Akhtam Nazarov

Akhtam Nazarov (Tajik: Аҳтам Назаров, born 29 September 1992) is a Tajik professional football player who plays as a defender for Istiklol and the Tajikistan national football team.

Akhtam Nazarov

Personal information
Full name	Akhtam Mustafoevich Nazarov (Tajik: Аҳтам Назаров)
Date of birth	(1992-09-29) 29 September 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Istiklol
Number	19
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012	Energetik Dushanbe
2013–2019	Istiklol	109	(13)
2019–2020	Bashundhara Kings	6	(1)
2020–2023	Istiklol	51	(1)
2023	Andijon	5	(0)
2023–	Istiklol	24	(0)
International career‡
2011–	Tajikistan	92	(5)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10:11, 4 December 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13:23, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

Career

Club

In November 2019, Nazarov signed for Bangladesh Champions Bashundhara Kings on a one-year contract.^[1][2]

On 22 July 2020, Nazarov returned to FC Istiklol, signing a contract until the end of the 2021 season.^[3]

On 30 January 2023, Istiklol announced that Nazarov was leaving the club to sign for Andijon on a two-year contract.^[4] On 12 July 2023, Istiklol announced the return of Nazarov.^[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 3 December 2024^[6]

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Istiklol	2013[7]	Tajik League	16	0	2	0	–		–		18	0
	2014[8]		10	1	3	0	–		1[a]	0	14	1
	2015[9]		14	1	6	3	10[b]	0	1[a]	0	31	4
	2016[10]		16	2	7	0	5[b]	0	0[a]	0	28	2
	2017[11]		15	3	4	0	11[b]	1	1[a]	0	31	4
	2018[12]		21	2	7	2	6	2[b]	1[a]	0	35	6
	2019[13]		17	4	3	1	7[c]	0	1[a]	0	28	5
	Total		109	13	32	6	39	3	5	0	185	22
Bashundhara Kings	2019–20	Bangladesh Premier League	6	1	0	0	0	0	–		6	1
Istiklol	2020[14]	Tajikistan Higher League	9	0	2	0	0	0[d]	0[a]	0	11	0
	2021[15]		20	1	3	0	6[e]	0	1[a]	0	30	1
	2022[16]		22	0	3	0	2[e]	0	1[a]	0	28	0
	Total		51	1	8	0	8	0	2	0	69	1
Andijon	2023	Uzbekistan Super League	5	0	1	0	–				6	0
Istiklol	2023[17]	Tajikistan Higher League	9	0	4	0	2[e]	0	0[a]	0	15	0
	2024[18]		15	0	4	0	5[f]	0	1[a]	0	25	0
	2025[19]		0	0	0	0	0[f]	0	0[a]	0	0	0
	Total		24	0	8	0	7	0	1	0	40	0
Career total			195	15	49	6	54	3	8	0	306	24

1. Appearances in the Tajik Supercup
2. Appearances and goals in the AFC Cup
3. One appearance in the AFC Champions League, six appearances in the AFC Cup
4. Zero appearances in the AFC Champions League, Zero appearances in the AFC Cup
5. Appearances in the AFC Champions League
6. Appearances in the AFC Champions League Two

International

As of match played 25 March 2025^[20]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Tajikistan	2011	1	0
	2012	2	0
	2013	4	0
	2014	4	0
	2015	7	2
	2016	8	1
	2017	6	0
	2018	8	2
	2019	12	0
	2020	3	0
	2021	6	0
	2022	9	0
	2023	6	0
	2024	14	0
	2025	2	0
Total		92	5

International goals

As of match played 9 October 2018. Tajikistan score listed first, score column indicates score after each Nazarov goal.^[21]

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	8 October 2015	Spartak Stadium, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	16	Kyrgyzstan	2–1	2–2	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	12 November 2015	Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan	18	Bangladesh	3–0	5–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	7 June 2016	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	21	Bangladesh	1–0	1–0	2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
4	27 March 2018	Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines	33	Philippines	1–0	1–2	2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
5	9 October 2018	Cox's Bazar Stadium, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh	36	Philippines	2–0	2-0	2018 Bangabandhu Cup

Honours

Istiklol

• Tajik League: 2014, 2015, 2016,^[22] 2017,^[23] 2018^[24] 2019,^[25] 2020,^[26] 2021,^[27] 2022,^[28] 2023,^[29] 2024^[30]
• Tajik Cup: 2013, 2014, 2016,^[31] 2018,^[32] 2023^[33]
• Tajik Supercup: 2014, 2018, 2018,^[34] 2019,^[35] 2021,^[36] 2022,^[37] 2024^[38]

Tajikistan

• King's Cup: 2022^[39]