Ilzat Akhmetov

Ilzat Toglokovich Akhmetov (Russian: Ильзат Тоглокович Ахметов; Uighur: ئىلزات ئەخمەت; born 31 December 1997) is a Russian professional footballer of Uyghur descent who plays as an attacking midfielder for PFC CSKA Moscow.

In this Eastern Slavic name, the patronymic is Toglokovich and the family name is Akhmetov.
Ilzat Akhmetov
Akhmetov with CSKA Moscow in 2018
Personal information
Full name Ilzat Toglokovich Akhmetov
Date of birth (1997-12-31) 31 December 1997
Place of birth Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 CSKA Moscow
Number 7
Youth career
Alga Bishkek
2009–2013 Yu. Konoplyov
2013–2014 Rubin Kazan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Rubin Kazan 27 (0)
2014 → Rubin-2 Kazan 2 (0)
2018– CSKA Moscow 51 (2)
National team‡
2014–2015 Russia U-18 10 (2)
2015 Russia U-19 5 (0)
2017–2018 Russia U-21 6 (2)
2019– Russia 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 October 2019

Club career

Born in Kyrgyzstan to Uyghur parents, Akhmetov moved to Russia at 11.

He made his professional debut in the Russian Professional Football League for FC Rubin-2 Kazan on 18 July 2014 in a game against FC Syzran-2003 Syzran.[2]

He made his debut for the main FC Rubin Kazan squad on 24 September 2014 in a Russian Cup game against FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok. He made his Russian Premier League debut for Rubin Kazan on 20 October 2014 in a game against FC Mordovia Saransk.[3]

On 15 June 2018, FC Zenit Saint Petersburg announced that Akhmetov would join them for a try-out during the first pre-season camp.[4]

On 26 July 2018, CSKA Moscow announced the signing of Akhmetov on a four-year contract.[5]

International

He was able to represent for either Kyrgyzstan or Russia. Manager of Kyrgyzstan Aleksandr Krestinin, a Russian himself, tried to call him up, but he ultimately chose the latter.[6]

He was called up to the Russian team for the first time in November 2018 for games against Germany and Sweden.[7] He was forced to miss the callup due to injury.[8]

He made his debut for the team on 21 March 2019 in a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifier against Belgium, as a starter.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 29 November 2020[9]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rubin Kazan 2013–14 Russian Premier League 000000–00
2014–15 9010––100
2015–16 301020–60
2016–17 12030––150
2017–18 3000––30
Total 2705020--340
Rubin-2 Kazan 2014–15 PFL 20–––20
CSKA Moscow 2018–19 Russian Premier League 260004000300
2019–20 2123260–304
2020–21 300030–60
Total 5023213000664
Career total 79282150001024

International
As of match played 13 October 2019[10]
Russia national team
YearAppsGoals
201970
Total70

References
  1. https://pfc-cska.com/komanda/igroki/akhmetov-ilzat-toglokovich
  2. "Career Summary". Sportbox. 3 October 2014.
  3. "Game Report" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 20 October 2014.
  4. "На первые «Газпром» — тренировочные сборы отправятся 29 игроков" (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 15 June 2018.
  5. "Ilzat Ahmetov joins PFC CSKA". pfc-cska.com/. PFC CSKA Moscow. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  6. http://en.kabar.kg/news/ilzat-akhmetov-i-was-shocked-when-i-learned-about-the-invitation-to-the-russian-national-team/
  7. "Состав сборной России на Германию и Швецию" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 5 November 2018.
  8. "Ари вызван в сборную России" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 12 November 2018.
  9. "I.Akhmetov". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  10. "Ilzat Akhmetov". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 14 October 2019.


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