Alisher Lutfulloyevich Dzhalilov ( tg, Алишер Ҷалилов, russian: Алишер Лутфуллоевич Джалилов ,( fa, ‌علی‌شیر لطف‌الله‌یویچ جلیلوف), born 29 August 1993) is a Tajik professional

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who plays as a

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for Istiklol. Dzhalilov also holds

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n citizenship and has played for several Russian national youth football teams, including U-21 in 2013.

Career

Club

Dzhalilov made his

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debut for

FC Rubin Kazan FC Rubin Kazan (russian: Футбо́льный клуб Руби́н Каза́нь, ''Futbolny klub Rubin Kazan'' , Tatar language, Tatar: Рубин Казан) is a Russian professional association football, football club based in the city o ...

on 18 June 2011 in a game against

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. On 12 June 2017, he signed a two-year contract with

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. In December 2021, Dzhalilov was announced as Tajikistan Player of the Year for the second time, having previously won the same award in 2019. In January 2022, Dzhalilov signed for AGMK. On 9 February 2023, Istiklol announced the return of Dzhalilov.

International

At the end of May 2019, Dzhalilov was called up to the

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for the first time, for their games against

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and

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. Dzhalilov however was withdrawn from the squad on 3 June 2019, due to a knee injury. On 18 July 2019, Dzhalilov received international clearance from

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to play for Tajikistan. On 5 September 2019, he scored his first goal for the national team in match against

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during the

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Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Tajikistan's goal tally first.''

Honours

Istiklol *

Tajik League The Ligai Olii Tojikiston ( Tajik: ''Лигаи Олии Тоҷикистон'') or Tajikistan Higher League ( fa, لیگ عالی فوتبال تاجیکستان, Russian: ''Высшая лига Таджикистана'') is the top division ...

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Tajik Cup The Jomi Tojikiston (Tajiki: ''Ҷоми Тоҷикистон''), ( fa, جام حذفی تاجیکستان), or Tajikistan Cup is the top knockout football tournament of Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russ ...

Tajik Supercup The Superjomi Tojikiston (''Tajiki: Суперҷоми Тоҷикистон''; fa, سوپرجام تاجیکستان), or Tajik Super Cup, is a one-match football annual competition. The two participating clubs are holders of the Tajik League ch ...

Individual * Tajikistan player of the year (2): 2019, 2021

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* 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Dushanbe Tajikistani emigrants to Russia Russian men's footballers Russia men's youth international footballers Russia men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football midfielders Tajikistani men's footballers Tajikistan men's international footballers Russian Premier League players Russian people of Tajikistani descent FC Rubin Kazan players FC Baltika Kaliningrad players FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk players Tajikistan Higher League players {{Tajikistan-footy-bio-stub