Oston Urunov

Oston Rustam oʻgʻli Urunov also known as Oston Urunov (born 19 December 2000), is an Uzbek professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Persian Gulf Pro League club Persepolis and the Uzbekistan national football team.^[4]

Oston Urunov

Urunov with Persepolis in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Oston Rustam oʻgʻli Urunov[1]
Date of birth	(2000-12-19) 19 December 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth	Navoiy, Uzbekistan[2]
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder, Winger
Team information
Current team	Persepolis
Number	70
Youth career
2010–2011	Navoi
2011–2017	Pakhtakor[3]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017	Pakhtakor Tashkent	0	(0)
2017	→ Navbahor Namangan	9	(1)
2018–2019	Navbahor Namangan	42	(2)
2019–2020	Lokomotiv Tashkent	13	(1)
2020	Ufa	10	(0)
2020–2022	Spartak Moscow	8	(0)
2021–2022	→ Ufa (loan)	24	(0)
2022	Ural Yekaterinburg	2	(0)
2023–2024	Navbahor	25	(9)
2024–	Persepolis	33	(10)
International career‡
2018–2020	Uzbekistan U23	4	(0)
2024	Uzbekistan Olympic (O.P.)	3	(0)
2019–	Uzbekistan	33	(8)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 June 2025

Club career

Oston Urunov played in Uzbekistan for Navbahor and PFC Lokomotiv Tashkent. In total, he played 55 matches in the Uzbekistan Super League.^[4]

On 10 February 2020, Urunov signed a long-term contract with Russian Premier League club Ufa.^[5] On 5 August 2020, Spartak Moscow announced the signing of Urunov to a long-term contract from Ufa.^[6] On 20 February 2021, he returned to Ufa on loan with an option to purchase.^[7]

Upon his return from loan at Ufa, he was moved by Spartak to their second squad in the Russian Football National League, FC Spartak-2 Moscow.

On 19 August 2021, he returned to Ufa on another season-long loan, with an option to purchase.^[8]

On 2 September 2022, Urunov's contract with Spartak was terminated by mutual consent.^[9] On the same day, Urunov signed with Ural Yekaterinburg.^[10] On 25 October 2022, Ural terminated the contract with Urunov by mutual consent.^[11]

Persepolis

On 7 February 2024, Urunov joined Persian Gulf Pro League champions Persepolis on a 18-month deal.^[12][13][14]

He scored his first goal for Persepolis in a 4–2 victory over Foolad on 8 March 2024.^[15][16]

International career

Urunov made his international debut for Uzbekistan in a friendly 2–0 defeat to Turkey on 2 June 2019.^[17]

He scored his first international goal on 11 June 2022 against Maldives at the Namangan Markaziy Stadium during the 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification.^[18]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 15 May 2025^[19]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Pakhtakor Tashkent	2017	Uzbek League	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
Navbahor Namangan (loan)	2017	Uzbek League	9	1	0	0	—		—		9	1
Navbahor Namangan	2018	Uzbekistan Super League	30	0	0	0	—		—		30	0
	2019	Uzbekistan Super League	12	2	0	0	—		—		12	2
	Total		51	2	0	0	—		—		51	2
Lokomotiv Tashkent	2019	Uzbekistan Super League	13	1	1	0	—		—		14	1
Ufa	2019–20	Russian Premier League	10	0	0	0	—		—		10	0
Spartak Moscow	2020–21	Russian Premier League	8	0	1	1	—		—		9	1
Ufa (loan)	2020–21	Russian Premier League	8	0	2	0	—		—		10	0
	2021–22	Russian Premier League	16	0	0	0	—		1[b]	0	17	0
	Total		34	0	2	1	—		1	0	37	0
Ural Yekaterinburg	2022–23	Russian Premier League	2	0	1	0	—		—		3	0
Navbahor	2023	Uzbekistan Super League	25	9	5	2	5[c]	3	—		35	14
Persepolis	2023–24	Persian Gulf Pro League	13	6	2	1	—		—		15	7
	2024–25	Persian Gulf Pro League	20	4	0	0	4[d]	1	1[e]	0	25	5
	Total		33	10	2	1	4	1	1	0	40	12
Career total			166	22	12	4	9	4	1	0	188	30

1. Includes Uzbekistan Cup, Russian Cup, Hazfi Cup
2. Appearance in Russian Premier League relegation play-offs
3. Appearances in AFC Champions League
4. Appearances in AFC Champions League Elite
5. Appearance in Iranian Super Cup

International

As of match played 5 June 2025^[20]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Uzbekistan
	2019	4	0
	2020	0	0
	2021	1	0
	2022	4	2
	2023	12	3
	2024	11	3
	2025	1	0
Total		33	8

As of match played 10 September 2024

Uzbekistan score listed first, score column indicates score after each Urunov goal^[20]

List of international goals scored by Oston Urunov

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	11 June 2022	Markaziy Stadium, Namangan, Uzbekistan	5	Maldives	4–0	4–0	2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification	[18]
2	23 September 2022	Goyang Stadium, Goyang, South Korea	7	Cameroon	2–0	2–0	Friendly	[21]
3	17 June 2023	Milliy Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	13	Tajikistan	5–1	5–1	2023 CAFA Nations Cup	[22]
4	13 October 2023	Dalian Pro Academy Base Stadium, Dalian, China	17	Vietnam	1–0	2–0	Friendly
5	21 November 2023	Milliy Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	20	Iran	1–2	2–2	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
6	26 March 2024		26	Hong Kong	3–0	3–0
7	6 June 2024		27	Turkmenistan	2–1	3–1
8	10 September 2024	Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	31	Kyrgyzstan	3–2	3–2	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Persepolis

• Persian Gulf Pro League: 2023–24