Rasambek Aslambekovich Akhmatov (russian: Расамбек Асламбекович Ахматов; born 31 May 1996) is a Russian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Chindia Târgoviște.

Career

Rasambek arrived in France in 2003 with his family after escaping from the war in

Chechnya Chechnya ( rus, Чечня́, Chechnyá, p=tɕɪtɕˈnʲa; ce, Нохчийчоь, Noxçiyçö), officially the Chechen Republic,; ce, Нохчийн Республика, Noxçiyn Respublika is a republic of Russia. It is situated in the ...

. He moved to

Haguenau Haguenau (; Alsatian: or ; and historically in English: ''Hagenaw'') is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department of France, of which it is a sub-prefecture. It is second in size in the Bas-Rhin only to Strasbourg, some to the south. To the ...

in 2005 and discovered a passion for football at age of 10 at the city stadium in small district in Haguenau before signing his first contract at 11 years of age at FR Haguenau. He would subsequently play in several Alsacian clubs before joining FCSR Obernai with the senior team. Then with determination, he tried his luck during scouting, which was organized in

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by an American team, and out of the 800 players, he was one of the 10 selected to spend 2 weeks of testing in

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. He finally joined the

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team, which at the time played in the American third division. After two seasons in Miami, he was noticed by

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(second division), where he signed a first professional contract in the summer of 2018. After two full seasons in

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, he returned to

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. During the pandemic, he spent several months without a club before signing for Comuna Recea in the Romanian second division. Following a short stint with Kazakh side Maktaaral, he returned to Romania to join

club Chindia Târgoviște.

References

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