Lazizbek Mirzaev
Personal information
Date of birth (2006-10-05) 5 October 2006
Place of birth Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Lokomotiv Tashkent
Number 77
Youth career
2019–2021 Odil Ahmedov FA
2022 Lokomotiv Tashkent
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– Lokomotiv Tashkent 7 (0)
International career‡
2021 Uzbekistan U15
2021–2022 Uzbekistan U16
2022– Uzbekistan U17 7 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 October 2023

Lazizbek Mirzaev (Russian: Мирзаев Лазизбек; born 5 October 2006) is an Uzbek professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Lokomotiv Tashkent.

Club career

Born in Tashkent, Mirzaev first took an interest in football at the age of seven, after watching Portuguese international Cristiano Ronaldo play.[1] After suffering a serious injury, he stepped away from the game to recover, before returning in 2019, when he joined the Odil Ahmedov Football Academy.[1]

He joined then-Super League side Lokomotiv Tashkent for the 2022 season, and would go on to make his professional debut on 12 November, coming on as a late second-half substitute for Jerome Mpasko in a 3–1 win against Metallurg Bekabad.[2] In January of the following year, he signed his first professional contract with the club, despite their relegation to the Pro League.[3]

International career

In 2021, Mirzaev represented Uzbekistan at both under-15 and under-16 level, scoring a brace for the latter in a 2–1 away win against the United Arab Emirates on 23 December.[1][4] The following year he continued to represent the Uzbekistan under-16 team, scoring the only goal in a 1–0 friendly win over the under-18 squad of Pakhtakor, before captaining the side as they played at the Mirabror Usmanov Memorial Cup.[5][6]

Later in 2022, Mirzaev scored a hat-trick against Brunei in a resounding 14–0 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification win, before following this up with a free-kick equalising goal in an eventual 3–2 win over South Korea, helping Uzbekistan qualify for the 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup.[1] At the competition proper, Mirzaev could not prevent Uzbekistan's defeat to South Korea in the semi-finals, stating "We have come a long way to this tournament. We played good matches. The most important thing is to qualify for the World Cup."[7]

Ahead of the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Mirzaev was named by FIFA as one of the five Asian players to watch out for.[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of matches played 16 October 2023.[9][10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lokomotiv Tashkent 2022 Uzbekistan Super League 10000010
2023 Uzbekistan Pro League 601[lower-alpha 1]00070
Career total 70100080
Notes
  1. ↑ Appearances in the Uzbekistan Cup

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 ""Toshkentlik Modrich" bilan tanishamiz" [Let's meet "Modrić from Tashkent".]. championat.asia (in Uzbek). 22 January 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  2. ↑ "16 yoshli futbolchi "Lokomotiv"da debyut qildi!" [The 16-year-old player made his debut in "Lokomotiv"!]. championat.asia (in Uzbek). 13 November 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "Лазизбек Мирзаев подписал свой первый профессиональный контракт‌‌" [Lazizbek Mirzaev signed his first professional contract‌‌]. lokomotiv.uz (in Russian). 19 January 2023. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  4. ↑ ""Одил Аҳмедов ФА" тарбияланувчисининг дубли иккинчи уйинда ҳам Ўзбекистон ўсмирларига ғалаба келтирди" [The double of "Odil Akhmedov FA" trainee brought victory to the youth of Uzbekistan in the second home game as well.]. championat.asia (in Russian). 23 December 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "Lazizbek Mirzaevning goli O'zbekiston U-16 ga g'alaba keltirdi" [The goal of Lazizbek Mirzaev brought victory to Uzbekistan U-16]. championat.asia (in Uzbek). 12 April 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  6. ↑ ""Mixed zone". Lazizbek Mirzaev: "Bugun Eron bilan o'yinda bo'lgan bosim va sarosimani engib maydonga chiqdik"" ["Mixed zone". Lazizbek Mirzaev: "Today we came to the field after overcoming the pressure and confusion in the match with Iran"]. championat.asia (in Uzbek). 25 August 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  7. ↑ "Lazizbek Mirzaev: "Jahon chempionati yo'llanmasini bizni qo'llab-quvvatlagan xalqimizga bag'ishlaymiz"" [Lazizbek Mirzaev: "We dedicate the ticket to the World Championship to our people who supported us"]. championat.uz (in Uzbek). 1 June 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  8. ↑ "Five AFC players to watch at Indonesia 2023". fifa.com. 14 October 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  9. ↑ Lazizbek Mirzaev at Soccerway
  10. ↑ "Lazizbek Mirzaev". pfl.uz (in Russian). Retrieved 16 October 2023.
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