Hayrulla Karimov (born 22 April 1978 in

Namangan Namangan (; ) is a city in eastern Uzbekistan. It is the administrative, economic, and cultural center of Namangan Region. Administratively, it is a district-level city. Namangan is located in the northern edge of the Fergana Valley, less than 30 ...

region,

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 ...

) is a former Uzbek international footballer.

Career

Club

Karimov started his career in

Navbahor Namangan PFC. Navbahor Namangan ( uz, Navbahor Namangan Futbol Klubi) is an Uzbekistan, Uzbek professional association football, football club based in Namangan. The club's name means ''New Spring.'' They play in Uzbekistan Super League. Name Navbahor ori ...

. In 1996, he won Uzbek League with club. He played for Navbahor from 1996 to 2004. In 2005, he joined

Mash'al Mubarek FC Mash'al Mubarek ( uz, Mashal Muborak professional futbol klubi) is an Uzbek football club based in Mubarek. ''Mash'al'' means a torch. History The club was founded in 1982. Mashʼal played its first years in province league, later in UzSSR ...

and finished runner-up in League. Karimov moved to

Bunyodkor The Swallows uz, Osiyo BarselonasiAsian Barcelona , shortname = , image = Bunyodkor logo.png , image_size = 200px , founded = , ground = Milliy Stadium , capacity = 34,000 , chairman = , ceo = , mgrtitle = Ma ...

in 2008. He is currently one of the leading players of Bunyodkor and captain of the team. On 7 March 2014 Bunyodkor won 2013 UzPFL Supercup and became the only player who won this Cup twice. In 1999, he won first ''UzPFL Supercup'' with

International

Karimov has made 16 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 ...

Career statistics

Club

International

''Statistics accurate as of match played 1 April 2017''

Honours

Club

;Navbahor *

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 ...

: 1996 *

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 ...

: 1998 * Uzbekistan Supercup: 1999 ;Mash'al *

runner-up: 2005 *

runner-up: 2006 ;Bunyodkor *

(4): 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013 *

(3): 2008, 2012, 2013 * Uzbekistan Supercup:

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AFC Champions League The AFC Champions League (abbreviated as ACL) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's top-division football clubs. It is the most prestigious club competition ...

Semifinal (2): 2008, 2012

References

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* * Living people 1977 births People from Namangan Region Uzbekistani footballers Uzbekistan international footballers FC Bunyodkor players 2007 AFC Asian Cup players Association football defenders {{Uzbekistan-footy-defender-stub