Gadzhi Nadirovich Navruzov (russian: Гаджи Надирович Наврузов; born 11 April 1989) is a former
Russia
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n professional
football
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player. Currently he is a professional fighter, competing in multiple disciplines.
Club career
He played in the
Russian Football National League
The Russian First League (russian: Первая лига, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division (russian: Первый дивизион) and Russian Football National League (FNL) (russian: Первенство Футбольн ...
for
FC SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk
Football Club SKA-Khabarovsk (russian: Футбольный клуб СКА-Хабаровск) is a Russian professional association football club based in Khabarovsk which plays in the second-tier Russian First League. They played in the Russi ...
in 2010.
Fighting career
After his footballing career Navruzov went on to become a fighter, earning himself the nickname "Assault Rifle" or "Machine Gun".
He made his fighting debut in 2012, while also still playing football. In March 2018 he became world champion Thai boxing. In March 2021 news agency
Reuters
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The agency was estab ...
ran a story on
bareknuckle fighting in Russia which featured Navruzov.
According to fighting statistics website Tapology as of March 2023 Navruzov has a pro boxing record of 2-1-0.
References
External links
*
Career summary at sportbox.ru*
Gadzhi Navruzovat Tapology
1989 births
Living people
Russian men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
FC SKA-Khabarovsk players
FC Sportakademklub Moscow players
FC Tver players
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