Sanzhar Tursunov

Sanjhar Tursunov
Санжар Турсунов
Personal information
Full name	Sanzhar Atkhamovich Tursunov
Date of birth	29 December 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Tashkent, Uzbek SSR
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	AGMK
Number	17
Youth career
	Pakhtakor Tashkent
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006–2008	Irtysh-1946 Omsk
2009–2011	Volga Nizhny Novgorod
2012	Alania Vladikavkaz
2013	Lokomotiv Tashkent
2013	Gazovik Orenburg
2014–2015	Vorskla Poltava
2016	Umm Salal
2016	Vorskla Poltava
2017–2018	Al Kharaitiyat
2018–2019	Daejeon Citizen
2019	Bunyodkor
2020–2024	AGMK
2024-	PFC Lokomotiv Tashkent
International career‡
2010–	Uzbekistan
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4/9/24 @ 16:11(AEST); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 October 2019

Sanzhar Tursunov (Uzbek: Sanjar Atham oʻgʻli Tursunov; Russian: Санжар Атхамович Турсунов; born 29 December 1986) is an Uzbekistani professional footballer who plays for FC AGMK.

Club career

Pakhtakor

He played for the youth team of the club and in 2006 moved to Russian football club FC Irtysh Omsk.

Irtysh Omsk

He played his first game for Irtysh Omsk on 23 April 2006. The first goal for the club he scored three days later in a match against Kuzbass Kemerovo from the second division. Up to the end of the season 2008 he played 86 matches and scored 13 goals.

FC Volga

In January 2009 he moved to Volga Nizhny Novgorod which promoted to Russian First Division. In the 2009 season Volga finished only 4th. One year later Volga gained promotion to the Russian Premier League and Tursunov scored 5 goals in the league and became one of the top assisting players of the First Division with 10 goal assists. In the 2010 season Sanzhar Tursunov scored 7 goals and 10 assists, playing 39 matches for Volga.

Alania Vladikavkaz

On 31 December 2011 he moved to Alania Vladikavkaz and signed a contract for 3.5 years.^[2]

Lokomotiv Tashkent

On 21 February 2013 Tursunov signed a contract with Lokomotiv Tashkent.^[3]

Honours

Club

Volga

Russian First Division runner-up: 2010

International

AFC Asian Cup 4th: 2011

Individual

Uzbekistan Footballer of the Year : 2012

Career statistics

Club

International

Goals for Senior National Team

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	15 November 2011	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Tajikistan	3–0	Won	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.	7 September 2012	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Kuwait	3–0	Won	Friendly
3.	11 September 2012	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	South Korea	2–2	Draw	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.	16 October 2012	Doha, Qatar	Qatar	1–0	Won	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
Correct as of 16 October 2012