Bobur Abdikholikov (Bobir Abdixoliqov, born 23 April 1997) is an

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 ...

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who plays as a

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for Ordabasy and

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 ...

International career

In May 2017, Bobur played for the first time for the

Uzbekistan national under-23 football team The Uzbekistan national under-23 football team represents Uzbekistan in international U-23 football competitions. The team is controlled by the Uzbekistan Football Association and is a member of the Asian Football Confederation. Competitive rec ...

. In January 2018, together with the national team, he won the

AFC U-23 Asian Cup The AFC U-23 Asian Cup, previously the AFC U-22 Championship (in 2013) and AFC U-23 Championship (between 2016 and 2020), is a biennial international football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-23 n ...

in China, where he played in all the matches of his team, but mostly took to the field at the end of the matches, where he played together with the team captain

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. In the same year, at the Asian Games, he scored 1 goal in 4 matches. The following year, he remained the main player under the guidance of coach

Ravshan Khaydarov Ravshan Khaydarov (born 15 July 1961) is a football manager and former player. He is currently head coach of Uzbekistan U-22. Playing career Khaydarov started his professional career at FK Khiva in 1984, in club he spent two seasons. Next two ye ...

, and also went to the Asian Youth Championship 2020, where he scored 1 goal in 6 matches. He scored more than 20 goals for the team, thanks to which he became one of the top scorers in this age category in the recent history of Uzbekistan. Abdikholikov made his debut for the

on 8 June 2018, in a lost (0:3) friendly match against

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, in which he replaced

in the second half.

Career statistics

Club

International

''Statistics accurate as of match played 13 September 2023''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Abdikholikov, Bobur 1997 births People from Qashqadaryo Region Living people Uzbekistani expatriate men's footballers Uzbekistan men's international footballers Uzbekistan Super League players Men's association football forwards FC Nasaf players FC Rukh Lviv players FC Energetik-BGU Minsk players FC Ordabasy players Uzbekistani men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in Belarus 2023 AFC Asian Cup players