Dostonbek Khamdamov

Dostonbek Khamdamov (Uzbek: Dostonbek Xurshid o'g'li Hamdamov, Uzbek Cyrillic: Достонбек Хуршид ўғли Ҳамдамов; born 24 July 1996) is an Uzbek professional footballer, Asian Young Footballer of the Year2015,^[2][3] winner of the Asian Youth Championship 2018^[4][5] and plays as a winger for Pakhtakor^[6] and the Uzbekistan national team.

Dostonbek Khamdamov
Достонбек Хамдамов

Khamdamov with Anzhi Makhachkala in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Dostonbek Khurshid o'g'li Khamdamov[1]
Date of birth	(1996-07-24) 24 July 1996 (age 29)
Place of birth	Bekabad, Uzbekistan
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Pakhtakor
Number	17
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2018	Bunyodkor	93	(37)
2018–2019	Anzhi Makhachkala	9	(0)
2019–2020	Pakhtakor	48	(16)
2021	Al-Nasr	2	(0)
2021	→ Hatta (loan)	10	(0)
2021–	Pakhtakor	37	(4)
2022	→ Al-Sailiya (loan)	7	(1)
International career‡
2013	Uzbekistan U17	4	(0)
2014	Uzbekistan U19	5	(1)
2014–2015	Uzbekistan U20	4	(3)
2015–2018	Uzbekistan U23	12	(4)
2015–	Uzbekistan	33	(5)
Medal record Representing  Uzbekistan Men's football AFC U-16 Championship 2012 Iran Team AFC U-19 Championship 2014 Myanmar Team AFC U-23 Championship 2018 China Team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11:42, 19 May 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 08:04, 20 November 2022 (UTC)

Club career

On 15 March 2018, Khamdamov was registered by Russian Premier League club Anzhi Makhachkala, taking the #7 jersey after signing an 18-month contract.^[1][7] On 15 February 2019, Anzhi Makhachkala announced that Khamdamov had left the club to join Pakhtakor Tashkent.^[8]

Khamdamov was released by Pakhtakor Tashkent on 13 January 2021.^[9] On 23 July 2021, Khamdamov returned to Pakhtakor Tashkent, signing a contract until the end of 2022.^[10] On 22 January 2022, Pakhtakor announced that Khamdamov had signed for Al-Sailiya on loan until 30 June 2022.^[11]

International career

Khamdamov (№17) at 2019 Asian Cup

Khamdamov was part of the U-19 squad when they finished in the semi-finals of the 2014 AFC U-19 Championship, where Khamdamov scored one goal only. After that match, Khamdamov would go on to make an outstanding performance in the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, where he scored three goals and produced a magnificent performance as Uzbekistan ran into the quarter-finals before bowing to Senegal. For this performance, he became the first Uzbek player to be nominated as the Asian Young Footballer of the Year.^[12][13]

He participated in the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship and scored two goals, but his team went out from the group stage. Two years later, he would lead Uzbekistan to conquer the country's first-ever U-23 trophy. For this successful display, Khamdamov earned a place and would go to be part of the senior squad for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 4 December 2021^[14]

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bunyodkor	2014	Uzbekistan Super League	8	4	3	0	–		0	0	0	0	11	4
	2015		26	10	6	4	–		6	0	0	0	38	14
	2016		29	9	5	1	–		7	2	0	0	41	12
	2017		30	14	7	4	–		7	1	-		44	19
	Total		93	37	21	9	-	-	20	3	0	0	134	49
Anzhi Makhachkala	2017–18	Russian Premier League	4	0	0	0	–		–		0	0	4	0
	2018–19		5	0	2	0	–		–		–		7	0
	Total		9	0	2	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	11	0
Pakhtakor Tashkent	2019	Uzbekistan Super League	22	7	4	1	3	5	7	0	–		36	13
	2020		26	9	4	2	–		8	0	–		38	11
	Total		48	16	8	3	3	5	15	0	-	-	74	24
Al-Nasr	2020–21	UAE Pro League	2	0	0	0	1	0	–		–		3	0
Hatta (loan)	2020–21	UAE Pro League	10	0	0	0	0	0	–		–		10	0
Pakhtakor Tashkent	2021	Uzbekistan Super League	12	0	4	0	–		0	0	0	0	16	0
	2022		0	0	0	0	–		0	0	–		0	0
	Total		12	0	4	0	-	-	0	0	0	0	16	0
Al-Sailiya (loan)	2021–22	Qatar Stars League	0	0	0	0	–		–		–		0	0
Career total			174	53	35	12	4	5	35	3	0	0	248	73

International

Uzbekistan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2016	2	0
2017	1	0
2018	4	0
2019	13	1
2019	3	1
Total	23	2

Statistics accurate as of match played 17 November 2020^[15]

International goals

Uzbekistan U23

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	19 January 2018	Jiangyin Stadium, Jiangyin, China	Japan	2–0	4–0	2018 AFC U-23 Championship
2.	14 August 2018	Pakansari Stadium, Cibinong, Indonesia	Bangladesh	2–0	3–0	2018 Asian Games
3.	16 August 2018		Qatar	3–0	6–0

Uzbekistan

Scores and results list Uzbekistan's goal tally first.^[15]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	9 November 2019	Pakhtakor Central Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Kyrgyzstan	2–1	3–1	Friendly
2.	17 November 2020	The Sevens Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Iraq	1–0	2–1	Friendly
3.	9 October 2021	Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan	Malaysia	1–0	5–1	Friendly
4.				2–0
5.	8 June 2022	Markaziy Stadium, Namangan, Uzbekistan	Sri Lanka	2–0	3–0	2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Honours

Club

Bunyodkor

• Uzbekistan Super Cup: 2014

International

Uzbekistan U-23

• AFC U-23 Championship (1): 2018

Uzbekistan U-16

• AFC U-16 Championship (1): 2012

Individual

• Asian Young Footballer of the Year: 2015