Dzhamaldin Abdukhalitovich Khodzhaniyazov (; ; born 18 July 1996) is a professional football player who plays as a centre-back for Uzbekistani club Surkhon Termez. Born in Turkmenistan, he represented Russia at youth level.
Biography Khodzhaniyazov was born in the Turkmenistan city of Baýramaly. He is fluent in Russian.
Club career A graduate of the Tashkent sports school Chilanzar. His first coach was Gregory Rozyev. He also played for the youth club of Akademiya Tolyatti.
In the winter of 2012 he moved to Zenit Saint Petersburg, signing a contract for 3 years. On 26 July 2013 he made his first team debut in a league match against Kuban Krasnodar.Luciano Spalletti: “We deserved a better result
He joined the Danish club AGF on 31 August 2015, with Zenit retaining buy-back rights. His contract got terminated in July 2017.AGF ophæver med russisk stopper‚ bold.dk, 28 July 2017
On 2 December 2017, he returned to Russia, signing a contract with Dynamo Saint Petersburg.
On 16 June 2018, he moved to Baltika Kaliningrad. On 27 July 2018, after just two league games for Baltika, he signed with the Russian Premier League club Ural Yekaterinburg. After playing just two games for Ural (one in the league and another in the Russian Cup), his contract was dissolved by mutual consent on 29 January 2019.
On 11 March 2019, Khodzhaniyazov signed with Belarusian club BATE Borisov. A few months later, in August 2019, he moved to Azerbaijani club Sumgayit.
International career He began performing for the Russian youth team in 2012. With it he attended the Viktor Bannikov Memorial Tournament where he played four matches. In the tournament the team finished in second place, losing the final in a penalty shootout to Ukraine.
In the junior team of Russia he went to the European U-17 Championship 2013. In the first match, he scored his first goal for Russia. At this tournament, he played all five games, and Russia U-17 team became European champion. He also participated in the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Later he represented Russia national under-19 football team at the 2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, where Russia came in second place. He is available to represent for either senior Russia or Turkmenistan.
Career statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsZenit Saint Petersburg2013–14Russian Premier League200010302014–15Russian Premier League00001010Total20002040Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg2013–14Russian Second League20––20Amkar Perm (loan)2013–14Russian Premier League10––10Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg2014–15Russian Second League50––502015–16Russian First League10––10Total60000060AGF2015–16Danish Superliga15030–1802016–17Danish Superliga21130–241Total3616000421Dynamo Saint Petersburg2017–18Russian First League80––80Baltika Kaliningrad2018–19Russian First League20––20Ural Yekaterinburg2018–19Russian Premier League1010–20BATE Borisov2019Belarusian Premier League20200040Sumgayit2019–20Azerbaijan Premier League16020–1802020–21Azerbaijan Premier League23340102832021–22Azerbaijan Premier League25120202912022–23Azerbaijan Premier League00––00Total6448030754Akron Tolyatti2022–23Russian First League25060–3102023–24Russian First League9020–110Total3408000420Career total1585250501885
Honours
Club Zenit Saint Petersburg Russian Football Premier League: 2014–15
International 2013 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship winner with Russia.
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