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Khusanov's father, Hikmat Khoshimov, also played for the national team at centre-back. At the age of 17 Khusanov signed for Energetik-BGU in Belarus, where he spent one difficult year. \"In Belarus, I suffered being away from my parents,” he said. “Often there were training sessions three times a day. If there was heavy snow in winter, we would clear the field ourselves and then train.\" Khusanov’s career was transformed in 2023: he became an Asian champion as part of Uzbekistan’s Under-20 team in March, participated in the Under-20 World Cup in May, made his debut for the senior team in June, moved to Lens in July and became the youngest Uzbek player to appear in the Champions League in November. In January 2025 Khusanov moved to Manchester City. \"This is one of the best transfers in the history of the club. He does not shy away from learning, takes training seriously and works with all his might. In short, Abdukodir is a very reliable player,\" said Pep Guardiola.",{"id":61,"name":62,"jerseyNumber":56,"position":63,"positionLabel":64,"age":56,"caps":11,"club":65,"avatar":66,"bio":67},"uzb_22","Abbosbek Fayzullaev","MF","Midfielder","Basaksehir","https:\u002F\u002Fmedia.guim.co.uk\u002F305f6a4534ea9a4ad390313d39a30026f54a87ab\u002F680_103_842_842\u002F500.jpg","At the age of 22 Fayzullaev already has two Uzbek player of the year awards, having made his league debut aged just 17. As a child he moved from his family home in Syrdarya to Tashkent to join the Pakhtakor academy, where his uncle took him in and raised him as his own. His uncle died in 2021, the year Fayzullaev made his first-team debut, and the player still celebrates goals with a finger pointed to the heavens in tribute. \"Every time I go onto the pitch I look at the stands, hoping that my uncle will come, but unfortunately that is no longer possible,\" he has said. Fayzullaev's wonderful free-kick against Syria at the 2023 Under-20 Asian Cup made him much more widely known in Uzbekistan and elsewhere, and in August of that year he moved to CSKA Moscow. “Many in Uzbekistan said: ‘He won’t be able to do it there, he’ll be back soon,’” he said. “Even some coaches expressed the same opinion. That gave me more motivation. 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He started his footballing life as a midfielder, but his team’s goalkeeper kept making mistakes so he took over the position – and stayed there. To support his family, he also worked in a shop and sold pastries in a market. “I didn’t have money to buy gloves. I would buy construction workers’ gloves at the market and wear two layers,” he recalled. In 2017, Yusupov obtained Uzbek citizenship and made his debut for the national team a year later. “I debuted in a friendly against Qatar,” he recalled. “It unexpectedly snowed in October, and I went out wearing a short-sleeved kit. I was freezing the entire match – but I didn’t concede a goal.” Yusupov is currently the first-choice goalkeeper for the national team, with excellent reflexes, and is considered a penalty-saving expert, unusually adept at reading his opponent's intentions. 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His father had also played, but never reached the top level. Alijonov initially trained with boys three years older than him. “There were no age groups for players my age, so I had to train with the ones born in 1994,” he recalled. In 2005, when he was eight years old, he joined Pakhtakor’s academy, and he has now been at the club for 21 years without interruption. Today, he holds the Uzbek league record for playing continuously for the same club. He took his first steps in the academy as a forward, which is why he loves the No 7 shirt. In 2017 he debuted for Pakhtakor’s first team at left-back, and to this day he has made over 230 appearances and won the Uzbekistan championship five times, the national cup on three occasions and the Super Cup twice. 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He is known as Mr Stability in Uzbek football. Born in Samarkand, Sayfiev has spent most of his career with two clubs, with seven years at Nasaf followed by six at Pakhtakor. With these teams he won five Uzbek championships – a sixth followed last year, at Neftchi – multiple national championship medals, two Uzbek Cups, and four Uzbek Super Cups. 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He has developed into a solid defender for the Uzbekistan national team and, following Khusniddin Alikulov's injury, is expected to form the first-choice central defensive partnership with Abdukodir Khusanov. Ashurmatov is a product of the Tashkent club Bunyodkor, and played in both South Korea and Russia before joining his current side, Esteghlal, in 2025 after catching the eye of the Iranian side’s sporting director, Clarence Seedorf, with his ability not only to protect his own goal but to threaten from set pieces. Ashurmatov has ambitious goals for the upcoming World Cup: \"We need to play high-quality football no matter who our opponent is. We need to at least advance from the group stage,\" the defender said. \"Our group is very difficult. 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In 2024 he helped bring the club the long-awaited championship, and it was his goal against Lokomotiv Tashkent that sealed the title. \"Remembering that goal, memories from childhood tournaments come back to me,” he said. “I used to score that kind of goal often. After the match, I talked to my grandfather, and he reminded me of it. It was an unforgettable experience.\" At the end of that season he was named the league’s player of the year, and received offers from teams in Poland, Russia, Cyprus and elsewhere. Instead he chose to stay, and though he joined Baniyas of the UAE Championship six months later he was not happy with the decision and within seven months was back in Uzbekistan, signing for Pakhtakor. He is the kind of player you look to in crunch moments, and when Uzbekistan secured victories on penalties over Iran in the final of the Al Ain Cup in November 2025, and against Venezuela in the final of the Fifa Series tournament in Tashkent in March 2026, it was Mozgovoy who converted the decisive spot-kicks on both occasions.",{"physical":233,"crawlInfomation":235,"attributes":238},{"skillMoves":11,"weight":88,"weakFoot":11,"preferredFoot":88,"altPositions":234,"height":88},[],{"sourceTitle":236,"crawledAt":237,"source":93},"Akmal Mozgovoy — manually copied sofifa stat page; category overalls taken directly from source, card OVR averaged from the 6 category overalls","2026-06-23T08:27:48.362Z",{"dribbling":239,"pace":240,"shooting":241,"defending":243,"overall":137,"passing":244,"physicality":245},{"ballControl":168,"dribbling":168,"balance":167,"composure":165,"overall":115,"reactions":137,"agility":119},{"overall":167,"acceleration":167,"sprintSpeed":117},{"finishing":165,"shotPower":188,"penalties":160,"positioning":114,"overall":189,"longShots":119,"volleys":242},33,{"slidingTackle":197,"overall":189,"standingTackle":137,"defAwareness":126,"interceptions":137,"headingAccuracy":116},{"vision":115,"freeKickAccuracy":165,"longPassing":115,"curve":165,"shortPassing":117,"overall":137,"crossing":126},{"overall":188,"aggression":165,"jumping":165,"strength":116,"stamina":167},{"playerId":247,"number":248,"name":249,"position":63,"positionLabel":64,"age":147,"dateOfBirth":250,"caps":11,"club":251,"avatar":252,"bio":253,"goals":11,"assists":11,"playedMatches":11,"avgRating":11,"isKeyMember":85,"playerAttributes":254},"uzb_7",7,"Otabek Shukurov","1996-06-22","Baniyas","https:\u002F\u002Fmedia.guim.co.uk\u002F8071bc48d407056f363f94e95cd61b000b1b94eb\u002F355_121_1178_1179\u002F500.jpg","Another graduate of the Mashal Academy. Shukurov grew up working hard from childhood, washing cars and making shoes. He was the captain of the Uzbekistan team that won the Under-16 Asian Championship in Iran in 2012, and also played in the Under-17 World Cup the following year – Hoffenheim scouted him there and invited him for a trial, but did not proceed with the signing. He made his debut for the senior national team in 2016 and has become more than a player, a conductor of play from the centre of the field, who also has a wicket long shot. The best years of Shukurov’s career came in the UAE with Sharjah, where he spent more than four years, became known as “the Uzbek professor”, and made a huge contribution to them winning the league in 2019, for the first time in 15 years. Shukurov does a lot of charity work in his hometown of Kashkadarya, and during the pandemic provided food for 60 families there. “When I saw some footballers were doing the toilet roll challenge I felt bad, because that doesn’t help anyone. 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He might not quite have reached the level of his idols – “I like the games of Xavi, Andrés Iniesta, David Silva and Lionel Messi,” he said – but he has enjoyed plenty of success, winning the Uzbek league title three times in four years with Pakhtakor between 2012 and 2015 and collecting a fourth winner’s medal with Neftchi in 2024-25. In 2022 he won the Uzbekistan Footballer of the Year prize after an outstanding season with Navbahor Namangan, even though his club lost out on the title by a point. But for all that he has never been a key member of the Uzbek side, and as of the end of May he had been in the squad for 80 games across nearly 13 years, but started only 17. \"Every player, no matter how old they are, is waiting for the list of players called up to the national team. 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He also played for his country at various youth levels and in several World Cups and Asian Championships, winning the player of the tournament award at the 2018 Under-23 Asian Championships in China. \"That tournament was very memorable, the final was held in heavy snow. It's unforgettable,” he said. He started his career at Nasaf, but after moving to Pakhtakor in 2019 won five successive league titles, a particularly impressive achievement given that in the middle of that run he snuck in half a season with Shabab al-Ahli in the UAE and won a cup there too. In 2025 he moved to Tractor in Iran, where he promptly won another league title. He is considered the engine at the heart of the Uzbekistan national team, and is a master at anticipating and ending opponent attacks. 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Due to financial difficulties during their youth, his older brother gave up his own dream of becoming a footballer in favor of Jaloliddin. When speaking of Masharipov, the phrase \"colossal experience\" comes to mind as a synonym. He is not only a multiple-time champion of Uzbekistan but has also played with success in foreign leagues, including at Cristiano Ronaldo's Al-Nassr. It was Masharipov who had the No7 shirt when the Portuguese great first joined the club, and after he volunteered to give it up he and Ronaldo became good friends. When the World Cup draw placed Portugal and Uzbekistan in the same group, Masharipov addressed Ronaldo on Instagram: \"Dear friend, see you at the World Cup.\" That was in serious doubt when he sustained a serious knee injury in January, but he recovered in the nick of time.",{"physical":316,"crawlInfomation":318,"attributes":320},{"skillMoves":11,"weight":88,"weakFoot":11,"preferredFoot":88,"altPositions":317,"height":88},[],{"sourceTitle":319,"crawledAt":157,"source":93},"Jaloliddin Masharipov — manually copied sofifa stat page; category overalls taken directly from source, card OVR averaged from the 6 category overalls",{"dribbling":321,"pace":324,"shooting":326,"defending":327,"overall":161,"passing":328,"physicality":329},{"ballControl":135,"dribbling":220,"balance":322,"composure":114,"overall":135,"reactions":165,"agility":323},84,82,{"overall":135,"acceleration":118,"sprintSpeed":325},71,{"finishing":119,"shotPower":115,"penalties":117,"positioning":168,"overall":161,"longShots":161,"volleys":117},{"slidingTackle":125,"overall":138,"standingTackle":218,"defAwareness":126,"interceptions":290,"headingAccuracy":139},{"vision":114,"freeKickAccuracy":196,"longPassing":98,"curve":133,"shortPassing":96,"overall":97,"crossing":99},{"overall":197,"aggression":9,"jumping":137,"strength":169,"stamina":167},{"playerId":331,"number":332,"name":333,"position":63,"positionLabel":64,"age":100,"dateOfBirth":334,"caps":11,"club":335,"avatar":336,"bio":337,"goals":11,"assists":11,"playedMatches":11,"avgRating":11,"isKeyMember":85,"playerAttributes":338},"uzb_11",11,"Oston Urunov","2000-12-19","Persepolis","https:\u002F\u002Fmedia.guim.co.uk\u002F7469de2ba4af8628258e760016ee2a06d58ff588\u002F622_405_2299_2298\u002F500.jpg","Urunov was born in Navoi, the region named in honor of the great Uzbek poet, thinker, and statesman, the father of the Uzbek literary language, Alisher Navoi. In 2016 Urunov became the captain of the Uzbekistan youth team, made his league debut for Navbahor the following year and in 2018 was named the young player of the year. The award was presented to him by Héctor Cúper, who then gave him his full international debut the following year. At that time, Oston was 18 years and five months old. But after that rapid ascent came a more difficult period: he moved to Ufa in Russia in 2020 and, less than a year later, to Spartak Moscow. \"At Spartak everything was going well at first,” he said, “but I couldn't show my full potential because of injury after injury.\" He spent three years in Russia before returning to Navbahor, but in 2024 was on the move again to Persepolis in Iran, where he won his first league title in 2023-24 – but he still has high ambitions: \"Since I was young, I dreamed of playing for Manchester United, and now I dream of PSG,\" he says.",{"physical":339,"crawlInfomation":341,"attributes":343},{"skillMoves":11,"weight":88,"weakFoot":11,"preferredFoot":88,"altPositions":340,"height":88},[],{"sourceTitle":342,"crawledAt":157,"source":93},"Oston Urunov — manually copied sofifa stat page; category overalls taken directly from source, card OVR averaged from the 6 category overalls",{"dribbling":344,"pace":345,"shooting":346,"defending":347,"overall":161,"passing":348,"physicality":349},{"ballControl":114,"dribbling":220,"balance":197,"composure":115,"overall":168,"reactions":196,"agility":119},{"overall":118,"acceleration":118,"sprintSpeed":216},{"finishing":119,"shotPower":98,"penalties":137,"positioning":168,"overall":196,"longShots":165,"volleys":115},{"slidingTackle":194,"overall":222,"standingTackle":138,"defAwareness":138,"interceptions":131,"headingAccuracy":137},{"vision":98,"freeKickAccuracy":116,"longPassing":115,"curve":325,"shortPassing":98,"overall":168,"crossing":115},{"overall":114,"aggression":115,"jumping":118,"strength":220,"stamina":98},{"playerId":351,"number":352,"name":353,"position":78,"positionLabel":79,"age":100,"dateOfBirth":354,"caps":11,"club":355,"avatar":356,"bio":357,"goals":11,"assists":11,"playedMatches":11,"avgRating":11,"isKeyMember":85,"playerAttributes":358},"uzb_12",12,"Abduvohid Nematov","2001-03-20","Nasaf","https:\u002F\u002Fmedia.guim.co.uk\u002Fbc7162cc69dfb0eb4957bdf0ee56227450b7cfbc\u002F1278_0_1190_1190\u002F500.jpg","Nematov moved from Jizzakh to Qarshi at the age of 14 and joined Nasaf soon afterwards; more than a decade later he is still there, having won every major trophy in Uzbekistan. He is particularly good with his feet, down perhaps to the fact he started in football as a striker, and still has an eye for goal: he scored two of them in the 2023-24 season, both from penalties. \"If I was afraid of making a mistake, I wouldn't be a goalkeeper. Because if a goalkeeper makes a mistake, a goal is scored,\" he says. In 2022 Uzbekistan hosted the Under-23 Asian Cup and Nematov was sent off in the 12th minute of their quarter-finals against Iraq, putting the team in a difficult position – and it turned out his mother was watching having made a secret trip to the stadium. \"My mother came to Tashkent to watch the game without telling me that day, and I got sent off. It was terrible,\" Nematov recalled. In 2024 Uzbekistan qualified for the Olympics for the first time, with Nematov saving a penalty from Sergio Gomez in the match against Spain.",{"physical":359,"crawlInfomation":361,"attributes":363},{"skillMoves":11,"weight":88,"weakFoot":11,"preferredFoot":88,"altPositions":360,"height":88},[],{"sourceTitle":362,"crawledAt":237,"source":93},"Abduvohid Nematov — manually copied sofifa GK stat page (value-before-label layout); card overall = average of the Goalkeeping block's Diving\u002FHandling\u002FKicking\u002FPositioning\u002FReflexes (Speed excluded, taken from PAC's Sprint speed\u002FAcceleration average instead)",{"gkAttributes":364,"overall":98},{"kicking":96,"reflexes":98,"diving":167,"handling":167,"positioning":167,"speed":147},{"playerId":366,"number":367,"name":368,"position":54,"positionLabel":55,"age":228,"dateOfBirth":369,"caps":11,"club":149,"avatar":370,"bio":371,"goals":11,"assists":11,"playedMatches":11,"avgRating":11,"isKeyMember":85,"playerAttributes":372},"uzb_13",13,"Sherzod Nasrullaev","1998-07-23","https:\u002F\u002Fmedia.guim.co.uk\u002Fac7d0ba9e36268203e76fb51518bd3cff55d11d3\u002F3006_486_1185_1185\u002F500.jpg","In January, after eight years, 200 games, one league title and three Uzbek cups with Nasaf, Nasrullaev made his first transfer, moving to Tashkent to join Pakhtakor. “This team has helped me grow not only as a player but as a person,” he said. “Every day, every training session, and every game I played for Nasaf will remain an unforgettable memory in my heart. This club’s colours have become part of my life.” None of this would have seemed likely when he was released from their youth system in 2016, at the age of 17, forcing him to drop into the amateur third division. Two years later he was invited back again. Under their tutelage Nasrullaev became a speedy full-back who contributes to attacks and can create dangerous chances with crosses: in 147 league games with Nasaf he scored 10 times and claimed 25 assists, impressive numbers for a defender.",{"physical":373,"crawlInfomation":375,"attributes":377},{"skillMoves":11,"weight":88,"weakFoot":11,"preferredFoot":88,"altPositions":374,"height":88},[],{"sourceTitle":376,"crawledAt":92,"source":93},"Sherzod Nasrullaev — manually copied stat page; category overalls and card OVR approximated as averages of the listed sub-stats (no source overall numbers given)",{"dribbling":378,"pace":379,"shooting":380,"defending":381,"overall":119,"passing":382,"physicality":383},{"ballControl":117,"dribbling":168,"balance":117,"composure":160,"overall":196,"reactions":115,"agility":197},{"overall":118,"acceleration":118,"sprintSpeed":216},{"finishing":80,"shotPower":169,"penalties":128,"positioning":165,"overall":127,"longShots":164,"volleys":222},{"slidingTackle":117,"overall":161,"standingTackle":167,"defAwareness":168,"interceptions":115,"headingAccuracy":188},{"vision":139,"freeKickAccuracy":147,"longPassing":139,"curve":137,"shortPassing":117,"overall":169,"crossing":161},{"overall":196,"aggression":188,"jumping":117,"strength":169,"stamina":167},{"playerId":70,"number":385,"name":71,"position":386,"positionLabel":387,"age":290,"dateOfBirth":388,"caps":11,"club":389,"avatar":390,"bio":391,"goals":31,"assists":11,"playedMatches":32,"avgRating":11,"isKeyMember":85,"playerAttributes":392},14,"FW","Forward","1995-06-29","Roma","https:\u002F\u002Fmedia.guim.co.uk\u002Fdecc9516737fcc3ed95c080e848e286974e53ee0\u002F1240_145_952_952\u002F500.jpg","Uzbekistan’s captain and all-time record goalscorer, and the first Uzbek footballer to score in Italy’s Serie A, Shomurodov was born in 1995 in Jarkurgan district, Uzbekistan’s southernmost region. His father, two uncles, and his older brother were all football players. “I remember we had many cows and sheep at home,” Shomurodov recalled. “All of my friends and cousins loved football. Parents would say: ‘First we tend to the livestock, then we go to the stadium.’” He began attending the local football school at the age of six, and at 12 he moved 180 miles away to Muborak to join Mash’al’s academy. When Rivaldo arrived at Bunyodkor in 2008, his first match in Uzbekistan was played in Muborak against Mash’al – and Shomurodov was the mascot who walked with him onto the pitch. “It was incredible – one of the best players in the world took me onto the field! I will never forget that moment,” he said. Shomurodov grew up as a fan of Chelsea, after being given a kit by an uncle when he was seven. “I always dreamed of meeting Fernando Torres and Didier Drogba and getting their autographs,” he said.",{"physical":393,"crawlInfomation":397,"attributes":399},{"skillMoves":32,"weight":394,"weakFoot":174,"preferredFoot":107,"altPositions":395,"height":396},"76kg",[],"190cm",{"crawledAt":398},"2026-06-13T15:09:24.375Z",{"dribbling":400,"pace":401,"shooting":402,"defending":403,"overall":216,"passing":404,"physicality":405},{"ballControl":134,"dribbling":118,"balance":167,"composure":216,"overall":118,"reactions":220,"agility":118},{"overall":142,"acceleration":323,"sprintSpeed":133},{"finishing":135,"shotPower":135,"penalties":167,"positioning":134,"overall":325,"longShots":98,"volleys":135},{"slidingTackle":192,"overall":138,"standingTackle":125,"defAwareness":131,"interceptions":129,"headingAccuracy":135},{"vision":96,"freeKickAccuracy":160,"longPassing":137,"curve":98,"shortPassing":97,"overall":117,"crossing":119},{"overall":98,"aggression":117,"jumping":406,"strength":98,"stamina":168},83,{"playerId":408,"number":409,"name":410,"position":54,"positionLabel":55,"age":242,"dateOfBirth":411,"caps":11,"club":355,"avatar":412,"bio":413,"goals":11,"assists":11,"playedMatches":11,"avgRating":11,"isKeyMember":85,"playerAttributes":414},"uzb_15",15,"Umar Eshmurodov","1992-11-30","https:\u002F\u002Fmedia.guim.co.uk\u002Fd36deff1620c60f39fa2758d3b4349cc4aeac508\u002F321_241_3029_3028\u002F500.jpg","For fans of the Karshi club Nasaf, Eshmurodov is not just a player but a symbol, the heart of their team. It has not been a straightforward journey – they sold him in 2020, bought him back in 2021, sold him again in 2024 and bought him back once more in 2025 – but along the way he has played more than 300 games for them, winning the Uzbek Cup three times and the Uzbek Supercup twice. Now 33, the Nasaf head coach, Ruzikul Berdiev, calls him \"a coach on the pitch\". Eshmurodov made his debut for the Uzbekistan national team in 2020 and has now been in the squad for more than 50 matches. He described the team’s World Cup qualification as “the greatest achievement in our history”, adding: “This is not only the dream of our players, but also of the entire Uzbek people. We will give our all in every game when we go on the field to make this dream come true. Our current squad is stronger than ever and we are ready to make history.\" Eshmurodov is distinguished by his composure on the field, his positioning and his superiority in aerial duels.",{"physical":415,"crawlInfomation":417,"attributes":419},{"skillMoves":11,"weight":88,"weakFoot":11,"preferredFoot":88,"altPositions":416,"height":88},[],{"sourceTitle":418,"crawledAt":92,"source":93},"Umar Eshmurodov — manually copied stat page; category overalls and card OVR approximated as averages of the listed sub-stats (no source overall numbers given)",{"dribbling":420,"pace":421,"shooting":422,"defending":423,"overall":189,"passing":424,"physicality":425},{"ballControl":115,"dribbling":119,"balance":119,"composure":160,"overall":197,"reactions":119,"agility":127},{"overall":165,"acceleration":165,"sprintSpeed":189},{"finishing":192,"shotPower":165,"penalties":80,"positioning":192,"overall":129,"longShots":126,"volleys":80},{"slidingTackle":98,"overall":98,"standingTackle":98,"defAwareness":97,"interceptions":168,"headingAccuracy":114},{"vision":192,"freeKickAccuracy":128,"longPassing":160,"curve":194,"shortPassing":167,"overall":128,"crossing":192},{"overall":98,"aggression":167,"jumping":97,"strength":97,"stamina":117},{"playerId":427,"number":428,"name":429,"position":78,"positionLabel":79,"age":290,"dateOfBirth":430,"caps":11,"club":177,"avatar":431,"bio":432,"goals":11,"assists":11,"playedMatches":11,"avgRating":11,"isKeyMember":85,"playerAttributes":433},"uzb_16",16,"Botirali Ergashev","1995-06-23","https:\u002F\u002Fmedia.guim.co.uk\u002F94e5804a757e161da354cfd1124c95dc62479c5c\u002F606_81_1034_1034\u002F500.jpg","Though he showed plenty of early talent, Ergashev’s approach to the game – and with it his career – was transformed after he was selected for the 2015 Under-20 World Cup in New Zealand, where Uzbekistan reached the quarter-finals before losing to Senegal. \"After that tournament, my attitude towards football changed radically,” he said. “I was proud to be a footballer. Because you defend the honor of your country, it also awakens the feeling of patriotism in a person.\" He was also part of the victorious team in the 2018 Under-23 Asian Cup in China. At the beginning of 2024 he moved to Neftchi, and with this team he became the champion of Uzbekistan and the owner of the Super Cup. He made his debut for the national team in 2018 in a match against Iran but had to wait more than five years to get a second cap, and is still largely restricted to back-up duties. \"It's nice to wear the national team jersey. We're trying to live up to it,\" says Ergashev, who turns 29 on the day of Uzbekistan’s game against Portugal.",{"physical":434,"crawlInfomation":436,"attributes":438},{"skillMoves":11,"weight":88,"weakFoot":11,"preferredFoot":88,"altPositions":435,"height":88},[],{"sourceTitle":437,"crawledAt":185,"source":93},"Botirali Ergashev — manually copied sofifa GK stat page; card overall approximated as the average of DIV\u002FHAN\u002FKIC\u002FREF\u002FPOS (excluding Speed)",{"gkAttributes":439,"overall":167},{"kicking":167,"reflexes":165,"diving":137,"handling":134,"speed":139,"positioning":97},{"playerId":441,"number":442,"name":443,"position":63,"positionLabel":64,"age":147,"dateOfBirth":444,"caps":11,"club":149,"avatar":445,"bio":446,"goals":11,"assists":11,"playedMatches":11,"avgRating":11,"isKeyMember":85,"playerAttributes":447},"uzb_17",17,"Dostonbek Khamdamov","1996-07-24","https:\u002F\u002Fmedia.guim.co.uk\u002Fd6d4f92776717a53f670e6f3bf1db601d97bf8ee\u002F1555_136_1177_1177\u002F500.jpg","A member of the 2012 Asian Under-16 title-winning side, and again at Under-23 level in 2018, in between which he was named the best young player in Asia in 2015. All of that success and attention led to a move to the Russian club Anzhi in early 2018, but he only played nine games for the club. He returned to Uzbekistan in 2019 to join Pakhtakor, where in two years he won the league twice and the domestic cup once. He has attempted to find success abroad on several occasions, with clubs in the UAE and Qatar, but has always returned to Pakhtakor and since 2022 he has stayed there. His involvement in the national team has, like much of his career, been inconsistent but he was back in the squad in late 2025 and has so far stayed there. \"Every fan and every player in Uzbekistan lives with this desire,” he said in 2016. “I hope that I can make it to the national team and contribute to the team's qualification for the World Cup.\"",{"physical":448,"crawlInfomation":450,"attributes":452},{"skillMoves":11,"weight":88,"weakFoot":11,"preferredFoot":88,"altPositions":449,"height":88},[],{"sourceTitle":451,"crawledAt":185,"source":93},"Dostonbek Khamdamov — manually copied stat page; category overalls and card OVR approximated as averages of the listed sub-stats (no source overall numbers given)",{"dribbling":453,"pace":454,"shooting":455,"defending":456,"overall":115,"passing":457,"physicality":458},{"ballControl":114,"dribbling":99,"balance":99,"composure":161,"overall":96,"reactions":137,"agility":135},{"overall":134,"acceleration":133,"sprintSpeed":122},{"finishing":168,"shotPower":98,"penalties":117,"positioning":97,"overall":161,"longShots":137,"volleys":116},{"slidingTackle":125,"overall":131,"standingTackle":80,"defAwareness":194,"interceptions":242,"headingAccuracy":128},{"vision":161,"freeKickAccuracy":161,"longPassing":161,"curve":117,"shortPassing":97,"overall":117,"crossing":97},{"overall":119,"aggression":189,"jumping":119,"strength":188,"stamina":167},{"playerId":460,"number":461,"name":462,"position":54,"positionLabel":55,"age":463,"dateOfBirth":464,"caps":11,"club":465,"avatar":466,"bio":467,"goals":11,"assists":11,"playedMatches":11,"avgRating":11,"isKeyMember":85,"playerAttributes":468},"uzb_18",18,"Abdulla Abdullaev",28,"1997-09-01","Dibba","https:\u002F\u002Fmedia.guim.co.uk\u002Fe096db871b22de3400f1a58148956a87589b67e4\u002F289_32_1341_1340\u002F500.jpg","An experienced, tactically disciplined and versatile performer who can do a job in defence and midfield, Abdullaev has spent the bulk of his club career in Uzbekistan, apart from spells with two Emirati clubs: Dibba, whom he joined last year, and Khor Fakkan in 2023. When Olmaliq-based club AGMK sold him to Khor Fakkan it was reported as the first overseas transfer in the club’s history, and earned them €200,000. At international level, he worked his way through the Under-21s and Under-23s before a senior debut in September 2021 against Sweden. “It went very well, we followed the instructions of the coach,” he said after the 2-1 defeat. “I tried to justify the faith he has shown in me. Of course there were shortcomings, but this was a real education. 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