players PAS Tehran F.C. players Pakhtakor Tashkent FK players PFC Lokomotiv Tashkent players FC Istiklol players Men's association football midfielders Uzbekistan Super League players {{Tajikistan-footy-bio-stub