Dzhamaldin Abdukhalitovich Khodzhaniyazov (Russian: Джамалдин Абдухалитович Ходжаниязов; Turkmen: Jamaldin Abduhalitowiç Hojanyýazow; born 18 July 1996) is a Turkmen-Russian professional football player who plays for Akron Tolyatti.[1]

Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov

Khodzhaniyazov with Ural Yekaterinburg in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Dzhamaldin Abdukhalitovich Khodzhaniyazov
Date of birth	(1996-07-18) 18 July 1996 (age 26)
Place of birth	Baýramaly, Turkmenistan
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Akron Tolyatti
Number	5
Youth career
	Chilanzar Tashkent
2008–2012	Konoplyov football academy
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2015	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2	(0)
2013–2015	→ Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg	8	(0)
2014	→ Amkar Perm (loan)	1	(0)
2015–2017	AGF	36	(1)
2017–2018	Dynamo Saint Petersburg	8	(0)
2018	Baltika Kaliningrad	2	(0)
2018	Ural Yekaterinburg	1	(0)
2019	BATE Borisov	2	(0)
2019–2022	Sumgayit	64	(4)
2022–	Akron Tolyatti	0	(0)
National team‡
2012	Russia U16	5	(0)
2012–2013	Russia U17	24	(1)
2014–2015	Russia U19	12	(0)
2014–2016	Russia U21	12	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 May 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 November 2016

Biography

Khodzhaniyazov was born in the Turkmenistan city of Baýramaly. He is fluent in Russian.[2]

Club career

A graduate of the Tashkent sports school Chilanzar. First coach – Gregory Rozyev. He played for the tolyattin Akademiya Tolyatti.[3]

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.[4][5][6]

He joined the Danish club AGF on 31 August 2015, with Zenit retaining buy-back rights.[7] His contract got terminated in July 2017.[8]

On 2 December 2017, he returned to Russia, signing a contract with FC Dynamo St. Petersburg.[9]

On 16 June 2018, he moved to FC Baltika Kaliningrad.[10] On 27 July 2018, after just two league games for Baltika, he signed with the Russian Premier League club FC Ural Yekaterinburg.[11] 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.[12]

On 11 March 2019, Khodzhaniyazov signed with Belarusian club FC BATE Borisov.[13] 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.[14] At this tournament, he played all five games, and Russia U-17 team became European champion.[15][16] 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

Club

As of match played 15 December 2021[17]

Honours

Club

Zenit Saint Petersburg

• Russian Football Premier League: 2014–15

International

• 2013 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship winner with Russia.

References

External links

• Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov – UEFA competition record (archive)
• Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov at Soccerway
• Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)

На других языках

[de] Dschamaldin Abduchalitowitsch Chodschanijasow

[it] Džamaldin Chodžanijazov

[ru] Ходжаниязов, Джамалдин Абдухалитович