. Not to be confused with Shamil Gasanov, a mixed martial artist. Shamil Askhabovich Gasanov (russian: Шамиль Асхабович Гасанов; born 30 July 1993) is a Russian football player who plays as a

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for Legion Makhachkala.

Club career

He made his debut in the

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for

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on 11 October 2012 in a game against

FC Metallurg-Oskol Stary Oskol FC Metallurg-Oskol Stary Oskol (russian: ФК «Металлург-Оскол» Старый Оскол) was a Russian football club from Stary Oskol, founded in 1997. It played in the Russian Second Division The Russian Second League (russian ...

. He made his

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debut for

FC Anzhi Makhachkala Football Club Anzhi Makhachkala (russian: link=no, Футбо́льный клуб «Анжи́» Махачкала́, ), known simply as FC Anji, was a Russian professional Association football, football club based in the Dagestani capital of ...

on 18 October 2015 in a game against

FC Krasnodar FC Krasnodar is a Russian professional football club based in Krasnodar that plays in the Russian Premier League. The club was founded in 2008. In 2009, the club was promoted to the Russian First Division, the second highest division of the ...

. On 15 August 2017, he moved to Norway, signing with

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until December 2017 with an option for a 3-year extension. He returned to Russia without playing any games in Norway and signed with

FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk FK Yenisey Krasnoyarsk (ФК Енисей Красноярск) is a Russian football club based in Krasnoyarsk. The club plays in the Russian First League. History The club was founded in 1937 as ''Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk'' and spent one season ...

in February 2018. On 16 February 2019 he joined Baltika Kaliningrad on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season.

Personal life

On 6 June 2023, Gasanov was arrested by police in Moscow after

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and then charged with

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after a small quantity of

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was allegedly found on him.

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* 1993 births Footballers from Makhachkala Living people Russian men's footballers Men's association football defenders FC Anzhi Makhachkala players Tromsø IL players FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk players FC Baltika Kaliningrad players FC Chayka Peschanokopskoye players FC Dynamo Makhachkala players FC Surkhon Termez players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Russian Second League players Uzbekistan Super League players Russian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Russian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in Uzbekistan Russian expatriate sportspeople in Uzbekistan {{Russia-footy-defender-1993-stub