Mukhtar Badirkhanovich Mukhtarov (; born 6 January 1986) is a Kazakh former

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er of Azeri and Turkish roots who played as a

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Early and personal life

Mukhtar was born in

Shymkent Shymkent (, ; ) is a city in southern Kazakhstan, located near the border with Uzbekistan. It holds the status of a city of republican significance, one of only three cities in Kazakhstan with this distinction, alongside Almaty and Astana. As of ...

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, to parents originating from the city of

Lənkəran Lankaran (, ) or Lánkon () is a city in Azerbaijan, on the coast of the Caspian Sea, near the southern border with Iran. As of 2021, the city had a population of 89,300. It is next to, but independent of, Lankaran District. The city forms a disti ...

, present-day

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. He has some

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roots as well, his great-grandfather originating from

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Club career stats

Last update: 8 November 2017

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* 1986 births Living people Kazakhstani people of Turkish descent Kazakhstani people of Azerbaijani descent Kazakhstani men's footballers Kazakhstani expatriate men's footballers 21st-century Kazakhstani sportsmen Kazakhstan men's international footballers Men's association football defenders Kazakhstan Premier League players FC Astana players Khazar Lankaran FK players FC Ordabasy players Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan People from Lankaran Footballers from Shymkent {{Kazakhstan-footy-bio-stub