ARSLANMURAD AMANOV CHANGED THE UZBEK «SOGDIANA» TO THE TURKMEN «AHAL»

The captain of the national football team of Turkmenistan Arslanmurad Amanov changed his club registration. As our correspondent was told in the Football Federation of Turkmenistan, the 31-year-old famous midfielder by mutual agreement terminated the contract with the Uzbek Sogdiana and signed a new one with the vice-champion of Turkmenistan Akhal.

A native of Bayramali Arslanmurad Amanov is a pupil of the Sports School, where he played football in the group of the honored coach of Turkmenistan Vasily Karpov. Over the years, he played for the teams "Ashgabat", MTTU, "Altyn Asyr", in which he became the five-time champion of Turkmenistan. He also played for Kazakhstani clubs Okzhetpes, Irtysh and Uzbek teams Lokomotiv, Bukhara, AGMK, Sogdiana.

As part of Lokomotiv Tashkent, Arslanmurad won the Super Cup and vice-champion of Uzbekistan-2019. It is noteworthy that at the end of the 2019 season, A. Amanov entered the symbolic national team of foreign football players of the championship of Uzbekistan, becoming the top scorer among legionnaires. On account of his goals against the leading clubs of Uzbekistan - "Pakhtakor", "Bukhara", "Surkhon" and "Bunyodkor".

Arslanmurad Amanov has been playing for the national team of Turkmenistan since 2009. In 2010 and 2012, in its composition, he twice became the finalist of the AFC Challenge Cup, and in 2019 he successfully debuted in the final tournament of the Asian Cup in the UAE, hitting the goal of the Japanese national team with a cannon shot from 35 meters. By the way, this scored ball, the flight speed of which was 113 kilometers per hour, entered the top five goals of the Asian Cup 2019 according to Fox Sports Asia. In total, A. Amanov played 49 games in the jersey of the national team of Turkmenistan, in which he scored 13 goals.

«GA» Correspondent

Arslanmurad Amanov changed the Uzbek «Sogdiana» to the Turkmen «Ahal» (turkmenistan.gov.tm)