Farhat Bazarow

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Reimbergenovich and the family name is Bazarov.

Farkhat Reimbergenovich Bazarov (Russian: Фархат Реимбергенович Базаров; Turkmen: Farhat Reimbergenowiç Bazarow; born 31 January 1980) is a Turkmen former professional football player, who also holds Russian citizenship. He is a goalkeepers coach with Russian club Strogino.

Farkhat Bazarov

Personal information
Full name	Farkhat Reimbergenovich Bazarov
Date of birth	(1980-01-31) 31 January 1980 (age 45)
Place of birth	Krasnovodsk, Turkmen SSR, USSR (now Türkmenbaşy, Turkmenistan) [1]
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) [2]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	FC Strogino (goalkeeper coach) [3][4]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–1999	Şagadam
2000–2001	Galkan Aşgabat
2002–2004	Şagadam
2005	Nebitçi
2006	Shurtan Guzar	9	(0)
2007–2008	Kavkaztransgaz-2005	15	(0)
2009	Gazovik	2	(0)
2010	Ahal
2011–2012	Merw FK
2013–2014	Balkan
2015–2016	Energetik
2017	Şagadam
International career
2014	Turkmenistan	1	(-2[5])
Managerial career
2027–2020	FC Aşgabat (goalkeeper coach)
2021	Strogino U19 (goalkeeper coach)
2025–	Strogino (goalkeeper coach)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Farhat Bazarow was born on 31 January 1980^[6] in Krasnovodsk, Turkmen SSR (now Türkmenbaşy, Turkmenistan).

He made his debut in professional football in the 1997/98 season with Şagadam FK. In 2000, he was drafted into the army, where he served in the Galkan club. In the summer of 2001, he transferred to FK Köpetdag Aşgabat.

In 2002, he returned to Şagadam FK, and afterward, he moved to the Uzbek club FC Shurtan Guzar.

From 2007 to 2008, he played for the Russian club FC Kavkaztransgaz, and in 2009, he joined FC Gazovik Orenburg. In the second half of 2009, he played for the Turkmen club FC HTTU, with which he won the Turkmenistan Championship and Turkmenistan Super Cup.

In the second half of 2010, he played for FC Ahal, and from 2011 to 2012, he represented the club FC Merw.

In 2013 with FC Balkan he won the AFC President's Cup 2013 in Malaysia.^[7]

From 2015, playing for FC Energetik.

Managerial career

In 2017, he ended his playing career and became a goalkeeping coach at FC Aşgabat.

Since 2021, he has been working as a goalkeeping coach at the Strogino Moscow football school in the Russian Federation.^[8][9][10]

International career

Farhat Bazarow made his senior Turkmenistan national team debut in the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup in a match against the Philippines (0:2) at 24 May 2024,^[11] which was the only national team appearance of his career.^[12] He was on the bench for the matches against Afghanistan and Laos in that tournament.^[13][14] He was not called up to the national team again.

Education

Farhat Bazarow graduated as a Trainer-Instructor from North Ossetian State University named after Kosta Levanovich Khetagurov on August 31, 2007.^[15]

Achievements

Nebitçi

• AFC President's Cup: 2013^[16]

Shagadam

• Champion of Turkmenistan: 2002

HTTU

• Champion of Turkmenistan: 2009

Merv

• Silver Medalist of the Turkmenistan Championship: 2012

Energetik

• Bronze Medalist of the Turkmenistan Championship: 2016