Sardor Mirzaev

Sardor Mirzaev (Uzbek Cyrillic: Сардор Мирзаев; born 21 March 1991) is an Uzbek professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.

Sardor Mirzayev

Personal information
Full name	Sardor Mirzayev[1]
Date of birth	(1991-03-21) 21 March 1991 (age 34)
Place of birth	Fergana, Uzbekistan
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	AGMK
Number	17
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2013	Neftchi FK	75	(6)
2014	Lokomotiv Tashkent	11	(0)
2014	→ Neftchi FK (loan)	9	(0)
2015–2020	Lokomotiv Tashkent	120	(27)
2020–2023	Muangthong United	80	(28)
2023–	AGMK	0	(0)
International career‡
2009	Uzbekistan U20	6	(1)
2012	Uzbekistan U21	4	(1)
2013	Uzbekistan U23	4	(0)
2015–2019	Uzbekistan	15	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 February 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 24 March 2019

Club career

Mirzayev played for Neftchi FK for four years, until transferring to Lokomotiv Tashkent FK, where he was promptly loaned out to Neftchi FK for a further season. On his return to Lokomotiv Tashkent, he scored his first AFC Champions League goal in Tashkent's 3–1 away loss to Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal FC.^[2]

On 11 December 2020, it was confirmed that Mirzayev would join the Thai league club Muangthong United for the 2020 season.

International career

Mirzayev has represented Uzbekistan at U-20s, U-21s, and U-23s ages. He was selected to play for the Uzbekistan U-20s during the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt.^[3] This saw Uzbekistan finish third in their group behind Ghana and Uruguay. however finished above England on goal difference.^[4]

He was also selected in the U23s to participate in the 2013 AFC U-22 Championship in which Uzbekistan finish 3rd in the group, and failed to reach the knock out stages. Mirzayev made official debut for national team on 29 March 2015 in friendly against South Korea when he was called up for the first time in national team.^[5]