Azizbek Haydarov ( Uzbek Cyrillic: Азизбек Ҳайдаров; born 8 July 1985 in

Tashkent Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of ...

) is a former Uzbek professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who recently played for

PFC 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. ...

as a

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International career

Haydarov has made 67 appearances for the

Uzbekistan national football team The Uzbekistan national football team ( uz, Ozbekiston milliy futbol terma jamoasi, italic=yes / ) represents Uzbekistan in international football and is controlled by the Uzbekistan Football Association, the governing body for football in Uzbe ...

since 2007 (as of 31 March 2015), including six qualifying matches for the

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. He captained the Uzbekistan Olympic team in 2007. Haydarov scored for

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 ...

at the

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, in their group stage match against

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

. The goal is sometimes credited to

Maksim Shatskikh Maksim Aleksandrovich Shatskikh (russian: Максим Александрович Шацких; born 30 August 1978) is an Uzbek professional football coach of Pakhtakor Tashkent and a former player. He is widely regarded as one of the best ...

, whose free kick Haydarov deflected into the Kuwait net for the opening goal of a 2–1 win.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Uzbekistan's goals tally first.''

Honours

;Bunyodkor *

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 ...

(3): 2008, 2009, 2010 *

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 ...

(2): 2008, 2010 *

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semifinal: 2008

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* * 1985 births Living people Footballers from Tashkent Uzbekistani men's footballers Uzbekistan men's international footballers Place of birth missing (living people) 2007 AFC Asian Cup players 2011 AFC Asian Cup players 2015 AFC Asian Cup players FC Bunyodkor players PFC Lokomotiv Tashkent players Uzbekistani expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games Al Shabab Al Arabi Club (Dubai) players Ajman Club players UAE Pro League players Men's association football midfielders Asian Games competitors for Uzbekistan {{Uzbekistan-footy-bio-stub