Resul Yazgeldiyevich Hojayev ( tk, Resul Ýazgeldiýewiç Hojaýew; 7 January 1997) is a Turkmen professional

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who plays as a midfielder for Turkmen club

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 ...

and the Turkmenistan national team. He has won seven Turkmenistan

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titles.

Club career

Resul Hojaýew started his career with

FC Altyn Asyr Football Club Altyn Asyr ( tk, link=no, Altyn Asyr futbol kluby), also known as Altyn Asyr Ashgabat or simply Altyn Asyr, which translates to "Golden Century", is a Turkmen football club based in Ashgabat. Founded in 2008, the club competes in th ...

i in 2014. In March 2021, FC Ahal announced the signing of Resul Hojaýew.

International career

Under-21

On 17 January 2015, Hojaýew made his debut with Turkmenistan U21 in a friendly match against Finland U21 after coming on as a substitute at 69th minute in place of Gurban Annayev.

Senior

In August 2017, Hojaýew received a call-up from Turkmenistan for the friendly match against Qatar and made his debut after being named in the starting line-up and scored his side's only goal during a 2–1 away defeat. On 27 December 2018, Hojaýew was named as part of the Turkmenistan squad for

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. On 9 January 2019, he made his competitive debut with Turkmenistan in a match against

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after being named in the starting line-up.

Career statistics

Honours

Altyn Asyr *

: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

References

External links

* * 1997 births Living people Turkmenistan men's footballers Turkmenistan men's international footballers 2019 AFC Asian Cup players People from Ahal Region Altyn Asyr FK players Men's association football midfielders {{Turkmenistan-footy-bio-stub