Mirlan Abdraimovich Murzayev ( ky, Мирлан Мурзаев; russian: Мирлан Абдраимович Мурзаев; born 29 March 1990) is a Kyrgyzstani professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the Kyrgyzstan national team.

Club career

In January 2014, Murzayev moved to

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in the

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on a six-month contract. While playing for

FC Dordoi Bishkek Football Club Dordoi Bishkek ('' ky, Дордой Бишкек Футбол Клубу, Dordoj Bişkek Futbol Klubu'') is a Kyrgyz professional football club based in Bishkek, that competes in the Kyrgyz Premier League. Founded in 1997, the club ...

in May 2015, Murzayev became the 17th player to score 100 goals in

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and

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matches. In January 2016, Murzayev was linked with a move to Al-Ahli, a move that was blocked by his current club at the time,

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. On 9 March 2019, Dordoi Bishkek announced the return of Murzayev. On 29 July 2019, Dordoi Bishkek announced that Murzayev was leaving the club to move the KTFF 1. Lig. On 5 August, Murzayev was announced as a new signing for Doğan Türk Birliği. On 1 August 2021, Mirlan Murzayev joined

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side

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on a one–year deal. He made his debut on 23 November against

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in a 1–0 win. He scored his first goal on 18 December in their 2–1 win against

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. On 17 July 2022, Mirlan would join

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on a free from

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. In December, he returned to India to play in the

, signing with Mohammedan Sporting.

Career statistics

International

''Statistics accurate as of match played 29 March 2022''

International goals

:''Scores and results list Kyrgyzstan's goal tally first.''

Honours

Dordoi Bishkek *

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto ...

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing ...

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

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