Umidjan Babamuradowiç Astanow (born 11 August 1990) is a

Turkmen Turkmen, Türkmen, Turkoman, or Turkman may refer to: Peoples Historical ethnonym * Turkoman (ethnonym), ethnonym used for the Oghuz Turks during the Middle Ages Ethnic groups * Turkmen in Anatolia and the Levant (Seljuk and Ottoman-Turkish desc ...

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

currently playing for

Nebitçi FT Nebitçi Football Team ( tk, Nebitçi futbol topary) is a Turkmen professional football club based in Balkanabat. They compete in top division of Turkmen football, the Ýokary Liga. Their home stadium is Balkanabat Stadium which can hold 10,000 ...

in the

Ýokary Liga The Turkmenistan Higher League, also called Türkmenistan Ýokary Liga ( Turkmen: ''Türkmenistanyň Ýokary Ligasy''; Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East ...

as a midfielder. Former player of

Turkmenistan national football team The Turkmenistan national football team ( tk, Türkmenistanyň milli futbol ýygyndysy) represents Turkmenistan in men's international football and it is controlled by the Football Federation of Turkmenistan, the governing body for football in T ...

Club career

He began his career in the football club

FC Merw Physical culture and sports football club Merw ( tk, link=no, Merw bedenterbiýe-sport futbol kluby), also known as Merw Mary, is a Turkmen professional football club based in Mary. They play in the national top division; the Ýokary Liga. Their ...

. Since 2013, he has played for

FC Balkan FC Balkan Botevgrad ( bg, ФК Балкан Ботевград, FK Balkan Botevgrad) is a Bulgarian football club, playing in the city of Botevgrad. The stadium of the club is "Hristo Botev" in Botevgrad with capacity of 8,000 people. History Th ...

and won the AFC-President's Cup 2013 in Malaysia with them. In 2015, he moved to the

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 ...

. On 2019, Astanow joined

. Umidjan Astanow joined

Energetik FK Energetik FK is an Azerbaijani football club based in Mingachevir. One of the oldest and popular clubs in Azerbaijan. For a moment it participates at Azerbaijan First Division. History The club was established in 1966 and took part in Soviet Se ...

in January 2020. After unsuccessful trials at

Astanow signed contract with

in August 2020.

International career

He played for the Olympic team of Turkmenistan at the

Asian Games 2010 The 2010 Asian Games (), officially known as the XVI Asian Games () and also known as Guangzhou 2010 (), was a regional multi-sport event celebrated from November 12 to November 27, 2010 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, although several events ...

in Guangzhou. Umidjan was also called up for the Olympic team of Turkmenistan that competed in the London 2012 Olympics. Astanow made his senior national team debut in

2012 AFC Challenge Cup The 2012 AFC Challenge Cup was the fourth edition of the tournament, an international football competition for Asian Football Confederation (AFC) member nations that are mainly categorized as "emerging countries" in the defunct Vision Asia progra ...

. Last time played for senior team at 2017.

Honors

Turkmenistan *

AFC Challenge Cup The AFC Challenge Cup was an international football competition for Asian Football Confederation (AFC) member countries that was categorized as "emerging countries" in the "Vision Asia" programme. "Vision Asia", created by former AFC president, ...

runner-up:

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Balkan *

AFC President's Cup The AFC President's Cup was an annual international association football competition between domestic clubs sides run by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) held between 2005 and 2014. The competition targeted emerging football nations, and wa ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Astanow, Umidjan 1990 births Living people Turkmenistan men's footballers Turkmenistan men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Turkmenistan Altyn Asyr FK players