Magomed Ozdoyev

Magomed Mustafayevich Ozdoyev (Russian: Магомед Мустафаевич Оздоев; born 5 November 1992) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.

In this Eastern Slavic name, the patronymic is Mustafayevich and the family name is Ozdoyev.
Magomed Ozdoyev
Ozdoyev with Zenit in 2018
Personal information
Full name Magomed Mustafayevich Ozdoyev
Date of birth (1992-11-05) 5 November 1992
Place of birth Grozny, Russia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Club information
Current team
 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
Number 27
Youth career
2004–2006 Malgobek Sport School
2007 Angusht Nazran
2008 Terek Grozny
2008–2009 Dynamo Kyiv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2015 Lokomotiv Moscow 56 (3)
2014–2015 → Rubin Kazan (loan) 29 (6)
2015–2018 Rubin Kazan 57 (3)
2017 → Terek Grozny (loan) 7 (0)
2018– Zenit Saint Petersburg 63 (3)
National team‡
2009 Russia U-17 13 (5)
2010 Russia U-18 2 (0)
2011 Russia U-19 7 (1)
2011–2012 Russia U-21 5 (0)
2014– Russia 28 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2020

Personal life

Magomed Ozdoyev was born in Grozny, into an Ingush[1] family, during the year of 1992, but had been forced to abandon Chechnya as for the result of the First Chechen War, which Russian military engaged against Chechen separatists supporting the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, during these times, his football passion was cherished and tutored under his father, Mustafa. It was considered as the hardest experience for Magomed himself, in an appearance on Russia-1's program in 2017, prior to 2018 FIFA World Cup.[2]

Club career

He made his Russian Premier League debut on 10 July 2010 for Lokomotiv Moscow in a game against FC Anzhi Makhachkala. On 14 July 2014, Ozdoyev was loaned by Lokomotiv Moscow to Russian Football Premier League rivals Rubin Kazan for 1 year with buying option.[3]

On 13 February 2017, he was loaned by Rubin Kazan to FC Terek Grozny until the end of the 2016–17 season.[4]

On 15 February 2018, he signed a 4.5-year contract with Zenit St. Petersburg.[5]

International career

On 11 May 2012, Ozdoyev was named to the Russia's provisional squad for the UEFA Euro 2012. It was the first time he was called up to the national team. He was not included on the final official squad for the competition. He has become the first Ingush to be called to the Russian national team.[6] He made his national team debut on 3 September 2014 in a friendly against Azerbaijan. He scored his first national team goal on 15 November 2016 in a friendly against Romania which finished as a 1–0 victory for Russia in the city of Grozny, where he was born.

International goals
Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first.[7]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.15 November 2016Akhmat-Arena, Grozny, Russia Romania1–01–0Friendly
2.10 October 2019Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia Scotland2–04–0UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
3.13 October 2019GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus Cyprus2–05–0
4.6 September 2020Puskás Aréna, Budapest, Hungary Hungary2–03–22020–21 UEFA Nations League B

Honours
Zenit Saint Petersburg

Career statistics
As of 26 May 2019
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Terek Grozny 2008 Russian Premier League 0000–00
FC Dynamo Kyiv 2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League 00000000
FC Lokomotiv Moscow 2010 Russian Premier League 30100040
2011–12 3012070391
2012–13 10110–111
2013–14 13110–141
Total 5635070683
FC Rubin Kazan 2014–15 Russian Premier League 29630–326
2015–16 29200100392
2016–17 10020–120
FC Terek Grozny 60––60
Total (2 spells) 60000060
FC Rubin Kazan 2017–18 Russian Premier League 19120–211
Total (2 spells) 879701001049
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg 2017–18 Russian Premier League 40–0040
2018–19 1602071251
Total 2002071291
Career total 1691214024120713

References
  1. https://www.fclm.ru/ru/publications/news/3978
  2. https://www.soccer.ru/blogs/record/962129/ozdoev-magomed-ahmat
  3. "Archived copy" Магомед Оздоев арендован «Рубином» (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 14 July 2014. Archived from the original on 19 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. «Рубин» и «Терек» договорились об аренде Оздоева (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 13 February 2017.
  5. Магомед Оздоев и Эльмир Набиуллин продолжат карьеру в «Зените» (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 15 February 2018.
  6. Match report by RFPL Archived 2010-07-11 at the Wayback Machine
  7. "Magomed Ozdoyev". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  8. "Zenit is the Russian Premier League champion" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 4 May 2019.
  9. "20 Zenit players became Russian champions for the first time" (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 4 May 2019.
  10. "Zenit crowned 2019/20 RPL champions". Russian Premier League. 5 July 2020.
  11. "Late Dzyuba penalty seals Russian Cup for Zenit". Russian Premier League. 25 July 2020.
  12. "«Зенит» обыграл «Локомотив» и стал пятикратным победителем Олимп-Суперкубка России" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 7 August 2020.


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