Nozim Nosyrovich Babadjanov ( tg, Нозим Бобоҷонов; born 7 August 1995) is a Tajik professional

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who plays as an

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for

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and the Tajikistan national team.

Club career

Youth teams

Babadjanov started his career in the youth team of

Rubin Kazan FC Rubin Kazan (russian: Футбо́льный клуб Руби́н Каза́нь, ''Futbolny klub Rubin Kazan'' , Tatar: Рубин Казан) is a Russian professional football club based in the city of Kazan. They play in the second-tier ...

, before moving to

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's youth team in 2014.

Regar-TadAZ

At the beginning of 2015, Babadjanov signed for Regar-TadAZ in his native Tajikistan, before a year later, on 11 January 2016,

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announced that they had signed Babadjanov on a three-year contract from Regar-TadAZ in preparation for their

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campaign.

Bahrain

On 18 January 2017, Babadjanov signed a six-month contract with

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club

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Istiklol

On 28 February 2019, Babadjanov's contract with Istiklol was terminated by mutual consent.

Real Kashmir

In July 2022, Babadjanov moved to India and signed with

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club Real Kashmir, on a one-year deal.

Kalteng Putra

In August 2023, he signed a contract with Indonesian club

International career

Babadjanov made his debut for

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on 8 October 2015 against

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Istiklol *

Tajik League The Ligai Olii Tojikiston ( Tajik: ''Лигаи Олии Тоҷикистон'') or Tajikistan Higher League ( fa, لیگ عالی فوتبال تاجیکستان, Russian: ''Высшая лига Таджикистана'') is the top division ...

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Tajik Cup The Jomi Tojikiston (Tajiki: ''Ҷоми Тоҷикистон''), ( fa, جام حذفی تاجیکستان), or Tajikistan Cup is the top knockout football tournament of Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russ ...

Tajik Supercup The Superjomi Tojikiston (''Tajiki: Суперҷоми Тоҷикистон''; fa, سوپرجام تاجیکستان), or Tajik Super Cup, is a one-match football annual competition. The two participating clubs are holders of the Tajik League ch ...

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References

1995 births Living people Tajikistani men's footballers Tajikistani expatriate men's footballers Tajikistan men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Tajikistan Higher League players Bahraini Premier League players I-League players Liga 2 (Indonesia) players Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda players FC Istiklol players Bahrain SC players FC Chernomorets Balchik players FK Khujand players Al-Ahli Club (Manama) players Real Kashmir FC players Kalteng Putra F.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in Bahrain Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in India Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia Tajikistani expatriate sportspeople in Bahrain Tajikistani expatriate sportspeople in India Tajikistani expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia {{Tajikistan-footy-bio-stub