Ilhamjan Iminjan (; ; born 30 June 1986) is a

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footballer who plays as

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for Chinese club Xinjiang Alar 359.

Club career

Ilhamjan Iminjan followed Xinjiang Normal University to win 2009/10 China University Football League. He became a PE teacher at a primary school of his hometown

Karamay Karamay (also spelled Karamai) is a prefecture-level city in the north of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. It is surrounded on all sides by Tacheng Prefecture. The name of the city comes from the Uyghur langu ...

after his graduation in 2010. He signed his first professional football contract at the age of 26 in 2012 after his impression in a trial with

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side

Guizhou Zhicheng Guizhou Football Club (; ) was a professional Chinese football club. The team was based in Guiyang, Guizhou and their home stadium was the 51,636 seater Guiyang Olympic Sports Center. Their majority shareholders were Hengfeng Real Estate, Guizho ...

. He scored 12 goals in 24 appearances as Guizhou won the title and won promotion to the second tier. He was the key player of Guizhou to promoted back to

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in 2014 season and promotion to

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in 2016 season. Ilhamjan extended his contract with the club on 14 January 2017. He made his Super League debut on 3 March 2017 in a 1–1 home draw against Liaoning F.C.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ilhamjan, Iminjan 1986 births Living people Uyghur sportspeople People from Karamay Chinese men's footballers Chinese people of Uyghur descent Footballers from Xinjiang Men's association football midfielders Chinese Super League players China League One players China League Two players 21st-century Chinese sportsmen Guizhou F.C. players Shanxi Chongde Ronghai F.C. players