Name Ruslan Mingazow Career start 2009 Years Team Weight 66 kg | Number 13 Height 1.75 m Playing position Role Footballer Parents Kamil Mingazow | |
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Full name Ruslan Kamilyewic Mingazow Date of birth (1991-11-23) 23 November 1991 (age 24) Current teams FK Jablonec (#13 / Midfielder), Turkmenistan national football team (Midfielder) | ||
Ruslan Mingazov highlights
Ruslan Mingazow (born 23 November 1991) is a Turkmenistani footballer who plays for SK Slavia Prague in the Synot liga and the Turkmenistan national football team, as a midfielder.
Contents
- Ruslan Mingazov highlights
- Early career
- Skonto Rga
- Baumit Jablonec
- Slavia Prague
- International career
- International goals
- Honours
- Personal life
- References
Early career
Ruslan Mingazow started playing football at the age of 6, being taken to the first training by his father, who is also a former Turkmeni footballer. At the beginning he had to train with an older group of players because there was none for his age. Mingazow played for FC Aşgabat 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. A year later Mingazow became the champion of Turkmenistan, winning the 2008 Ýokary Liga. In 2009 Mingazow participated in the Turkmenistan President's Cup 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, Latvian Higher League club Skonto Rīga, on trial by their manager Paul Ashworth. Having received another offer from Armenian Premier League, 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 Daugava Rīga 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 Aleksandrs Starkovs. In 2011 Skonto won the Baltic League, beating another Latvian side FK Ventspils in the final's penalty shoot-out. In 2012 Mingazow won the Latvian Cup, 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 FC Tiraspol, helping Skonto reach the second round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League. In the second round Mingazow provided an excellent assist for his team-mate Artūrs Karašausks as Skonto beat the Synot liga side Slovan Liberec 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 Czech First League club Baumit Jablonec.
Slavia Prague
Mingazow joined another Czech First League team, Slavia Prague, in June 2016. On 2 April 2017, he gained notoriety in Czech press after winning a controversial penalty kick in the Sparta - Slavia derby, allowing Slavia to equalize from the spot in injury time. The disciplinary board of referees later ruled that it had been a dive 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 Hradec Králové.
International career
Mingazow made his senior national team debut on 14 April 2009, in an 2010 AFC Challenge Cup Qualification match against Maldives. He scored his first national team goal against Bhutan in the very next match on 16 April 2009, also in AFC Challenge Cup qualifying.
International goals
Scores and results list Turkmenistan's goal tally first.Honours
Ýokary Liga:
Latvian Higher League:
Triobet Baltic League:
Czech Cup:
AFC Challenge Cup:
Personal life
Mingazow is an ethnic Tatar. Ruslan Mingazow's father Kamil is also a former Turkmenistani footballer, who played for the national team. He has got two sisters, one of whom is 3 years older and the other one 14 years younger. During his stay in Riga Mingazow was studying business management at the Baltic International Academy.