Iskandar Dzhalilov

Iskandar Dzhalilov (Tajik: Искандар Ҷалилов; born 1 June 1992) is a Tajik former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Dzhalilov also holds Russian citizenship, and is second cousins of fellow footballers Manuchekhr Dzhalilov and Alisher Dzhalilov.

Iskandar Dzhalilov

Personal information
Full name	Iskandar Fatkhulloyevich Dzhalilov
Date of birth	(1992-06-01) 1 June 1992 (age 33)
Place of birth	Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Youth career
2008–2010	CSKA Moscow
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2014	Rubin Kazan	0	(0)
2012	→ Neftekhimik (loan)	0	(0)
2013	→ Turnu Severin (loan)	11	(0)
2013-2014	→ Istiklol (loan)	5	(0)
2014–2016	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	35	(0)
2016–2017	Dunav Ruse	26	(0)
2017–2018	Baltika Kaliningrad	17	(0)
2018	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2	(0)
2018	Botev Vratsa	0	(0)
2019–2022	Istiklol	38	(0)
Total		134	(0)
International career
2009	Russia U17	18	(2)
2010	Russia U18	6	(0)
2011	Russia U19	4	(0)
2014–2022	Tajikistan	24	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

In September 2013, Dzhalilov moved on loan from Rubin Kazan to Istiklol,^[1] returning to Rubin in January 2014 after his loan deal with expired.^[2]

He made his Russian National Football League debut for Volga Nizhny Novgorod on 6 July 2014 in a game against Sibir Novosibirsk.^[3] Dzhalilov relocated to Bulgaria in July 2016, signing a contract with newly promoted Bulgarian First League football club Dunav Ruse.^[4] He was released in June 2017.^[5]

On 5 July 2017, Dzhalilov signed with Russian side Baltika Kaliningrad for 1+1 years.^[6]

On 19 June 2018, Dzhalilov returned to Bulgaria, signing for two years with Lokomotiv Plovdiv.^[7] On 30 July 2018 Dzhalilov's contract with Lokomotiv Plovdiv was cancelled by mutual consent.^[8]

In March 2021, whilst on international duty with Tajikistan, Dzhalilov suffered a dislocated foot and fractured lower leg.^[9]

On 13 May 2022, Dzhalilov announced that due to persistent injuries he would be retiring from football following Istiklol's game against Khujand on 15 May 2022.^[10][11]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[12][13]

Club	Season	League			National cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Rubin Kazan	2010	Russian Premier League	0	0	0	0	0[a]	0	–		0	0
	2011–12		0	0	0	0	0[b]	0	–		0	0
	2012–13		0	0	0	0	0[c]	0	–		0	0
	2013–14		0	0	0	0	0[c]	0	–		0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (loan)	2012–13	Russian National League	0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
Turnu Severin (loan)	2012–13	Liga I	11	0	0	0	–		–		11	0
Istiklol (loan)	2013	Tajik League	5	0	1	0	–		–		6	0
Volga Nizhny Novgorod	2014–15	Russian National League	28	0	1	0	–		–		29	0
	2015–16		7	0	1	0	–		–		8	0
	Total		35	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	37	0
Dunav Ruse	2016–17	First Professional Football League	26	0	1	0	–		–		27	0
Baltika Kaliningrad	2017–18	Russian National League	17	0	1	0	–		–		18	0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2018–19	First Professional Football League	2	0	0	0	–		–		2	0
Botev Vratsa	2018–19	First Professional Football League	0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
Istiklol	2019[14]	Tajik League	16	0	4	2	7[d]	0	1[e]	0	28	2
	2020[15]		16	0	2	0	2[f]	0	1[e]	0	21	0
	2021[16]		4	0	2	0	0[g]	0	0[e]	0	6	0
	2022[17]		2	0	0	0	6[g]	0	1[e]	0	9	0
	Total		38	0	8	2	15	0	3	0	64	2
Career total			134	0	13	2	15	0	3	0	165	2

1. Zero appearances in the UEFA Europa League, zero appearances in the UEFA Champions League
2. Zero appearances in the UEFA Europa League, zero appearances in the UEFA Champions League
3. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
4. One appearances in the AFC Champions League, six appearances in the AFC Cup
5. Appearances in the Tajik Supercup
6. One appearance in the AFC Champions League, one appearance in the AFC Cup
7. Appearances in the AFC Champions League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[12]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Tajikistan	2014	1	0
	2015	0	0
	2016	3	0
	2017	5	0
	2018	1	0
	2019	10	0
	2020	1	0
	2021	2	0
	2022	2	0
Total		25	0

Honours

Istiklol

• Tajik League: 2019,^[18] 2020,^[19] 2021^[20]
• Tajik Cup: 2019^[21]
• Tajik Supercup: 2019,^[22] 2020,^[23] 2022^[24]