Murat Yakshiyev (; ; born 12 January 1992) is a professional Turkmen

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player who played in Şagadam. He is also a member of

Turkmenistan national football team The Turkmenistan national football team () represents Turkmenistan in men's international football. It is controlled by the Football Federation of Turkmenistan, the governing body for football in Turkmenistan. Turkmenistan's home ground is the ...

Club career

He was born in Turkmenabat,

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, and started his career in football team

FC Bagtyyarlyk-Lebap FK Lebap is a Turkmenistan football club based in Türkmenabat. Since 2015 they've played in the second division; the Birinji liga. Their home stadium is Türkmenabat Stadium which can hold 10,000 people. History The club has taken part in the ...

in Turkmenabat. In 2014, he moved to the professional football by signing a contract with the Turan FK. However, in the third round of the Ýokary Liga he moved to Balkan FK. Speaking for the Balkan FK in the 2015 season became the top scorer of the Ýokary Liga (31 goals), as well as the silver medalist of the championship. Since 2016 plays for

FC Altyn Asyr Football Club Altyn Asyr (), also known as Altyn Asyr Ashgabat or simply Altyn Asyr, which translates to ''Golden Century'', is a Turkmenistan, Turkmen professional association football, football club based in Ashgabat. Founded in 2008, the club c ...

. He made his debut for the new club in the framework of the

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against the Lebanese club

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(2:0). As part of FC Altyn Asyr, he became the champion of the Turkmenistan for four consecutive seasons. In January 2020, he joined the

Ýokary Liga The Turkmenistan Higher League, also called Türkmenistan Ýokary Liga ( Turkmen: ''Ýokary liga futbol klublarynyň arasyndaky futbol boýunça Türkmenistanyň çempionaty''), is the top division of professional football in Turkmenistan, operat ...

vice-champion

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FC Neftchi Kochkor-Ata

In March 2023, Kyrgyz professional football club Neftchi announced the signing of Yakshiyev to a one-year contract. On 16 May 2023, Yakshiyev scored his first goal for FC Neftchi in a game against FC Aldiyer Kurshab (3:2).

International career

Ýagşyýew made his senior national team debut on 26 March 2017 against Chinese Taipei, coming to the substitution at the 72nd minute.

International goals

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

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yaksiyew, Murat Living people 1992 births Turkmenistan men's footballers 21st-century Turkmenistan sportsmen Men's association football forwards Turkmenistan men's international footballers People from Türkmenabat FC Altyn Asyr players Ahal FK players 2019 AFC Asian Cup players Expatriate men's footballers in Kyrgyzstan Footballers in Kyrgyzstan by club