Nozim Babadjanov Explained

Nozim Nosyrovich Babadjanov (tg|Нозим Бобоҷонов; born 7 August 1995) is a Tajik professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Khujand, on loan from Ravshan Kulob, and the Tajikistan national team.

Club career

Youth teams

Babadjanov started his career in the youth team of Rubin Kazan,^[1] before moving to Lokomotiv Moscow's youth team in 2014.

Regar-TadAZ

At the beginning of 2015, Babadjanov signed for Regar-TadAZ in his native Tajikistan, before a year later, on 11 January 2016, FC Istiklol announced that they had signed Babadjanov on a three-year contract from Regar-TadAZ in preparation for their 2016 AFC Cup campaign.^[2]

Bahrain

On 18 January 2017, Babadjanov signed a six-month contract with Bahraini Premier League club Bahrain SC.^[3]

Istiklol

On 28 February 2019, Babadjanov's contract with Istiklol was terminated by mutual consent.^[4]

Real Kashmir

In July 2022, Babadjanov moved to India and signed with I-League club Real Kashmir, on a one-year deal.^{[5] [6]}

Kalteng Putra

In August 2023, he signed a contract with Indonesian club Kalteng Putra.^[7]

Ravshan Kulob

On 6 February 2024, Ravshan Kulob announced the signing of Babadjanov.^[8]

On 18 July 2024, Babadjanov joined Khujand on loan from Ravshan Kulob for the rest of the 2024 season.^[9]

International career

Babadjanov made his debut for Tajikistan on 8 October 2015 against Kyrgyzstan.

Career statistics

Club

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Regar-TadAZ	2015	Tajik League					–		–
Istiklol	2016		18	6	7	2	2	0	1	0	28	8
Bahrain	2016–17	Bahraini Premier League	6	1			–		–		6	1
Chernomorets Balchik	2017–18	Bulgarian Second League	0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
Istiklol	2018	Tajik League	17	1	7	2	6	0	1	1	31	4
	2019		0	0	0	0	1	0	–		1	0
	Istiklol total		17	1	7	2	7	0	1	1	35	4
Regar-TadAZ	2019	Tajik League	19	7			–		–		19	7
	2020		18	5			–		–		18	5
	Regar-TadAZ total		37	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	12
Khujand	2021	Tajik League	23	2			3	0	–		26	2
Al-Ahli	2021–22	Bahraini Premier League		2			–		–			2
Real Kashmir	2022–23	I-League	11	1	0	0	–		–		11	1
Khujand	2023	Tajikistan Higher League	16	1	0	0	–		–		16	1
Kalteng Putra	2023–24	Liga 2	6	0	0	0	–		–		6	0
Career total			134	26	14	4	12	0	2	1	162	31

International

^[10]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Tajikistan	2015	2	0
	2016	5	0
	2017	3	0
	2018	1	0
	2019	4	0
Total		15	0

Honours

Istiklol

• Tajik League: 2016^[11]
• Tajik Cup: 2016^[12]
• Tajik Supercup: 2016,^[13] 2018^[14]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Нозим Бабаджанов: Могли побороться. rubin-kazan.ru/. FC Rubin Kazan. 11 January 2016. Russian. 22 March 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061825/http://rubin-kazan.ru/news_items/1933-nozim-babadzhanov-mogli-poborotsya. 4 March 2016.
2. Web site: Истиклол сделал первые приобретения. www.fc-istiklol.tj/. FC Istiklol. 11 January 2016. Russian. 11 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160209055956/http://fc-istiklol.tj/index.php?view=1. 9 February 2016. dead.
3. Web site: Нозим Бабаджанов перешел в СК Бахрейн. fc-istiklol.tj. FC Istiklol. 18 January 2017. Russian. 18 January 2017. 18 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170118225358/http://fc-istiklol.tj/index.php?view=1&news=2167. live.
4. Web site: Истиклол расстался еще с тремя игроками . fc-istiklol.tj/ . FC Istiklol . 28 February 2019 . Russian . 28 February 2019 . 1 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190301074516/http://fc-istiklol.tj/index.php?view=1&news=3767 . live .
5. Web site: Swapnomoy. Chakraborty. Real Kashmir FC all set to rope in Tajikistan's Nozim Babadzhanov. sportskeeda.com. 23 July 2022. 24 August 2022. 24 August 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220824154908/https://www.sportskeeda.com/amp/indian-football/news-i-league-transfers-real-kashmir-fc-set-rope-tajikistan-midfielder-nozim-babadzhanov. live.
6. Web site: Real Kashmir FC ropes in Ghanaian striker Ibrahim Nurudeen. halfwayfootball.com. Halfway Football. 25 August 2022. 5 September 2022. Anson. Jaison. 2 September 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220902062844/https://halfwayfootball.com/ileague-real-kashmir-fc-sign-ghanaian-striker-ibrahim-nurudeen/. live.
7. Web site: Profil 2 Pemain Asing Kalteng Putra di Liga 2, Ada Jebolan Klub Raksasa Rusia. Indosport.com. id. 27 September 2023. 24 August 2023.
8. Web site: Нозим Бабаҷанов нимҳимоятгари марказӣ бо дастаи Равшан"и Кӯлоб шартномаи ҳамкорӣ ба имзо расонид . instagram.com/fc.ravshan1965/ . Ravshan Kulob . 22 July 2024 . Tajik . 6 February 2024.
9. Web site: Нимҳимоятгари дастаи "Равшан"-и Кӯлоб Нозим Бобоҷонов ба таври иҷора то охири мавсим ба дастаи "Хуҷанд" гузариш намуд. . instagram.com/fc.ravshan1965/ . Ravshan Kulob . 22 July 2024 . Tajik . 18 July 2024.
10. Web site: Nozim Babadjanov. national-football-teams.com. 15 September 2019. 4 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211004121635/https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/60739/Nozim_Bobojonov.html. live.
11. Web site: Истиклол стал пятикратным чемпионом страны по футболу!. fc-istiklol.tj. FC Istiklol. 30 October 2016. ru. 29 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20171020032625/http://fc-istiklol.tj/index.php?view=1&news=2038. 20 October 2017. dead.
12. Web site: Истиклол стал шестикратным обладателем Кубка Таджикистана!. fc-istiklol.tj. FC Istiklol. 7 November 2016. ru. 5 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20171108034525/http://fc-istiklol.tj/index.php?view=1&news=2057. 8 November 2017. dead.
13. Web site: Истиклол в шестой раз выиграл Суперкубок Таджикистана. fc-istiklol.tj. FC Istiklol. 3 April 2016. ru. 3 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161006175705/http://fc-istiklol.tj/index.php?view=1&news=1608. 6 October 2016. dead.
14. Web site: Истиклол - семикратный обладатель Суперкубка Таджикистана-2018. fc-istiklol.tj. FC Istiklol. 2 March 2018. ru. 2 March 2018. 30 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190330233128/http://fc-istiklol.tj/index.php?view=1&news=3170. live.