Nyam-Osoryn Naranbold ( mn, Ням-Осорын Наранболд; born 22 February 1992) is a Mongolian

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who plays as a

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for

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club Khovd and the Mongolian national team. With eight international goals, he is tied for first place on Mongolia’s all-time scorers list.

Club career

Naranbold began playing for

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in 2008. He made appearances in the club's two matches during the qualifying rounds of the

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, a 0–2 defeat to

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of Pakistan and a 0–0 draw with

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of Bhutan. Khoromkhon failed to progress to the next round. With Khoromkhon, he won the league championship in

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and was runner-up in

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and

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. For the 2015 season he was the league's top goal scorer with 23 goals. Naranbold won the award again two seasons later with 17 goals after transferring to

Athletic 220 FC Athletic 220 FC ( mn, Атлетик 220) was a Mongolian professional football club based in Ulaanbaatar, that competed in the Mongolian Premier League. The club was established in 2016, and was promoted to the Mongolian Premier League after e ...

prior to the

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season. He scored both of the team’s goals in the final of the

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as Athletic 220 defeated

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2–0 to win the title. He went on to help the club win back-to-back league championships in

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and

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. Following the 2020 season he received the award for Best Goal and Best Male Player. Naranbold went on to score the club's only goal in the

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, coming in a 1–5 loss to Hong Kong's Lee Man FC. In January 2022 Naranbold left Athletic 220 and became a free agent. On 3 March of that year he joined newly-promoted Tuv Buganuud. He finished the 2021–22 season with fourteen goals, tying him with Deren FC's

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for second in the league. After a single season, Naranbold left the club and signed for Khovd FC.

International career

Naranbold made his senior international debut on 23 July 2014 in a 0–2 loss to Guam in the first round of the

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. He scored his first senior international goal on 4 July 2016 in an 8–0 victory over the Northern Mariana Islands. The win set Mongolia's record for their largest margin of victory. He went on to score both of Mongolia's goals in a 2–0 victory over

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during the

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, the inaugural edition of the tournament.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Mongolia's goal tally first.''

International career statistics

Honours

Khoromkhon *

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: 2012 *

Athletic 220 *

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References

External links

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MFF profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Naranbold, Nyam-Osor 1992 births Living people Mongolian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Mongolia men's international footballers Mongolian National Premier League players Khoromkhon FC players Athletic 220 FC players Tuv Azarganuud FC players