Ilýa Tamurkin (russian: link=no, Илья Тамуркин; born 9 May 1989) is a Turkmenistani professional footballer who plays for

FK Arkadag Football Club Arkadag ( Turkmen: ''Arkadag Futbol Kluby'') is a professional football club based in Arkadag, Turkmenistan. Founded in 2023, the club plays in the Ýokary Liga, becoming the reigning champion in its first season. History Competin ...

in the

Ýokary Liga The Turkmenistan Higher League, also called Türkmenistan Ýokary Liga (Turkmen: ''Türkmenistanyň Ýokary Ligasy''; Russian: ''Высшая лига Туркменистана'') is the top division of professional football in Turkmenistan, ...

and the Turkmenistan national football team, as a midfielder.

Club career

Professional career began at

Merw FK Physical culture and sports football club Merw ( tk, link=no, Merw bedenterbiýe-sport futbol kluby), also known as Merw Mary, is a Turkmen professional football club based in Mary. They play in the national top division; the Ýokary Liga. Their ...

. He spent the season of 2018 for the FC Alga Bishkek in the championship of Kyrgyzstan. In 2019, he returned to Turkmenistan, again becoming a FC Merw player. In January 2020, he joined the

vice-champion FC Ahal.

International career

Tamurkin made his senior national team debut on 22 May 2014, in a

2014 AFC Challenge Cup The 2014 AFC Challenge Cup was the fifth and the final edition of the AFC Challenge Cup, an international football competition for Asian Football Confederation (AFC) member nations that are mainly categorized as "emerging countries" in the now de ...

match against Afghanistan. He was included in Turkmenistan's squad for the

2019 AFC Asian Cup The 2019 AFC Asian Cup was the 17th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Asia organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was held in the United Arab Emirates from 5 January to 1 ...

in the United Arab Emirates.

Personal life

Tamurkin is an ethnic Russian- Tatar.

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* * 1989 births People from Mary, Turkmenistan Living people Turkmenistan men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Turkmenistan people of Tatar descent Turkmenistan people of Russian descent Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games 2019 AFC Asian Cup players Asian Games competitors for Turkmenistan Turkmenistan expatriate sportspeople in Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz Premier League players FC Alga Bishkek players Ahal FK players Turkmenistan men's international footballers {{Turkmenistan-footy-bio-stub