Tamirlan Kozubayev

Tamirlan Kozubayev
	Kozubayev playing for Kyrgyzstan in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Tamirlan Omuraliyevich Kozubayev
Date of birth	1 July 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Kara-Suu, Kyrgyzstan
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Persita Tangerang
Number	50
Senior career*
Years	Team
2012–2013	Dordoi Bishkek
2013–2014	Ala-Too Naryn
2014	Šiauliai
2015	Alga Bishkek
2015	Klaipėdos Granitas
2016	Jagodina
2016–2019	Dordoi Bishkek
2019–2020	PKNS
2020–2021	Persita Tangerang
2021	Shinnik Yaroslavl
2021	Turan
2022–2024	Eastern
2025–	Persita Tangerang
International career‡
2013–2016	Kyrgyzstan U21
2018	Kyrgyzstan U23
2015–	Kyrgyzstan
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 January 2025; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2024

Tamirlan Omuraliyevich Kozubayev (Kyrgyz: Тамирлан Козубаев; Russian: Тамирлан Омуралиевич Козубаев; born 1 July 1994) is a Kyrgyzstani professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga 1 club Persita Tangerang and the Kyrgyzstan national team.^[1]

Club career

Kozubayev previously played for FK Šiauliai and FK Granitas in Lithuanian A Lyga. On the last day of the 2015–16, winter transfers window, Kozubayev signed with the Serbian club FK Jagodina.^[2] After his Jagodina contract expired, Kozubayev signed a contract with Kyrgyz side Dordoi Bishkek on 17 August 2016.^[3] On 28 January 2019, Dordoi Bishkek confirmed that Kozubayev had left the club after his contract had expired.^[4]

On 4 March 2022, Kozubayev signed for Hong Kong Premier League club Eastern.^[5]

International career

Kozubayev made his debut for Kyrgyzstan National Football Team in the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, on 13 October 2015 against Bangladesh.^[6]^[7]

Career statistics

International

Statistics accurate as of match played 9 January 2024^[7]

Kyrgyzstan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2015	3	0
2016	5	1
2017	3	0
2018	6	0
2019	11	1
2021	5	0
2022	4	0
2023	12	0
2024	1	0
Total	50	2

International goals

Scores and results list Kyrgyzstan's goal tally first.^[7]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	11 October 2016	Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	Turkmenistan	1–0	1–0	Friendly
2.	19 November 2019	Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	Tajikistan	1–1	1–1	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification