Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov

Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov

Personal information
Full name	Dzhamaldin Abdukhalitovich Khodzhaniyazov
Date of birth	(1996-07-18) July 18, 1996
Place of birth	Baýramaly, Turkmenistan
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Amkar Perm
Youth career
	Chilanzar Tashkent
	Konoplyov football academy
2012–2013	Akademiya Togliatti
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2013–	Zenit St. Petersburg	2	(0)
2014–	-> Amkar Perm (loan)	0
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 january 2014. † Appearances (Goals).

Dzhamaldin Abdukhalitovich Khodzhaniyazov (Russian: Джамалдин Абдухалитович Ходжаниязов, Turkmen: Jamaldin Abduhalitowiç Hojanyýazow; born July 18, 1996 in Baýramaly, Turkmenistan) is a Russian professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Russian Football Premier League for Amkar Perm on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg.^[1] Khodjaniyazov is of Uyghur descent.^[2] He also holds Turkmenistan citizenship.

He made his debut in the Russian Premier League on 26 July 2013 for Zenit St. Petersburg in a game against Kuban Krasnodar.^[3]

Biography

Khodzhaniyazov was born in the Turkmenistan city of Baýramaly. He is Perfectly fluent in Russian language.^[4]

Club career

A graduate of the Tashkent sports school Chilanzar. First coach - Gregory Rozyev. He played for the tolyatin Akademiya Tolyatti.^[5]

In winter 2012 moved to Zenit Saint Petersburg, signing a contract for 3 years. On 26 July 2013 he made his debut in the first Zenit team in the match of Russian League against Kuban Krasnodar.^{[6] [7] [8]}

International career

He began performing for the Russian youth team in 2012. With it he attended the Viktor Bannikov Memorial Tournament where played four matches. In a tournament team won second place, losing 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 first goal of Russian team, which was his first^[9] in an international career. At this tournament, he played all five games, and Russia U-17 team became European champion.^[10][11]

Honours

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

External links

• Profile by Russian national team U17
• Profile by the Russian Premier League
• Profile by FC Zenit
• Profile by Transfermarkt
• Profile by UEFA European Under-17 Championship

References