Didar Durdyýew
Turkmen footballer
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Didar Gurbangeldiyevich Durdyyev (Turkmen: Didar Gurbangeldiýewiç Durdyýew; born 16 July 1993) is a Turkmen professional footballer, who plays as a forward for Ýokary Liga club FK Arkadag and the Turkmenistan national football team.[3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Didar Gurbangeldyýewiç Durdyýew | ||
| Date of birth | 16 July 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Balkanabat, Balkan Region Turkmenistan | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Arkadag | ||
| Number | 11[1] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012 | Ahal | 21 | (14) |
| 2013–2014 | Altyn Asyr | 52 | (41) |
| 2015 | Hazyna | ||
| 2016 | Altyn Asyr | ||
| 2017 | Aşgabat | ||
| 2018–2019 | Ahal | 15 | (14) |
| 2020 | Mash'al | 5 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Ahal | 28 | (27) |
| 2023– | FK Arkadag | 78 | (76) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012–[2] | Turkmenistan | 22 | (3) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 August 2025 | |||
Biography
He was a pupil of the football school Olimp Aşgabat and a Student of the Turkmen State Institute of Economics and Management. Didar Durdyýew's father, Gurbangeldi, is also a former Turkmenistani footballer who played for the national team.
Club career
He began his career in the football club FC Ahal and was the third top scorer of Turkmenistan in 2012 (14 goals).
He won the gold medal in the 2014 Ýokary Liga with Altyn Asyr FK, and was the second top scorer (26 goals).[4] In February 2015, he played his last match with FC Altyn Asyr; in the AFC Cup against Al-Saqr.[5]
Since March 2015, he has played for FC Hazyna.[6]
In January 2020, Durdyýew went on trial with Kazakhstan First Division club FC Aktobe.[7]
In March 2020, he signed a contract with the Uzbek club Mash'al Mubarek.[8][9][10] On 7 March 2020, Durdyýew made his debut in the Uzbekistan Super League in a 1–0 loss against FC Bunyodkor.[11] In August 2020 leaves club.
In March 2021, Durdyýew returned to FC Ahal.[12]
Durdyýew's 27 league goals saw him finish the season as the top scorer in the 2022 Ýokary Liga[13] and helped to FC Ahal win the championship of Turkmenistan for the first time in history.[14]
International career
He played for Turkmenistan U22 in the 2013 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup.[15]
Durdyýew made his senior national team debut in 2012 AFC Challenge Cup. He scored two goals against Laos in a 5–1 victory in the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup.[16]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | Division | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Ahal | 2012 | Ýokary Liga | 21 | 14 | 21 | 14 | ||||
| 2018 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||||||
| 2019 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 16 | ||
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 2022 | 28 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 32 | ||
| Total | 64 | 55 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 89 | 62 | ||
| Altyn Asyr | 2013 | Ýokary Liga | 18 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 16 | ||
| 2014 | 34 | 26 | 34 | 26 | ||||||
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 52 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 42 | ||
| Mash'al | 2020 | Uzbekistan Super League | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Arkadag | 2023 | Ýokary Liga | 23 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 27 | ||
| 2024 | 29 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 37 | 33 | ||
| 2025 | 26 | 26 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 38 | 35 | ||
| Total | 78 | 76 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 102 | 95 | ||
| Total career | 199 | 172 | 21 | 24 | 30 | 3 | 250 | 199 | ||
International goals
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 20 May 2014 | Addu Football Stadium, Addu City, Maldives |  Laos | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2014 AFC Challenge Cup |
| 2. | 4–1 | |||||
| 3. | 2 September 2025 | Olympic City Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan |  Uzbekistan | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2025 CAFA Nations Cup |
Honours
Ahal
- Ýokary Liga: 2022
- Turkmenistan Cup: 2022
Arkadag
- Ýokary Liga: 2023, 2024
- Turkmenistan Cup: 2023
- AFC Challenge League: 2024–25
- Turkmenistan Super Cup: 2024, 2025
Turkmenistan
- AFC Challenge Cup runner-up: 2012
Individual
- Ýokary Liga top scorer: 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024 [17]
State medals
- Medal For the love of the Fatherland (2025) [18]