Ruslan Kamilyevich Mingazov ( tk, Ruslan Kamilýewiç Mingazow; born 23 November 1991) is a

Turkmenistan Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the s ...

i professional

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who currently plays for

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club

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, as a right or left midfielder.

Club career

Early career

Ruslan Mingazow started playing football at the age of 6, being taken to the first training by his father,

Kamil Kamil is a name used in a number of languages. Kamil () is a Polish, Czech, and Slovak given name, equivalent to the Italian Camillo, Spanish/Portuguese Camilo and French Camille. It is derived from Camillus,FC Aşgabat Ashgabat Futbol Kluby is a Turkmen football club based in Ashgabat. They play in the top division of Turkmenistan football, Ýokary Liga. Their home stadium is Nisa Stadium. The club was first founded in 2006, they finished 3rd in their debut ye ...

youth team and was taken to the first team in 2007, aged 16. The same year he helped his club win the

Turkmenistan Super Cup The Turkmenistan Super Cup (Turkmen: ''Türkmenistanyň Naýbaşy Kubogy'') is an annual one-match association football competition in Turkmenistan organized by the Football Federation of Turkmenistan. This competition serves as the season opener ...

. A year later Mingazow became the champion of Turkmenistan, winning the 2008 Ýokary Liga. In 2009 Mingazow participated in the

Turkmenistan President's Cup Turkmenistan President’s Cup was an international football tournament in Turkmenistan which was created in 1995 and dissolved in 2013. The tournament was dedicated to Day of State Flag of Turkmenistan. The tournament prize money was US 35,000. Th ...

and helped his club reach the semi-finals, scoring two goals in three matches.

Skonto Rīga

Following the impressive performance at the Turkmenistan President's Cup, Mingazow was invited to join the tournament's finalists,

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club

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, on trial by their manager

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. Having received another offer from

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, Mingazow, eventually, signed a contract with the Latvian side in June 2009. He scored his first Latvian Higher League goal in a 5–0 victory over

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on 8 July 2009. During his first season at the club Mingazow participated in 20 league matches, scoring twice. In 2010 Mingazow helped Skonto become the champions of Latvia for the first time since 2004 under their new manager

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. In 2011 Skonto won the

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, beating another Latvian side

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in the final's penalty shoot-out. In 2012 Mingazow won the

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, as Skonto beat Liepājas Metalurgs in the final via penalty shoot-out. On 4 July 2013 Mingazow scored the only goal in 1–0 away victory over

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, helping Skonto reach the second round of the

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. In the second round Mingazow provided an excellent assist for his team-mate Artūrs Karašausks as Skonto beat the Synot liga side

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2–1 at home. Mingazow was named the best player of the Latvian Higher League in August 2013.

Baumit Jablonec

On 27 August 2014 Mingazow joined the

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club Baumit Jablonec.

Slavia Prague

Mingazow joined another Czech First League team,

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, in June 2016. On 2 April 2017, he gained notoriety in Czech press after winning a controversial

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in the

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- Slavia derby, allowing Slavia to equalize from the spot in injury time. The disciplinary board of referees later ruled that it had been a

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by Mingazow, but no punishment was issued. He scored his first league goal for Slavia on 17 April 2017 in a 4–0 home win against

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. On 15 June 2018, Slavia announced that Mingazow will be looking for new opportunities and will no longer play for Slavia. On 7 September 2018, Slavia announced that Mingazow had joined 1. FK Příbram on loan for the first half of the season.

Irtysh Pavlodar

July 23, 2019 Ruslan Mingazov, as a free agent, signed a contract with Kazakhstani

FC Irtysh Pavlodar FC Irtysh Pavlodar ( kk, Ертіс Футбол Клубы, ''Ertis Fýtbol Klýby'') was a Kazakh professional football club based at the Central Stadium in Pavlodar. Irtysh won the Kazakhstan Premier league in 1993 (as ''Ansat''), 1997, 19 ...

. In December 2019, he extended the contract until the end of 2020. In the spring of 2020, due to financial problems,

withdrew from the championship of Kazakhstan. The footballer spent 13 matches for

, scored 2 goals and gave 3 assists in the Kazakhstan Premier League.

Shakhter Karagandy

On 6 August 2020, Mingazow signed for Kazakh club

FC Shakhter Karagandy Football Club Shakhter ( kk, "Шахтер" футбол клубы, Shakhter fýtbol klýby), commonly referred to as FC Shakhter Karagandy ( kk, Қарағанды/Qarağandı ; Russian: Караганда/Karaganda), is a professional footb ...

, making his debut on 19 August, in a 1-0 defeat to

FC Kaisar FC Kaysar ( kk, Қайсар Футбол Клубы, ''Qaısar Fýtbol Klýby'') is a Kazakh professional football club based in the Gany Muratbayev Stadium in Kyzylorda. They are founding members of the Kazakhstan Premier League and have miss ...

Caspiy

On 26 February 2021,

FC Caspiy Football Club Caspiy ( kk, Каспий Ақтау Футбол Клубы, ''Kaspıı Aqtaý Fýtbol Klýby'') is a Kazakhstani football club based at the Zhastar Stadium in Aktau. The club name derived from Caspian Sea ( kk, Каспий т� ...

announced the signing of Mingazow.

Kitchee

On 3 March 2022,

announced the signing of Mingazow.

International career

Mingazow made his senior national team debut on 14 April 2009, in an

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match against

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. He scored his first national team goal against

Bhutan Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountai ...

in the very next match on 16 April 2009, also in AFC Challenge Cup qualifying.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Turkmenistan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mingazow goal''.

Honours

Aşgabat *

Ýokary Liga The Turkmenistan Higher League, also called Türkmenistan Ýokary Liga (Turkmen: ''Türkmenistanyň Ýokary Ligasy''; Russian: ''Высшая лига Туркменистана'') is the top division of professional football in Turkmenistan, ...

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: 2007 Skonto *

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Latvian Football Cup The Latvian Football Cup () is the main knockout cup competition in Latvian football. Since 2021, its full name is Responsible Game Latvian Football Cup (''Atbildīgas spēles Latvijas kauss'') due to the sponsorship by sports betting company ...

: 2011–12 *

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Slavia Prague *

: 2016–17

Personal life

Mingazow is an ethnic

Tatar The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different

.Известные футболисты-татары
/ref> Ruslan Mingazow's father

Kamil Kamil is a name used in a number of languages. Kamil () is a Polish, Czech, and Slovak given name, equivalent to the Italian Camillo, Spanish/Portuguese Camilo and French Camille. It is derived from Camillus,Baltic International Academy The Baltic International Academy ( lv, Baltijas Starptautiskā akadēmija, russian: Балтийская международная академия) is the largest degree-awarding tertiary educational institution in Latvia teaching primarily i ...

References

External links

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Jablonets profile
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mingazow, Ruslan 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Ashgabat Turkmenistan footballers Association football midfielders Turkmenistan international footballers Turkmenistan expatriate footballers FC Aşgabat players Skonto FC players FK Jablonec players SK Slavia Prague players FK Mladá Boleslav players 1. FK Příbram players FC Irtysh Pavlodar players FC Shakhter Karagandy players Kitchee SC players Latvian Higher League players Czech First League players Kazakhstan Premier League players Hong Kong Premier League players Expatriate footballers in Latvia Expatriate footballers in the Czech Republic Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan Expatriate footballers in Hong Kong Turkmenistan expatriate sportspeople in Latvia Turkmenistan expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Turkmenistan expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Turkmenistan people of Tatar descent Tatar sportspeople Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games 2019 AFC Asian Cup players Asian Games competitors for Turkmenistan