Anton Aleksandrovich Zemlyanukhin (russian: Антон Александрович Землянухин; born 11 December 1988) is a

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east. ...

i international

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who plays for Alga Bishkek.

Club career

He can play as striker, left winger, left midfielder or left-back. Zemlyanukhin signed a five-year contract with

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club Giresunspor at age 18 in August 2007, and he has gone out on loan to Abdish-Ata Kant and

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to seek more first team football. Between 2010 and 2014 he played in the

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with

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and

FC Kaisar FC Kaysar ( kk, Қайсар Футбол Клубы, ''Qaısar Fýtbol Klýby'') is a Kazakh professional football club based in the Gany Muratbayev Stadium in Kyzylorda. They are founding members of the Kazakhstan Premier League and have mis ...

. On 13 February 2015, he signed a one-year contract with Serbian club

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. His regular games in the Serbian championship and his goals at his return to the national team, made him receive the title of Kyrgyz player of the year for 2015.Антон Землянухин стал лучшим футболистом Кыргызстана 2015 года
at CISSOCCER.com, 4-11-2015 On 5 November 2016, he officially transferred to Sukhothai after being released from

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due to no offer for contract extension.
at goal.com, 5-11-2016 On 21 June 2017, Zemlyanukhin moved to the

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, signing with a newly promoted club

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. The contract was cancelled a short time later before he played any official games for the club due to him being injured at the time of the signing. On 21 February 2018,

FC Atyrau Football Club Atyrau ( kk, "Атырау" футбол клубы, ''"Atyraý" fýtbol klýby'') is a professional association football, football club based in Atyrau, who last played in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest level of Kazakh ...

announced the signing of Zemlyanukhin. On 5 December 2018,

FC Dordoi Bishkek Football Club Dordoi Bishkek ('' ky, Дордой Бишкек Футбол Клубу, Dordoj Bişkek Futbol Klubu'') is a Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz professional association football, football club based in Bishkek, that competes in the Kyrgyz Premier ...

announced the signing of Zemlyanukhin alongside

Pavel Matyash Pavel Viktorovich Matyash (russian: Павел Викторович Матяш; born 11 July 1987) is a Kyrgyzstani footballer who plays for FC Alga Bishkek of the Kyrgyz Premier League and the Kyrgyzstan national football team. Career Matyash ...

and

Azamat Baymatov Azamat Asilbekovich Baimatov ( ky, Азамат Асилбекович Байматов, born 3 December 1989) is a Kyrgyzstani professional footballer who plays as a centre back for the Kyrgyzstan national team. Career Baimatov played in Latv ...

. On 16 January 2021, Dordoi Bishkek confirmed the departure of Zemlyanukhin after the expiation of his contract. In March 2021, Zemlyanukhin signed for Alga Bishkek.

International career

As of 2018, Zemlyanukhin has made 30 appearances for the Kyrgyzstan national team, including participation in the

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. He has debuted in 2007, and after a pause he made in the national team, by joining Serbian side Radnički Niš, he returned to the national team and was part of the squad named for the friendly match against

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played on 26 March 2015. In March 2015 he scored his first ever brace for the national team, in the opening

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qualification match against

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, in which his team subsequently won 3–1.

Career statistics

International

''Statistics accurate as of match played 21 January 2019''

International goals

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

Honours

Club

;Abdish-Ata Kant *

Kyrgyzstan Cup The Kyrgyzstan Cup ('' ky, Кыргызстан Кубогу, Keurgeuzstan Kubogu'') is Kyrgyzstan's premier knockout tournament in men's football (soccer). Previous winners Previous winners of the cup are: Soviet time *1939 Dinamo Frunze *19 ...

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Anton Zemlyanukhin
at National-Football-Teams.com ;Aktobe *

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;Dordoi Bishkek *

Kyrgyz Premier League Kyrgyz Premier League ('' ky, Кыргыз Премьер Лигасы, Keurgeuz Premier Ligaseu'') is the division of professional football in Kyrgyzstan. It was created in 1992 after the Dissolution of the Soviet Union. The league is composed of ...

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Kyrgyzstan Super Cup The Kyrgyzstan Super Cup is a football competition, held at the beginning of each domestic season and disputed between the winners of Kyrgyzstan League and the winners of Kyrgyzstan Cup. The first Kyrgyzstan Super Cup was held on 9 April 2011 at t ...

Super Cup winners Dordoi bask in double delight
at The-afc.com

Individual

*Kyrgyz player of the year: 2015

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zemlyanukhin, Anton 1988 births Living people People from Chüy Region Kyrgyzstani people of Russian descent Kyrgyzstani footballers Kyrgyzstan international footballers Kyrgyzstani expatriate footballers FC Abdysh-Ata Kant players Giresunspor footballers Expatriate footballers in Turkey FC Taraz players FC Aktobe players FC Kairat players FC Kaisar players Kazakhstan Premier League players Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan FK Radnički Niš players Serbian SuperLiga players Expatriate footballers in Serbia Anton Zemlyanukhin Anton Zemlyanukhin Anton Zemlyanukhin Expatriate footballers in Thailand Association football forwards 2019 AFC Asian Cup players FC SKA-Khabarovsk players Kyrgyzstani expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Kyrgyzstani expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstani expatriate sportspeople in Serbia