Wahyt Sähetmyradowiç Orazsähedow (born 26 January 1992) is a Turkmenistani

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who plays for Altyn Asyr and

Turkmenistan Turkmenistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest and the Caspian Sea to the west. Ash ...

Personal life

Wahyt Orazsähedowv was born at Babarap in

Ahal Region Ahal Region (; from , also ) is one of five regions of Turkmenistan, provinces of Turkmenistan. It is in the south-center of the country, bordering Iran and Afghanistan along the Kopet Dag, Kopet Dag Range. Its area is and population 886,845 (20 ...

, in a large family. The elder brother, a former professional football player, played in 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 ...

, the other brother is a teacher, Orazsähedow also has a sister. In childhood, he practiced

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. He started playing football at the age of six. At the age of 10 he was recognized as the best striker at the children's tournament, after which Wahyt was invited to

Ashgabat Ashgabat (Turkmen language, Turkmen: ''Aşgabat'') is the capital city, capital and largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies between the Karakum Desert and the Kopet Dag, Kopetdag mountain range in Central Asia, approximately 50 km (30 ...

's sports boarding school. Married in December 2016, has a daughter born in 2017. Orazsahadov watches in his free time films in the genre of comedy or thriller. He is fluent in Russian.

Career

He started playing football in the Avadan Sports Club and the Children's and Youth Sports School in Ashgabat. He started his football career in

FC Talyp Sporty Talyp Sporty Aşgabat is a Turkmen football club based in Aşgabat. They play in the top division in Turkmenistani football, the Turkmenistan Higher League. Their home stadium is Köpetdag Stadium Köpetdag Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium i ...

. At the age of 12, a viewing was held in Moscow in one of the boarding sport school, Wahyt was taken, but subject to a change of citizenship, the father of the football player Sähetmyrat Orazsähedow opposed this. From the age of 14 he studied at the Kiev Youth Sports School №15, from where he transferred to the

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. At that time, Orazsähedow was 16 years old. At the end of 2007, he arrived in

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, where he spent two trainings as part of the FC Rubin Rubin youth team. Turkmen coach

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approved the transfer of the young striker. In the first season, he scored 7 goals in 24 matches in Russian Youth championship.

Club

Orazsähedow made his professional debut for

on 15 July 2009 in the Russian Cup game against

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. July 2012 he transferred on loan to

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. On 13 August 2012 he scored his first goal against

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. 17 March 2014 he joined the Moldovan team

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. In May he made his debut for his new club in a match of the 30th round against Zimbru. On 29 August 2014 he became a player of the Turkish club

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. For junior team played 16 matches and scored 12 goals. On 27 February 2015 moved to

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on a free transfer. In June 2015 it became known that Orazsähedow had returned to

for military service, where he was drafted into the Central Army Sports Club (MGSK) of the

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acting in the Turkmenistan First League Beginning in the third round of the

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playing for

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. On 9 February 2018,

Sabail FK Sabail FK (, ) is an Azerbaijani football club based in Baku. The club participates in the Azerbaijan Premier League. History The club was established in 2016 and immediately joined the Azerbaijan First Division. After finishing their first seas ...

announced the signing of Orazsähedow, releasing him at the end of the 2017–18 season. On 15 February 2019, Dordoi Bishkek announced the signing of Orazsähedow. On 26 November 2019, Dordoi Bishkek announced the departure of Orazsähedow at the end of his contract. In the winter of 2020, Orazsahedov signed a one-year contract with Tajikistani club

FC Istiklol Football Club Istiklol () is a Tajik professional football club owned by Maldivian Conglomerate Maziya. Founded in 2007, the club competes in the Ligai Olii Tojikiston, the top flight of Tajik football league system. It was founded to commemo ...

. Orazsahedov won his first trophy with the club in April 2020, the 2020 Tajik Super Cup. He made his debut in

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on 8 April 2020 in a 7–0 win against FC Dushanbe-83, scoring his first goal in the 25th minute. On 12 February 2021, Istiklol announced that Orazsahedov had left the club after his contract had expired. On 11 May 2021, it was announced that Orazsahedov had signed for FC Turan.

International

At the age of 15 years he was summoned to the Turkmenistan youth team. TUR-UZB 20190113 Asian Cup 10

In March 2011, he played in the Turkmenistan Olympic team in a match against Indonesia, Wahyt scored a goal. In June Orazsahedov played for the Olympic team full match against Syria in Jordan, scored a goal in the 2nd half, equalized his team eventually won the draw (2:2). Orazsahedov made his senior national team debut on 11 October 2016, in an friendly match against

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. He scored his first national team goal against Singapore in Asian Cup 2019 qualification match on 10 October 2017. He has been a member of the

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since 2016. He was included in Turkmenistan's squad for the

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in the United Arab Emirates.

Career statistics

Club

International

''Statistics accurate as of match played 5 September 2019''

International goals

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

Honors

Club

;Dordoi Bishkek *

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(1);

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(1): 2019 ;Istiklol *

(1):

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(1):

Individual

* Best scorer in

: 20 goals.

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