Abdukodir Khusanov
Khusanov with Lens in 2023
Personal information
Full name Abdukodir Khikmatovich Khusanov[1]
Date of birth (2004-02-29) 29 February 2004
Place of birth Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Lens
Number 25
Youth career
2020–2021 Bunyodkor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–2023 Energetik-BGU Minsk 35 (4)
2023– Lens 5 (0)
International career‡
2020 Uzbekistan U17 3 (0)
2022 Uzbekistan U19 2 (0)
2022–2023 Uzbekistan U20 13 (0)
2023– Uzbekistan U23 3 (0)
2023– Uzbekistan 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:20, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:00, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

Abdukodir Khikmatovich Khusanov (Uzbek: Abduqodir Xikmatjon o‘g‘li Xusanov; born 29 February 2004) is an Uzbek professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ligue 1 club Lens and the Uzbekistan national team.[3][4][5][6][7]

Club career

He played for the youth teams of Uzbek club Bunyodkor up to the age of 18. In March 2022, he moved to Belarusian club Energetik-BGU Minsk.[8] He made his debut for the club on 19 March in a match against Vitebsk, starting and playing the entire match.[9][10] He scored his first goal on 2 May 2022 in a match against Neman Grodno, where he also gave two assists.[11] In a match on 29 May 2022, against Slavia Mozyr, he scored his first goal from a penalty kick.[12] In August 2022, he was included in the list of the most promising players in the world according to the International Center for Sports Research.[13] At the end of the season, his club finished as the runners-up of the 2022 Belarusian Premier League.[14] He got into the symbolic team of the championship.[15]

In December 2022, Energetik-BGU reported that the footballer would continue to play at the club.[16] His first match of the new season was on 2 April 2023 against BATE Borisov.[17] He got into the symbolic team of the second round of the Belarusian Premier League.[18] On 23 April, he scored his first goal of the season in a match against Shakhtyor Soligorsk.[19] Three days later, he was included in the list of the most promising players under the age of 20, where he took 15th place among centre-backs.[20]

On 24 July 2023, he signed with RC Lens on a four-year contract, becoming the first Uzbek player to play in Ligue 1.[21] He made his debut for the club on 16 September 2023 in a 1–0 home loss against Metz.

International career

In June 2023, he received a call-up to the Uzbekistan national team to participate in the CAFA Nations Cup. On 11 June 2023, he made his international debut against Oman, replacing Farrukh Sayfiev in the 83rd minute.[22]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 20 December 2023[23]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Energetik-BGU 2022 Belarusian Premier League 27320––293
2023 Belarusian Premier League 8100––81
Total 35420––374
Lens 2023–24 Ligue 1 500020[lower-alpha 1]0070
Total 404202000444
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 21 November 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Uzbekistan 202370
Total70

Honours

Uzbekistan U20

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023 SQUAD LIST: Uzbekistan (UZB)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 May 2023. p. 24. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  2. ↑ Abdukodir Khusanov at WorldFootball.net
  3. ↑ "«Ланс»га ўтган Абдуқодир Ҳусанов ким ўзи?". iff.uz.
  4. ↑ "QUI EST ABDUKODIR KHUSANOV ?". onefootball.com.
  5. ↑ "À LA DÉCOUVERTE D'ABDUKODIR KHUSANOV".
  6. ↑ ""Энергетик-БГУ" бош мураббийи: "Абдуқодир Ҳусанов — олмос"". championat.asia.
  7. ↑ "Future bright for Uzbekistan despite bitter exit from FIFA U-20 World Cup".
  8. ↑ Абдукадыр Хусанов в «Энергетике»-БГУ
  9. ↑ "Energetyk-BGU vs. Vitebsk". Soccerway. 19 March 2022.
  10. ↑ Высшая лига, 1 тур. "Энергетик-БГУ" выиграл у "Витебска"
  11. ↑ "Neman Grodno vs. Energetyk-BGU". Soccerway. 2 May 2022.
  12. ↑ "Energetyk-BGU vs. Slavia". Soccerway. 29 May 2022.
  13. ↑ "Абдукодир Хусанов в списке самых перспективных игроков мира!". energetikbgu.by (in Russian). 30 August 2022. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  14. ↑ "У нас серебро!". energetikbgu.by (in Russian). 13 November 2022. Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  15. ↑ "Четверо из "Энергетика-БГУ", трое из БАТЭ, двое — чемпионы страны. Символическая сборная высшей лиги". football.by (in Russian). 15 November 2022.
  16. ↑ "На сегодня наряд: уборка снега — тридцать человек! "Энергетик-БГУ" начал подготовку к сезону". football.by (in Russian). 8 December 2022.
  17. ↑ "BATE vs. Energetyk-BGU". Soccerway. 2 April 2023.
  18. ↑ "Морозов, Хусанов и Калачев в сборной 2-го тура высшей лиги по версии Football.by". football.by (in Russian). 3 April 2023.
  19. ↑ "Energetyk-BGU vs. Shakhtyor Soligorsk". Soccerway. 23 April 2023.
  20. ↑ "World ranking of the 200 most promising youngsters". football-observatory.com. 26 April 2023.
  21. ↑ Abdukodir Khusanov, talent brut venu d'Asie, RC Lens, sur rclens.fr, 24 July 2023
  22. ↑ Uzbekistan vs. Oman
  23. ↑ Abdukodir Khusanov at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
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