Umidjan Babamuradowiç Astanow (born 11 August 1990) is a Turkmen

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currently playing for

Nebitçi FT Nebitçi Football Team () is a Turkmen professional football club based in Balkanabat. They compete in top division of Turkmen football, the Ýokary Liga. Their home stadium is Balkanabat Stadium which can hold 10,000 people. Former names ...

in the

Ýokary Liga The Turkmenistan Higher League, also called Türkmenistan Ýokary Liga ( Turkmen: ''Ýokary liga futbol klublarynyň arasyndaky futbol boýunça Türkmenistanyň çempionaty''), is the top division of professional football in Turkmenistan, operat ...

as a midfielder. Former player of

Turkmenistan national football team The Turkmenistan national football team () represents Turkmenistan in men's international football. It is controlled by the Football Federation of Turkmenistan, the governing body for football in Turkmenistan. Turkmenistan's home ground is the ...

Club career

He began his career in the football club FC Merw. Since 2013, he has played for

FC Balkan FC Balkan Botevgrad () is a Bulgarian football club based in the city of Botevgrad. The stadium of the club is " Hristo Botev" in Botevgrad with capacity of 8,000 people. History The club was established in 1929 with the name "Stamen Panchev". ...

and won the AFC-President's Cup 2013 in Malaysia with them. In 2015, he moved to the

FC Altyn Asyr Football Club Altyn Asyr (), also known as Altyn Asyr Ashgabat or simply Altyn Asyr, which translates to ''Golden Century'', is a Turkmenistan, Turkmen professional association football, football club based in Ashgabat. Founded in 2008, the club c ...

. On 2019, Astanow joined FC Merw. Umidjan Astanow joined Energetik FK in January 2020. After unsuccessful trials at Energetik FK Astanow signed contract with

in August 2020.

International career

He played for the Olympic team of Turkmenistan at the

Asian Games 2010 The 2010 Asian Games (), officially known as the XVI Asian Games () and also known as Guangzhou 2010 (), were a regional multi-sport event held from November 12 to 27, 2010 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China (although several events commenced ear ...

in Guangzhou. Umidjan was also called up for the Olympic team of Turkmenistan that competed in the London 2012 Olympics. Astanow made his senior national team debut in

2012 AFC Challenge Cup The 2012 AFC Challenge Cup was the fourth edition of the tournament, an international football competition for Asian Football Confederation (AFC) member nations that are mainly categorized as "emerging countries" in the defunct Vision Asia progr ...

. Last time played for senior team at 2017.

Honors

Turkmenistan *

AFC Challenge Cup The AFC Challenge Cup was an international football competition for Asian Football Confederation (AFC) member countries that were categorised as "emerging countries" in the "Vision Asia" programme. It was created by former AFC president Mohammed ...

runner-up:

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 ...

Balkan *

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 ...

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:Astanow, Umidjan 1990 births Living people Turkmenistan men's footballers 21st-century Turkmenistan sportsmen Turkmenistan men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games footballers for Turkmenistan FC Altyn Asyr players