Dzhamaldin Abdukhalitovich Khodzhaniyazov (russian: Джамалдин Абдухалитович Ходжаниязов; tk, Jamaldin Abduhalitowiç Hojanyýazow; born 18 July 1996) is a Turkmen-

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professional football player who plays for Akron Tolyatti.

Biography

Khodzhaniyazov was born in the

Turkmenistan Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the sout ...

city of Baýramaly. He is fluent in Russian.

Club career

A graduate of the

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 2 ...

sports school ''Chilanzar''. First coach – Gregory Rozyev. He played for the tolyattin Akademiya Tolyatti. In the winter of 2012 he moved to

Zenit Saint Petersburg Football Club Zenit (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб «Зенит» ), also known as Zenit Saint Petersburg or simply Zenit, is a Russian professional football club based in Saint Petersburg. Founded in 1925 (or in 1914, acco ...

, signing a contract for 3 years. On 26 July 2013 he made his first team debut in a league match against Kuban Krasnodar. He joined the Danish club AGF on 31 August 2015, with Zenit retaining buy-back rights. His contract got terminated in July 2017. On 2 December 2017, he returned to Russia, signing a contract with FC Dynamo St. Petersburg. On 16 June 2018, he moved to

FC Baltika Kaliningrad FC Baltika is an association football club based in Kaliningrad, Russia. Currently the club plays in the Russian First League, the second tier of the Russian football pyramid. History The club was founded on 22 December 1954 as ''Pishchevik Kalin ...

. On 27 July 2018, after just two league games for Baltika, he signed with the

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club

FC Ural Yekaterinburg FC Ural Yekaterinburg (russian: ФК Урал) is a Russian association football club based in Yekaterinburg. They play in the Russian Premier League. History The club was founded in 1930 and was known as Avangard (1930–1948, 1953–1957), Ze ...

. After playing just two games for Ural (one in the league and another in the Russian Cup), his contract was dissolved by mutual consent on 29 January 2019. On 11 March 2019, Khodzhaniyazov signed with

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ian club

FC BATE Borisov FC BATE Borisov (russian: link=no, ФК БАТЭ Борисов, ''FK BATE Borisov'' ; be, ФК БАТЭ Барысаў, ''BATE Barysaw,'' ) is a professional Belarusian football team from the city of Barysaw. The club competes in the Belarus ...

. A few months later, in August 2019, he moved to Azerbaijani club Sumgayit.

International career

He began performing for the Russian youth team in 2012. With it he attended the Viktor Bannikov Memorial Tournament where he played four matches. In the tournament the team finished in second place, losing the final in a penalty shootout to Ukraine. In the junior team of Russia he went to the European U-17 Championship 2013. In the first match, he scored his first goal for Russia. At this tournament, he played all five games, and Russia U-17 team became European champion. He also participated in the

2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup The 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the fifteenth tournament of the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The tournament was held in the United Arab Emirates between 17 October and 8 November. Nigeria won the tournament after defeating Mexico 3–0 in the final, cl ...

. Later he represented Russia national under-19 football team at the

2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship The 2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was the 14th edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (64th edition if the Under-18 and Junior eras are included), the annual European youth football competition contested by the men's under-1 ...

, where Russia came in second place. He is available to represent for either senior

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Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club

;Zenit Saint Petersburg *

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: 2014–15

International

2013 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship The 2013 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the twelfth edition of UEFA's European Under-17 Football Championship since the re-organising of age group competitions in 2002. Slovakia were hosts of the tournament with games taking place at four ...

winner with Russia.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Khodzhaniyazov, Dzhamaldin 1996 births Living people People from Mary Region Turkmenistan emigrants to Russia Russian people of Uyghur descent Uyghur sportspeople Turkmenistan people of Uyghur descent Russian people of Turkmenistan descent Russian footballers Turkmenistan footballers Association football defenders Russia youth international footballers Russia under-21 international footballers Naturalised citizens of Russia Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Russian Second League players Azerbaijan Premier League players Danish Superliga players Belarusian Premier League players Russian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Denmark Expatriate footballers in Belarus Expatriate footballers in Azerbaijan Russian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Russian expatriate sportspeople in Belarus Russian expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players FC Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg players FC Amkar Perm players Aarhus Gymnastikforening players FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg players FC Baltika Kaliningrad players FC Ural Yekaterinburg players FC BATE Borisov players Sumgayit FK players FC Akron Tolyatti players