Adam Markhiyev

Adam Markhiyev
Markhiyev with Finland U21 in 2022
Personal information
Full name Adam Umarovich Markhiyev
Date of birth (2002-03-17) 17 March 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Nazran, Russia[1]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 RFS
Number 27
Youth career
2009–2016 Jaro[2]
2017–2019 HJK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Klubi 04 23 (2)
2021–2022 Spartaks Jūrmala 28 (2)
2022 → SPAL (loan) 0 (0)
2023– RFS 66 (3)
International career‡
2018 Finland U16 3 (0)
2018–2019 Finland U17 12 (2)
2021– Finland U21 23 (0)
Medal record
RFS
First place Virslīga 2023
Second place Latvian Cup 2023
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024

Adam Umarovich Markhiyev (Russian: Адам Умарович Маркиев; born 17 March 2002) is a Finnish professional footballer. He plays as a midfielder for Virslīga club RFS and the Finland U21 national team.[3]

Early career

Markhiyev spent eight years in the youth sector of Jaro in Pietarsaari from 2009 to 2016, before joining the HJK youth academy in 2017.

Career

HJK Klubi 04

He made his senior debut with the HJK reserve team Klubi 04 in third-tier Kakkonen in 2019 season, and played for the team until early 2021, making 23 league appearances and scoring two goals in total.[4]

Spartaks Jūrmala

Markhiyev moved to Latvia and joined Spartaks Jūrmala in 2021, where his father Umar Markhiyev had previously worked as an assistant coach to Aleksei Yeremenko Sr.

2022: SPAL (loan)
He was loaned out to Serie B club SPAL in the early 2022, but due to an injury, he didn't make an appearance for the first team and returned to Latvia after the season.[5][6]

RFS

After Spartaks Jūrmala were relegated, Markhiyev moved to Riga and signed with RFS ahead of the 2023 season on a three-year deal with an option for an additional year, for an undisclosed fee.[7] In his first season with the club, Markhiyev helped RFS to win the Latvian championship title.[8] He also played with RFS in the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying matches on four occasions.[9]

Markhiyev represented RFS in the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League, helping his side to qualify for the league phase.[10] With RFS, Markhiyev won two Latvian championship titles in 2023 and 2024. They also won the Latvian Cup in 2024.

International career

Markhiyev is a regular Finnish youth international, having represented Finland at various youth national team levels.[11] Since 2021, Markhiyev has played for the Finland under-21 national team. He made ten appearances in the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification campaign, helping Finland U21 to qualify for the final tournament, for the second time in the nation's history.[12]

Personal life

Markhiyev was born in Nazran in the Russian republic of Ingushetia, but moved to Finland with his family when he was 7 years old. His father Umar Markhiyev is a Russian football coach and a former player, and his brother Muslim Markhiyev plays football in Finland for Kiffen.[5]

Career statistics

As of 12 December 2024[13][3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season Division League Cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Klubi 04 2019 Kakkonen 9 1 0 0 1 0 — — 10 1
2020 Kakkonen 14 1 0 0 — — — 14 1
Total 23 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 2
Spartaks Jūrmala 2021 Virslīga 19 1 1 0 — — — 20 1
2022 Virslīga 9 1 0 0 — — — 9 1
Total 28 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 2
SPAL (loan) 2021–22 Serie B 0 0 0 0 — — — 0 0
RFS 2023 Virslīga 33 1 2 1 — 4[c] 0 — 39 2
2024 Virslīga 33 2 1 0 – 14[d] 0 1[e] 0 49 2
Total 66 3 3 1 1 0 18 0 1 0 88 4
Career total 117 7 4 1 1 0 18 0 1 0 141 8
  1. ^ Includes Latvian Cup
  2. ^ Includes Kakkonen Cup
  3. ^ Includes UEFA Europa Conference League
  4. ^ Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ Includes Latvian Supercup

Honours

Klubi 04

RFS

References

  1. ^ Adam Markhiyev at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ Tulospalvelu Palloliitto, A.Markhiyev, Finnish FA/Palloliitto
  3. ^ a b c d e Adam Markhiyev at Soccerway
  4. ^ Adam Markhiyev Player profile, hjk.fi, HJK
  5. ^ a b "Onko hän Suomen uusi Perparim Hetemaj? - Suurelle yleisölle tuntematon Adam Marhiev noussut ryminällä Pikkuhuuhkajiin: "Kun pelaa kovaa, joskus voi osua jaloille"". suomifutis.
  6. ^ Jūrmalas "Spartaks" izīrē divus futbolistus Itālijas klubiem, sportacentrs.com, 31 January 2022
  7. ^ RFS PIEVIENOJAS A.MARHIJEVS, RFS, 3 February 2023
  8. ^ RFS - LATVIJAS ČEMPIONI 2023! (SANITA IEVA SPARĀNE), RFS
  9. ^ FK RFS 4 - 1 Makedonija GP, nu.nl
  10. ^ FC RFS, UEFA, uefa.com
  11. ^ "Marhiev: "Parasta on päästä pelaamaan omien fanien edessä"". Finnish FA/Palloliitto.
  12. ^ Adam Marhiev: “Odotan innolla, että pääsen näyttämään”, Football Association of Finland, 17 November 2024
  13. ^ "Adam Marhiev". flashscore.