Sherzod Karimov (, born 26 January 1989) is an

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currently playing for

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as a

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Career

Karimov has played for Shaykhontohur Toshkent,

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and currently Pakhtako]. he scored an important goal for Pakhtakor in the opening 2011 AFC Champions League group stage, 2011 Asian Champions League group game against

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. The game finished 2-2. He moved to the

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Qingdao Jonoon Qingdao Hainiu Football Club () is a Chinese professional football club based in Qingdao, Shandong, that competes in . Qingdao Hainiu plays its home matches at the Qingdao Youth Football Stadium, located within Chengyang District. Their curren ...

on a one-year loan deal on 28 February 2013. However, he failed to establish himself within the team and played six league matches (146 minutes in total, all coming on as a substitute) for Qingdao. On 22 May 2013, he scored a goal in the third round of 2013 Chinese FA Cup when Qingdao Jonoon beat second-tier club Harbin Yiteng 5–2. He returned to Pakhtakor Tashkent in June 2013.卡里莫夫与青岛中能完成解约回老东家继续效力
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International career

Karimov has represented Uzbekistan at four international levels, U-19, U-20, U-23 and senior team.

Honours

Club

;Pakhtakor *

Uzbek League Uzbekistan Super League (; ), known as Artel Uzbekistan Super League due to sponsorship reasons (; ), is the top division of professional football in Uzbekistan. It is operated under the auspices of the Uzbekistan Professional Football League a ...

: 2012, 2014 *

runners-up: 2009, 2010 *

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: 2009,

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* * 1989 births Living people Uzbekistani men's footballers 21st-century Uzbekistani sportsmen Uzbekistan men's international footballers Uzbekistani expatriate men's footballers Pakhtakor Tashkent FK players Qingdao Hainiu F.C. players PFC Lokomotiv Tashkent players Qizilqum FC players PFC Navbahor Namangan players FC Surkhon players FC Neftchi Fergana players Chinese Super League players Uzbekistan Super League players Uzbekistan Pro League players Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games Men's association football midfielders Asian Games footballers for Uzbekistan Expatriate men's footballers in China Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in China {{Uzbekistan-footy-bio-stub