Bakhodir Odimdjonovich Nasimov ( uz, Баҳодир Насимов; born 2 May 1987) is an Uzbek

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who plays for Dinamo Samarqand as a

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Career

Club

FK Dinamo Samarqand

Nasimov began his career with Dinamo Samarqand and made his senior debut during the 2007 Uzbek League season. During his time with Dinamo, he scored 22 league goals in 58 appearances and spent time on loan with

Bunyodkor The Swallows uz, Osiyo BarselonasiAsian Barcelona , shortname = , image = Bunyodkor logo.png , image_size = 200px , founded = , ground = Milliy Stadium , capacity = 34,000 , chairman = , ceo = , mgrtitle = Ma ...

in 2009, scoring twice in 16 matches.

Neftchi Baku

In 2010 Nasimov was transferred to

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champions

Rubin Kazan FC Rubin Kazan (russian: Футбо́льный клуб Руби́н Каза́нь, ''Futbolny klub Rubin Kazan'' , Tatar: Рубин Казан) is a Russian professional football club based in the city of Kazan. They play in the second-tier ...

for an undisclosed fee, on a three-year contract. He made two league appearances for Rubin before joining

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club Neftchi Baku on loan for the duration of the 2010–11 season. Nasimov scored 15 league goals during the campaign to help Neftchi be crowned champions of Azerbaijan for the sixth time. In 2011–12 season Nasimov became Top scorer of

with 16 goals and made significant contribution to 7th champion title of ''Neftchi Baku''. On 3 August 2013, in the first matchday of

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Neftchi against AZAL, Nasimov scored his first goal in the new season and first goal after his injury. He scored his 32nd goal for ''Neftchi Baku'' and became the best foreign top scoring forward of the club.

Padideh

On 31 October 2014, Nasimov was confirmed as a new signing for Iranian Pro League side Padideh.

Keşla

On 10 July 2018, Nasimov signed a one-year contract with

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Navbahor Namangan

Nasimov joined

Navbahor Namangan PFC. Navbahor Namangan ( uz, Navbahor Namangan Futbol Klubi) is an Uzbekistan, Uzbek professional association football, football club based in Namangan. The club's name means ''New Spring.'' They play in Uzbekistan Super League. Name Navbahor ori ...

for the 2019 season.

International

Nasimov made his debut for

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in a 2011 Asian Cup qualifier against

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on 18 November 2009 and scored the second goal in a 3–1 win. In his fourth appearance, Nasimov came on as a substitute to score twice in a 3–0 victory against

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on 28 July 2011 to progress to the third round of qualifying for the

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Career statistics

Club

International goals

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

Honours

Club

; Neftchi Baku *

**''Winner'' (2): 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13 *

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**''Winner'' (2): 2012–13, 2013–14

Individual

Top Scorer: 2011–12 (16 goals)

References

External links

Player information and statistics at uzfootball.uz
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