Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov

Dzhamaldin Abdukhalitovich Khodzhaniyazov (Russian: Джамалдин Абдухалитович Ходжаниязов; Turkmen: Jamaldin Abduhalitowiç Hojanyýazow; born 18 July 1996) is a Turkmen-Russian professional football player who plays as a centre-back for Uzbekistani club Surkhon Termez.

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.

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