Sanzhar Tursunov ( uz, Sanjar Atham oʻgʻli Tursunov; russian: Санжар Атхамович Турсунов; born 29 December 1986) is an

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...

i professional

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player. He currently plays for

FC AGMK Football Club AGMK ( Uzbek: ''OKMK futbol klubi / ОКМК футбол клуби''; Russian: ''Футбольный клуб АГМК'') is a professional football club based in Olmaliq (Tashkent Region) also spelled as Almalyk of central Uzbeki ...

Club career

Pakhtakor

He played for the youth team of the club and in 2006 moved to Russian football club

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Irtysh Omsk

He played his first game for Irtysh Omsk on 23 April 2006. The first goal for the club he scored three days later in a match against Kuzbass Kemerovo from the

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. Up to the end of the season 2008 he played 86 matches and scored 13 goals.

FC Volga

In January 2009 he moved to

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which promoted to Russian First Division. In the 2009 season Volga finished only 4th. One year later Volga gained promotion to the

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and Tursunov scored 5 goals in the league and became one of the top assisting players of the First Division with 10 goal assists. In the 2010 season Sanzhar Tursunov scored 7 goals and 10 assists, playing 39 matches for Volga.

Alania Vladikavkaz

On 31 December 2011 he moved to

Alania Vladikavkaz FC Alania Vladikavkaz (russian: "Алания" (Владикавказ), os, Футболон клуб "Алани" (Дзæуджыхъæу)) is a Russian football team from Vladikavkaz. Founded in 1921, the club played in the Soviet Top League ...

and signed a contract for 3.5 years.

Lokomotiv Tashkent

On 21 February 2013 Tursunov signed a contract with

Lokomotiv Tashkent PFC Lokomotiv Tashkent ( uz, Lokomotiv Toshkent Professional Futbol Klubi) is an Uzbekistan, Uzbek professional association football, football club based in Tashkent. The owner and main sponsor of the club is a state-owned company Uzbek Railways. ...

Honours

Club

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Russian First Division The Russian First League (russian: Первая лига, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division (russian: Первый дивизион) and Russian Football National League (FNL) (russian: Первенство Футбольн� ...

runner-up:

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International

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4th:

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Individual

Uzbekistan Footballer of the Year The Uzbekistan Footballer of the Year ( uz, Yilning eng yaxshi futbolchisi or Йилнинг энг яхши футболчиси) is a yearly football award presented by the Uzbekistan Football Association to the most outstanding Uzbekistan footbal ...

: 2012

Career statistics

Club

International

Goals for Senior National Team

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tursunov, Sanzhar 1986 births Living people Uzbekistani men's footballers Uzbekistani expatriate men's footballers Uzbekistan men's international footballers FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod players 2011 AFC Asian Cup players 2015 AFC Asian Cup players Russian Premier League players Ukrainian Premier League players K League 2 players Uzbekistan Super League players Qatar Stars League players Pakhtakor Tashkent FK players PFC Lokomotiv Tashkent players FC Spartak Vladikavkaz players FC Vorskla Poltava players FC Orenburg players FC Irtysh Omsk players Umm Salal SC players Al Kharaitiyat SC players Daejeon Hana Citizen players FC Bunyodkor players FC AGMK players Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in Russia Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea Men's association football midfielders