Ignatiy Mikhailovich Nesterov ( Uzbek: ''Ignatiy Mixaylovich Nesterov'',

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: ''Игнатий Михайлович Нестеров'') (born 20 June 1983, in Samarkand) is an Uzbek football

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origin who plays for

Lokomotiv Tashkent PFC Lokomotiv Tashkent ( uz, Lokomotiv Toshkent Professional Futbol Klubi) is an Uzbek professional football club based in Tashkent. The owner and main sponsor of the club is a state-owned company Uzbek Railways. History Lokomotiv was founded i ...

. Apart from a short-term spell at Saudi Arabian club Ohod, Nesterov has spent his entire footballing career in

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 co ...

. The most-decorated Uzbek player at club level, he won ten

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 ...

s and ten

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 ...

s. For the Uzbek national team, he has participated in five Asian Cups (2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019).

Club career

Early career

Before signing for Pakhtakor, Nesterov played for

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

Pakhtakor

He played for Pakhtakor from 2002 to 2009. By playing for Pakhtakor Nesterov he became the first-choice goalkeeper of the

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Bunyodkor

In July 2009 Nesterov moved to ''Bunyodkor'', signing a 3.5 years contract with the club.

Lokomotiv

On 10 December 2013 the press service of Lokomotiv announced a contract signing with Nesterov. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. He was linked with Asian giants

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of Iran in January 2016.

Honours

Pakhtakor *

: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 *

: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 * CIS cup: 2007 Bunyodkor *

: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 *

: 2010, 2012, 2013 Lokomotiv *

runners-up: 2014 *

: 2014 Uzbekistan U21 *

Afro-Asian Games The Afro-Asian Games were the series of inter-continental multi-sport competitions, held between athletes from Asia and Africa. These Games are one-of-a-kind, since no other sporting competition brings athletes from these two continents together ...

gold medal: 2003

Personal life

Nesterov is of Russian ancestry and a devout Orthodox Christian, he has multiple tattoos refer to his Christian faith، he is bilingual speaking Russian and Uzbek

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* 1983 births Living people Uzbekistani men's footballers Uzbekistani expatriate men's footballers Uzbekistani people of Russian descent Uzbekistan men's international footballers 2004 AFC Asian Cup players 2007 AFC Asian Cup players 2011 AFC Asian Cup players 2015 AFC Asian Cup players Pakhtakor Tashkent FK players FC Bunyodkor players FK Dinamo Samarqand players Men's association football goalkeepers Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games PFC Lokomotiv Tashkent players Uzbekistan Super League players Ohod Club players Saudi Pro League players 2019 AFC Asian Cup players Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia FIFA Men's Century Club Asian Games competitors for Uzbekistan Sportspeople from Samarkand {{Uzbekistan-footy-bio-stub