Farhod Tadjiyev (

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: ''Фарход Тожиев'' or ''Farhod Tojiyev''; born 9 April 1986) is an Uzbekistani footballer who plays as a

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. 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 ...

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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 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. 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

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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. to begin a new chapter in his career in Iran's Persian Gulf Pro League.

International career

Tadjiyev made five appearances for the Uzbekistan national football team 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 Lebanon on 26 March 2013. Farhod's hat-trick against Qatar 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 (1): 2007 * Uzbek League runner-up (2): 2008, 2009 * Uzbek Cup (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 runner-up (1):

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;Lokomotiv * Uzbek League runner-up (2): 2013, 2014 * Uzbek Cup (1): 2014

Individual

* Lokomotiv best goalscorer: 2013, 2014

References

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* * 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