Farhod Tadjiyev ( Uzbek Cyrillic: ''Фарход Тожиев'' or ''Farhod Tojiyev''; born 9 April 1986) 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 ...

i footballer who plays as a striker who plays for

FC Dinamo Samarqand FC Dinamo Samarqand ( uz, Динамо Самарқанд Футбол Клуби, tg, script=Latn, Dastai Futboli Dinamo Samarqand) is an Uzbek professional association football, football club, based in city of Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Currently i ...

. His name means ''happiness'' in Persian. He is the younger brother of

Kamoliddin Tajiev Kamoliddin Tajiev ( uz, Kamoliddin Tojiyev, Uzbek Cyrillic: Камолиддни Тожиев; born 3 May 1983 in Jizzakh) is an Uzbek footballer who currently plays as a defender for Pakhtakor Tashkent in the Uzbek League. He is also a membe ...

and

Zaynitdin Tadjiyev Zayniddin Tadjiyev ( uz, Зайниддин Тожиев or Zayniddin Tojiev) (born on 21 June 1977) is a retired Uzbekistan, Uzbek footballer. Career Pakhtakor He started his playing career at ''Akademiya Tashkent''. From 2002 to 2004 he play ...

Club career

He joined

Tianjin Teda Tianjin Jinmen Tiger Football Club is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Tianjin, and their home stadium is t ...

in February 2010, after Tianjin Teda released his elder brother

. In 2011–12 he played in Pakhtakor Tashkent. In summer 2012 he moved to Shurtan Guzar. On 27 January 2013 he signed a contract with

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. ...

. In 2013, he scored 17 goals in 13 first League matches, leading goalscorer list far ahead. After injury he could not play any match in the season. Tadjiyev scored 13 goals in 2014 League for ''Lokomotiv'' and became one of the League goalscorers. He was the best ''Lokomotiv'' goalscorer in 2013–14 seasons. He signed a contract with Malaysian T-Team on 24 November 2014. On 28 February 2015 in

Malaysia FA Cup The Malaysia FA Cup ( ms, Piala FA) is an annual national knock-out football tournament in Malaysia. The cup was first held in 1990. The competition was previously managed by Football Association of Malaysia (FAM), before being transferred to Fo ...

Round of 32 match against ATM Tadjiev scored two goals in the 101st and 113rd minutes in a 3–0 victory. On 28 September 2016, Farhod signed for

Machine Sazi F.C. Machine Sazi Tabriz Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال ماشین‌سازی تبریز, ''Bashgah-e Futbal-e Mashinsazi-ye Tebriz'') more commonly known as Machine Sazi is an Iranian professional football club based in Tabriz, East Az ...

to begin a new chapter in his career in Iran's

Persian Gulf Pro League The Persian Gulf Pro League ( fa, لیگ برتر خلیج فارس, ''Lig-e Bartar-e Xalij-e Fârs''), formerly known as the Iran Pro League ( fa, links=no, لیگ برتر ایران, ''Lig-e bartar-e Irân''), is the highest division of profe ...

International career

Tadjiyev made five 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 ...

in the

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qualifying rounds. He was called to Uzbekistan team to play in the

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qualification match against

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on 26 March 2013. Farhod's hat-trick against

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in the

Qualification added to his popularity among Uzbek football fans and gained him much recognition on Asia's international stage.

Career statistics

Goals for Senior National Team

Honours

Club

;Pakhtakor *

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 ...

(1): 2007 *

runner-up (2): 2008, 2009 *

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): 2009, 2011 *

CIS Cup The Commonwealth of Independent States Cup (russian: Кубок чемпионов Содружества, Кубок Содружества, Кубок чемпионов содружества стран СНГ и Балтии) is a defunct ann ...

(1): 2007 ;Tianjin Teda *

Chinese Super League The Chinese Football Association Super League, commonly known as Chinese Super League or CSL, currently known as the China Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest tier of professional football in ...

runner-up (1):

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;Lokomotiv *

runner-up (2): 2013, 2014 *

(1): 2014

Individual

* Lokomotiv best goalscorer: 2013, 2014

References

External links

* * Living people 1986 births Uzbekistani men's footballers Uzbekistani Muslims Uzbekistan men's international footballers Uzbekistani expatriate men's footballers Pakhtakor Tashkent FK players FC Taraz players Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C. players Chinese Super League players Expatriate men's footballers in China Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in China Machine Sazi F.C. players Men's association football forwards {{Uzbekistan-footy-forward-stub