Pavel Viktorovich Matyash (; born 11 July 1987) is a

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir Mountains, Pamir mountain ranges. Bishkek is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Kyrgyzstan, largest city. Kyrgyz ...

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who plays for

FC Alga Bishkek Football Club Alga Bishkek (') is a Kyrgyz professional football club based in Bishkek, that competes in the Kyrgyz Premier League, the top flight of Football in Kyrgyzstan. The club plays its home games at Dynamo Stadion. History Alga Bishk ...

of the

Kyrgyz Premier League The Kyrgyz Premier League () or OLIMPBET Premier League for Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship purposes is the top division of professional football in Kyrgyzstan. It was created in 1992 after the Dissolution of the Soviet Union. The league is comp ...

and the

Kyrgyzstan national football team The Kyrgyzstan national football team (; ), officially recognised by FIFA and AFC as Kyrgyz Republic, represents Kyrgyzstan in international football and is controlled by the Kyrgyz Football Union, a member of the Asian Football Confederation ...

Career

Matyash started his career as a third-string goalkeeper for Dordoi Bishkek, appearing in cup matches. In July 2015, Matyash signed for Maldivian side

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on a contract until 12 November 2015, with the option of an extension. In February 2016, Matyash signed a one-year contract with Malaysian UiTM FC. On 5 December 2018, FC Dordoi Bishkek announced that Matyash had re-joined their club, signing alongside Anton Zemlianukhin and Azamat Baymatov. In January 2020, he returned to

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International

P. Matyash have played for Kyrgyzstan since 2009. In 7/1/2019, he became the first ever goalkeeper to score an own goal in

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history, then Kyrgyzstan lost 1–2.

Name

Matyash's last name (''Матяш'' in

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) has multiple ways of being

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from its original spelling in the

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into the

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. ''Matiash'' is the spelling used throughout the player's passport and other official documents. It has also been adopted by

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and is the preferred spelling in most English publications (although ''Matyash'' is also used elsewhere).

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

; Dordoi *

Kyrgyzstan League The Kyrgyz Premier League () or OLIMPBET Premier League for Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship purposes is the top division of professional football in Kyrgyzstan. It was created in 1992 after the Dissolution of the Soviet Union. The league is comp ...

(5);

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

Kyrgyzstan Cup The Kyrgyzstan Cup (') is Kyrgyzstan's premier knockout tournament in men's football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost ...

(3): 2008, 2010, 2012 * Kyrgyzstan Super Cup (3): 2012, 2013, 2014 *

AFC President's Cup The AFC Challenge League (previously known as the AFC President's Cup, abbreviated as ACGL) is an annual third-tier continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation. The competition is played among clubs from n ...

(2):

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

Runner-up (3):

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

; Maziya * President's Cup (Maldives):

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

;

Nehru Cup The Nehru Cup was an international football tournament organised by the All India Football Federation (AIFF), named after the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. It was launched in 1982, but was not held from 1998 to 2006. After ...

3rd place:

;Individual *

Best goalkeeper (2):

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Matyash, Pavel 1987 births Living people Footballers from Bishkek Kyrgyzstani people of Russian descent Kyrgyzstani men's footballers 21st-century Kyrgyzstani sportsmen Kyrgyzstani emigrants to Russia Kyrgyzstani expatriate men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games FC Dordoi Bishkek players FC Alga Bishkek players Maziya S&RC players UiTM United players FC AGMK players Kyrgyz Premier League players Uzbekistan Super League players 2019 AFC Asian Cup players Asian Games footballers for Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan men's international footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Maldives Kyrgyzstani expatriate sportspeople in the Maldives Expatriate men's footballers in Malaysia Kyrgyzstani expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia Expatriate men's footballers in Uzbekistan Kyrgyzstani expatriate sportspeople in Uzbekistan