Zayniddin Tadjiyev ( uz, Зайниддин Тожиев or Zayniddin Tojiev) (born on 21 June 1977) is a retired Uzbek footballer.

Career

Pakhtakor

He started his playing career at ''Akademiya Tashkent''. From 2002 to 2004 he played for

Pakhtakor Tashkent (The cotton grower) uz, Sherlar(The Lions) uz, Xalq jamoasi(People's team) , founded = , ground = Pakhtakor Central Stadium , capacity = 35,000 , owner = , chairman = Bobur Shodiev , chrtitle = President , manager ...

. Playing for ''Pakhtakor'' he won several Uzbek League championships and the

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. In the 2008 Uzbek League season Tadjiyev scored 17 goals, following the top goalscorer of the season

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with 19 goals. In 2009 Pakhtakor qualified for the quarter-finals of the 2009 AFC Champions League and Tadjiyev was the top goalscorer of the club, scoring 5 goals in the tournament. With 13 goals he is currently the best goalscorer of ''Pakhtakor'' in

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and one of the all-time top goalscorers of the tournament.

Lokomotiv Tashkent

In 2011, he moved 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 ...

to play in the

Uzbekistan First League Uzbekistan Pro League ( Uzbek: ''O'zbekiston Pro Ligasi'') is a professional football league in Uzbekistan, and currently the second level after the Uzbekistan Super League. History Since the foundation in 1992 and until the end of 2017 was call ...

. In 2011 season he became the best top goalscorer of First League with 30 goals and gained promotion to 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 ...

with Lokomotiv. Tadjiyev was also the top goal scorer of Lokomotiv in 2012 season, scoring 11 goals. In 2013, he played the first half of season for Lokomotiv, scoring 4 goals in 9 matches. During the Second half of the 2013 season he played for

Neftchi Farg'ona FC Neftchi Fergana ( uz, Neftchi Fargʻona futbol klubi, Uzbek Cyrillic: Нефтчи Фарғона футбол клуби) is an Uzbek football club based in Fergana. They play in the top division in Uzbekistani football and are multiple ch ...

Dinamo

In 2014, he moved to Dinamo Samarqand. In February 2015 he left ''Dinamo'' and signed a contract with

FK Buxoro FK Buxoro ( uz, italic=yes, Futbol Klubi Buxoro) is an Uzbek professional football club based in Bukhara. Founded in 1989, the club competes in the Uzbekistan Super League. History The club was founded in 1960 under name ''Bukhoro''. In 1989 ...

International

Tadjiyev has made 18 appearances for the

Uzbekistan national football team The Uzbekistan national football team ( uz, Ozbekiston milliy futbol terma jamoasi, italic=yes / ) represents Uzbekistan in international football and is controlled by the Uzbekistan Football Association, the governing body for football in U ...

, including seven

FIFA World Cup The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams of the members of the ' (FIFA), the ...

qualifying matches, scoring a total of 3 goals. He has scored a total of 100 goals in the Uzbek League and (as of 7 November 2014), 144 goals in all competitions. This gave him entry to the Gennadi Krasnitsky club of Uzbek top goalscorers.

Career statistics

Goals for National Team

Honours

Club

;Pakhtakor *

(4): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006 *

runner-up (3): 2008, 2009, 2010 *

(4): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009 *

semifinal (2): 2003, 2004

Individual

Top Scorer: 2011 (30 goals)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tadjiyev, Zainitdin Living people 1977 births Uzbekistani men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Iran Uzbekistani Muslims Uzbekistan men's international footballers Pakhtakor Tashkent FK players FC Kyzylzhar players Expatriate men's footballers in China Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C. players Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in China Chinese Super League players Men's association football forwards