Lazizbek Mirzaev
Uzbek footballer (born 2006)
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Lazizbek Mirzaev (Uzbek: Лазизбек Мирзаев; born 5 October 2006) is an Uzbek professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Uzbekistan Super League club Lokomotiv Tashkent on loan from Gazalkent.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lazizbek Azizovich Mirzaev | ||
| Date of birth | 5 October 2006 | ||
| Place of birth | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Lokomotiv Tashkent (on loan from Gazalkent) | ||
| Number | 71 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2019–2021 | Odil Ahmedov FA | ||
| 2022 | Lokomotiv Tashkent | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2024 | Lokomotiv Tashkent | 21 | (0) |
| 2025–2026 | Leganés | 0 | (0) |
| 2026– | Gazalkent | ||
| 2026– | → Lokomotiv Tashkent (loan) | 2 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2023 | Uzbekistan U17 | 16 | (3) |
| 2024–2025 | Uzbekistan U20 | 4 | (2) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 March 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12 December 2024 | |||
Club career
Born in Tashkent, Mirzaev first took an interest in football at the age of seven, after watching Argentina international Lionel Messi 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
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lokomotiv Tashkent | 2022 | Uzbekistan Super League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | Uzbekistan Pro League | 6 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2024 | Uzbekistan Super League | 14 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Leganés | 2024–25 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
- Notes
- Appearances in the Uzbekistan Cup
Honours
Lokomotiv