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Gulzhigit Alykulov
Personal information
Full name	Gulzhigit Zhanybekovich Alykulov
Date of birth	25 November 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth	Toktogul, Jalal-Abad Region, Kyrgyzstan
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Torpedo Moscow
Youth career
2011–2016	Dordoi Bishkek
2017	Antalyaspor
Senior career*
Years	Team
2018	Kara-Balta
2018	Alga Bishkek
2019	Neman Grodno
2020–2023	Kairat
2023–2025	Neman Grodno
2025–	Torpedo Moscow
International career‡
2019–	Kyrgyzstan
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 December 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024

Gulzhigit Zhanybekovich Alykulov (Kyrgyz: Гүлжигит Алыкулов; Russian: Гулжигит Жаныбекович Алыкулов; born 25 November 2000) is a Kyrgyzstani professional footballer who plays for Russian club Torpedo Moscow.^[3]

Career

A graduate of the football academy of Dordoi. Between 2017 and 2018, he played in the system of the Turkish club Antalyaspor.

Club

He made his senior football debut in 2018 with Kara-Balta, a club in the Kyrgyz Premier League. In the second half of the season, he joined «Alga».

Since 2019, he has been playing for the Belarusian club Neman. He debuted in the team's main squad on March 29. On April 19, he scored his first goal against Gomel, securing a victory for his team.^[4]

On 27 January 2020, FC Kairat announced the signing of Alykulov on a two-year contract, with the option of a third.^[5] On 11 May 2023, Alykulov bought out the remainder of his contract with Kairat and left the club.^[6]

On 4 August 2023, Alykulov re-signed for Neman Grodno.^[7]

National team

He played for Kyrgyzstan's youth national teams. In 2016, as part of the U16 national team, he participated in the final tournament of the 2016 AFC U-16 Championship. On September 22,^[8] 2016, he scored a goal against Vietnam.

He made his debut for the Kyrgyzstan national football team on June 11, 2019, in a match against Palestine.^[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 16 April 2023^[10]^[11]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Kara-Balta	2018	Top League	18	7			-				18	7
Alga Bishkek	2018	Top League	10	1			-				10	1
Neman Grodno	2019	Belarusian Premier League	23	4	1	0	-				24	4
Kairat	2020	Kazakhstan Premier League	18	1	0	0	2	1	-		20	2
	2021		23	4	9	1	12	0	2	1	46	6
	2022		18	2	5	2	2	0	1	0	26	4
	2023		6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	1
	Total		65	8	16	3	16	1	3	1	100	13
Career total			116	20	17	3	16	1	3	1	152	24

International

As of match played 28 March 2023^[11]

Kyrgyzstan
Year	Apps	Goals
2019	6	2
2020	0	0
2021	6	1
2022	6	0
2023	2	0
Total	20	3

International goals

Scores and results list Kyrgyzstan's goal tally first.^[11]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	10 October 2019	Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	Myanmar	4–0	7–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.	15 October 2019	MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	Mongolia	1–0	2–1
3.	11 June 2021	Yanmar Stadium Nagai, Osaka, Japan	Myanmar	2–0	8–1
4.	6 June 2024	Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	Malaysia	1–0	1–1	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification