Sardor Rashidov

Sardor Rashidov

Rashidov with Qatar SC in 2020
Personal information
Full name	Sardor Ikhtiyorovich Rashidov
Date of birth	(1991-06-14) 14 June 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Jizzakh, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Navbahor
Number	11
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2008	Sogdiana Jizzakh	3	(0)
2009–2015	FC Bunyodkor	78	(22)
2015–2017	El Jaish	48	(23)
2017	Al Jazira	8	(0)
2018	Lokomotiv Tashkent	23	(8)
2019	Nacional	7	(3)
2019–2020	Qatar SC	24	(6)
2021	Pakhtakor	5	(2)
2021	Kuwait SC	0	(0)
2022	Pakhtakor	7	(1)
2022–2023	Umm Salal	7	(0)
2023–2024	Pakhtakor	4	(0)
2024	Dubai City
2024–	Navbahor	0	(0)
International career^‡
2013–	Uzbekistan	48	(12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:29, 18 May 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:29, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

Sardor Ikhtiyorovich Rashidov (Uzbek Cyrillic: Сардор Ихтиёрович Рашидов; born 14 June 1991) is an Uzbek professional footballer who plays as a winger for Navbahor and the Uzbekistan national team.

Club career

Born in Jizzakh, Rashidov began his career with hometown club Sogdiana Jizak before joining FC Bunyodkor in 2009. In his time at the latter club, he won the Uzbek League and Uzbek Cup three times each, as well as winning an Uzbekistan Super Cup and a semi-final finish in the 2012 AFC Champions League.[1]

On 6 July 2015, he moved abroad for the first time to sign a three-year deal with El Jaish SC of the Qatar Stars League.[2] Two years later, following the merger of his club into Al-Duhail SC, he moved on a free transfer to UAE Pro-League side Al Jazira Club, replacing Park Jong-woo as their permitted Asian foreign player.[1]

In his time in Abu Dhabi, Rashidov was not frequently picked by manager Henk ten Cate, and on 4 February 2018 he returned home to Lokomotiv Tashkent. He made his debut eight days later in a home Champions League group match against Al Wahda FC, coming on as a first-half substitute for Nivaldo and scoring in a 5–0 win.[3]

Rashidov left Asia for the first time on 16 January 2019, signing a two-and-a-half-year deal with C.D. Nacional of Portugal's Primeira Liga.[4] He played seven games for the team from Madeira and scored three times, all of which in a 4–0 home win over C.D. Feirense on 16 February.[5] In the following game, against fellow Atlantic islanders C.D. Santa Clara, he did not make the trip after suffering two panic attacks ahead of the flight.[6]

In July 2019, Rashidov rescinded his Nacional contract following their relegation, and signed for Qatar SC.[7]

Kuwait SC

On 17 July 2021, Kuwait SC announced the signing of Rashidov for one season from Pakhtakor Tashkent.[8]

Return to Pakhtakor

On 31 January 2022, Pakhtakor Tashkent announced the signing of Rashidov to a one-year contract on a free transfer from Kuwait SC.[9]

Umm Salal

On 24 June 2022, Pakhtakor Tashkent announced that Rashidov had signed for Umm Salal.[10]

International career

Rashidov made his debut for the Uzbekistan national football team on 15 October 2013 in a 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification match at home to Vietnam, and scored the opening goal of a 3–1 win in Tashkent.[11] Coach Mirjalol Qosimov called him up for the final tournament in Australia, where he scored twice in a 3–1 win over Saudi Arabia to advance to the quarter-finals.[12] He was also included for the 2019 edition in the United Arab Emirates.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of 21 October 2016[14]

Club	Season	League		Cup		AFC		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bunyodkor	2010	1	0	2	0	0	0	-		3	0
	2011	0	0	0	0	0	0	-		0	0
	2012	0	0	0	0	0	0	-		0	0
	2013	14	3	3	0	3	0	-		20	3
	2014	21	10	5	4	7	1	1	0	34	15
	2015	13	5	1	0	6	1	-		18	6
El Jaish SC	2015	23	9	0	0	0	0	-		23	9
Career total		49	18	8	4	11	2	1	0	74	19

International

Scores and results list Uzbekistan's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	15 October 2013	Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Vietnam	1–0	3–1	2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2.	15 November 2013	Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam		3–0	3–0
3.	13 December 2014	Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Palestine	1–0	1–0	Friendly
4.	21 December 2014	Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Jordan	1–1	2–1
5.	18 January 2015	Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne, Australia	Saudi Arabia	1–0	3–1	2015 AFC Asian Cup
6.				3–1
7.	16 June 2015	Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang, North Korea	North Korea	2–4	2–4	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
8.	8 September 2015	Philippine Sports Stadium, Bocaue, Philippines	Philippines	2–0	5–1
9.				5–1
10	8 October 2015	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain	Bahrain	3–0	4–0
11	29 March 2016	Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan		1–0	1–0
12.	6 June 2017	Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Thailand	2–0	2–0	Friendly

Honours

Bunyodkor

• Uzbek League: 2010, 2011, 2013
• Uzbek Cup: 2010, 2012, 2013
• Uzbekistan Super Cup: 2014

Lokomotiv

• Uzbekistan Super League: 2018

Individual

• Uzbekistan Player of the Year 2nd: 2015

References

1. Jose, James (16 July 2019). "Al Jazira sign up Rashidov". Khaleej Times. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
2. "El Jaish acquires Uzbek Sardor Rashidov". Qatar Stars League. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
3. "Rashidov eyeing AFC Champions League glory with Lokomotiv". Asian Football Confederation. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
4. "Sardor Rashidov signs for Portuguese highest division side Nacional". Tashkent Times. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
5. "Os três golos de Rashidov no Nacional-Feirense" [Rashidov's three goals in Nacional-Feirense]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 16 February 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
6. "Rashidov entrou em pânico e recusou viajar para os Açores" [Rashidov went into panic and refused to travel to the Azores] (in Portuguese). Bancada. 24 February 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
7. "Sardor Rashidov rescinde com o Nacional e ruma ao Qatar" [Sardor Rashidov rescinds with Nacional and heads off to Qatar]. Record (in Portuguese). 29 July 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
8. Sardor Rashidov: "Quvayt SK"ning taklifi qolgan barcha tanlovlarni "sindirdi" (Uzbek)
9. "САРДОР РАШИДОВ "ПАХТАКОР" БИЛАН ШАРТНОМА ИМЗОЛАДИ". pakhtakor.uz/ (in Uzbek). Pakhtakor Tashkent FK. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
10. "САРДОР РАШИДОВ "УММ САЛАЛ"ГА ТРАНСФЕР ҚИЛИНДИ". pakhtakor.uz/ (in Uzbek). Pakhtakor Tashkent FK. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
11. "Rashidov: I don't want to be the second Shatskikh". FIFA. 14 March 2016. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
12. "Uzbekistan beat Saudi Arabia to reach Asian Cup quarter-finals". The Guardian. Reuters. 18 January 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
13. "AFC Asian Cup 2019: Uzbekistan 23-man final squad announced". Fox Sports Asia. 26 December 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
14. "Soccerway profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 July 2014.

External links

• Sardor Rashidov at Soccerway
• Sardor Rashidov at National-Football-Teams.com