Sardor Rashidov Ikhtiyorovich ( Uzbek Cyrillic: Сардор Рашидов Ихтиёрович; born 14 June 1991) is an Uzbek professional

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who plays as a winger for QSL side

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and the Uzbekistan national team.

Club career

Born in

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, Rashidov began his career with hometown club Sogdiana Jizak before joining

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in 2009. In his time at the latter club, he won the

Uzbek League Uzbekistan Super League ( uz, O'zbekiston Superligasi), also called Coca-Cola Uzbekistan Super League due to sponsorship reasons ( uz, Coca-Cola O'zbekiston Superligasi / Coca-Cola Ўзбекистон Суперлигаси), is the top division ...

and

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three times each, as well as winning an

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and a semi-final finish in the 2012 AFC Champions League. On 6 July 2015, he moved abroad for the first time to sign a three-year deal with

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of the Qatar Stars League. Two years later, following the merger of his club into Al-Duhail SC, he moved on a free transfer to

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side

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, replacing Park Jong-woo as their permitted Asian foreign player. In his time in Abu Dhabi, Rashidov was not frequently picked by manager

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, and on 4 February 2018 he returned home to

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

. He made his debut eight days later in a home Champions League group match against

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, coming on as a first-half substitute for Nivaldo and scoring in a 5–0 win. Rashidov left Asia for the first time on 16 January 2019, signing a two-and-a-half-year deal with C.D. Nacional of Portugal's Primeira Liga. He played seven games for the team from Madeira and scored three times, all of which in a 4–0 home win over C.D. Feirense on 16 February. In the following game, against fellow Atlantic islanders C.D. Santa Clara, he did not make the trip after suffering two

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s ahead of the flight. In July 2019, Rashidov rescinded his Nacional contract following their relegation, and signed for

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Kuwait SC

On 17 July 2021,

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announced the signing of Rashidov for one season from Pakhtakor Tashkent.

Pakhtakor return

On 31 January 2022, Pakhtakor Tashkent announced the signing of Rashidov to a one-year contract on a free transfer from

Umm Salal

On 24 June 2022, Pakhtakor Tashkent announced that Rashidov had signed for

International career

Rashidov made his debut for the

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on 15 October 2013 in a 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification match at home to

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, and scored the opening goal of a 3–1 win in

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. Coach

Mirjalol Qosimov Mirjalol Kushakovich Qosimov ( uz, Mirjalol Qoʻshoqovich Qosimov, russian: Мирджалол Кушакович Касымов; in English also: Mirdjalal Kasimov or Kasymov) (born 17 September 1970) is a former head coach of the Uzbekistan na ...

called him up for the

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in Australia, where he scored twice in a 3–1 win over

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to advance to the quarter-finals. He was also included for the 2019 edition in the United Arab Emirates.

Career statistics

Club

International

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

Honours

;Bunyodkor *

: 2010, 2011,

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: 2010,

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;Lokomotiv *

Uzbekistan Super League Uzbekistan Super League ( uz, O'zbekiston Superligasi), also called Coca-Cola Uzbekistan Super League due to sponsorship reasons ( uz, Coca-Cola O'zbekiston Superligasi / Coca-Cola Ўзбекистон Суперлигаси), is the top division ...

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;Individual * Uzbekistan Player of the Year 2nd: 2015

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rashidov, Sardor 1991 births Living people Uzbekistani footballers Uzbekistani expatriate footballers Uzbekistan international footballers Association football forwards 2015 AFC Asian Cup players Expatriate footballers in the United Arab Emirates Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games Expatriate footballers in Qatar Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait Expatriate footballers in Kuwait Expatriate footballers in Portugal FC Bunyodkor players El Jaish SC players Al Jazira Club players PFC Lokomotiv Tashkent players C.D. Nacional players Kuwait SC players Qatar SC players Pakhtakor Tashkent FK players Umm Salal SC players Qatar Stars League players UAE Pro League players Primeira Liga players 2019 AFC Asian Cup players Asian Games competitors for Uzbekistan People from Jizzakh Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in Portugal