Rustam Khudzhamov

Rustam Makhmudkulovych Khudzhamov (Ukrainian: Рустам Махмудкулович Худжамов; born 5 October 1982, in Skvyra, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Ukrainian retired football goalkeeper.

Rustam Khudzhamov

Khudzhamov in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Rustam Makhmudkulovych Khudzhamov
Date of birth	(1982-10-05) 5 October 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Skvyra, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Ukraine (goalkeeping coach)
Youth career
	Dynamo Kyiv
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2005	Dynamo Kyiv	0	(0)
2000–2004	→ Dynamo-3 Kyiv	31	(0)
2001–2005	→ Dynamo-2 Kyiv	85	(0)
2005	→ Zakarpattya Uzhhorod (loan)	10	(0)
2006–2008	Kharkiv	59	(0)
2008–2012	Shakhtar Donetsk	10	(0)
2011	→ Metalurh Donetsk (loan)	0	(0)
2012	→ Illichivets Mariupol (loan)	10	(0)
2012–2014	Illichivets Mariupol	48	(0)
2014–2016	Shakhtar Donetsk	0	(0)
2015	→ Zorya Luhansk (loan)	1	(0)
2015	→ Metalist Kharkiv (loan)	6	(0)
2016–2019	Mariupol	69	(0)
Total		329	(0)
International career‡
2003	Ukraine-21	2	(0)
2009	Ukraine	1	(0)
Managerial career
2022	Polissya Zhytomyr (goalkeeping coach)
2023–	Ukraine (goalkeeping coach)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 April 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 30 May 2020

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

Club career

On 25 May 2008, Rustam signed a 5-year contract with Shakhtar Donetsk for a fee of 582,000 hryvnia (approximately 80,000 euro). His first action at the club was replacing former No.1 Andriy Pyatov as the starting goalkeeper and saving a penalty in the 5–3 penalty win over Dynamo Kyiv in the Ukrainian Super Cup final. But lost it after conceding two questionable goals versus Premier League new-boys FC Lviv, and is restricted to only cup matches.

In May 2020 he announced his retirement from a playing career due a prolonged knee injury.^[1]

International career

Rustam Khudzhamov made his debut for the Ukraine national football team in a friendly on 11 February 2009 against Serbia which Ukraine won 1–0.

Personal life

Khudzhamov is an ethnic Crimean Tatar. His name in Crimean Tatar language is Rüstam Mahmüdkuli Hucamov.^{[2][citation needed]}

Honours

Shakhtar Donetsk

• Ukrainian Cup: 2011
• Ukrainian Super Cup: 2008
• UEFA Cup: 2008–09