Ahmet Ataýew

Ahmet Didarovich Atayev or Ahmet Didarowiç Ataýew (Turkmen Cyrillic: Ахмет Дидарович Атаев; Russian: Ахмед Дидарович Атаев, tr. Akhmed Didarovich Atayev; born 19 September 1990) is a Turkmen footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ýokary Liga club Altyn Asyr[2] and the Turkmenistan national team.

Ahmet Ataýew
Personal information
Full name Ahmet Didarovich Atayev
Date of birth (1990-09-19) 19 September 1990[1]
Place of birth Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Altyn Asyr
Number 8
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 FC Talyp Sporty 32 (2)
2010–2011 Ashgabat 6 (0)
2011–2013 HTTU 48 (5)
2014–2017 Altyn Asyr 50 (5)
2017–2018 Arema 25 (3)
2018 Persela Lamongan 6 (0)
2019 Sabah 8 (1)
2020– Altyn Asyr 23 (1)
International career‡
2012– Turkmenistan 31 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 October 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 June 2023

Club career

He started playing football at 6 years old. His first coach was Atamyrat Jumamuradov, in Youth sport school of Bagyr (Ahal Region).[3]

He began his professional career in Ashgabat; from 2007 to 2010 he played for FC Talyp Sporty.[3]

The first half of the 2011 season was held in FC Aşgabat. The second part of the 2011 season, he played for FC HTTU, which included winning the Cup of Turkmenistan for the first time. In 2013, he became the first champion 2013 Ýokary Liga.[3]

Since 2014, Ataýew has played for Altyn Asyr FK.[4][5] As part of the team, he won the title of champion of Turkmenistan in 2014 and 2015, the 2015 Turkmenistan Cup, and the 2015 Turkmenistan Super Cup. At the end of the 2015 season, Ataýew was voted the best player of 2015 Ýokary Liga.[3]

From August 2017, he began performing in Indonesia's Super League for the Arema, which included 25 games and scored 3 goals. In June 2018 moved to the new Indonesian club Persela, which he played for until the end of the 2018 year.[6]

On 15 May 2019, Ataýew signed by Malaysian Premier League club Sabah FA as one of two imports to fill their vacant player slots.[7] Ataýew became part of the team squad that emerged as the champion of 2019 Malaysia Premier League since the team last lifted their old first division title back in 1996, subsequently qualifying them into the 2020 Malaysia Super League.[8][9] In the team match against Kelantan FA, Ataýew notably scored the winning goal from a ball given by his teammate through corner kick in the 58th minute.[10]

International career
№19 Ataýew at 2019 AFC Asian Cup with Turkmenistan national football team.

He played for the Olympic team of Turkmenistan in the Asian Football Confederation's Pre-Olympic Tournament.

Ataýew made his senior national team debut on 27 January 2012, in an friendly match against Romania.[11] The captain of the national team from 2015.[12][13]

International goals
Scores and results list Turkmenistan's goal tally first.[14]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.9 January 2019Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Japan2–32–32019 AFC Asian Cup

Honors

Club
Altyn Asyr
FC HTTU
Sabah FA

International
AFC Challenge Cup

References
  1. "FIFA Tournaments - Players & Coaches - Ahmet ATAYEV". fifa.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  2. Полузащитник Ахмед Атаев вернулся в ашхабадский «Алтын асыр»
  3. ihyzmatlary.com. "Федерация футбола Туркменистана определила лучшего игрока чемпионата страны-2015-Спорт-Turkmenportal.com". turkmenportal.com. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  4. "The AFC".
  5. ihyzmatlary.com. "Meredowyň het-trigi, Ataýew bilen Nurmyradowyň dubly we Annadurdyýewiň nobatdaky goly-Sport-Turkmenportal.com". turkmenportal.com. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  6. "Ахмед Атаев в составе «Сабаха» стал победителем Премьер-лиги Малайзии | Спорт".
  7. GL Oh (15 May 2019). "Tambadaus sign Angolan and Turkmen". Daily Express. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  8. GL Oh (7 July 2019). "Tambadaus promoted to Super League". Daily Express. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  9. GL Oh (10 July 2019). "Sabah crowned champs". Daily Express. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  10. GL Oh (14 July 2019). "Sabah celebrate title with win". Daily Express. Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  11. "Romania vs. Turkmenistan - 27 January 2012 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  12. FIFA.com. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ - Matches - Turkmenistan-Oman - FIFA.com". fifa.com. Archived from the original on June 23, 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  13. ihyzmatlary.com. "Аманклыч Кочумов: "В матче с Оманом футболисты обязаны продемонстрировать свои лучшие качества"-Спорт-Turkmenportal.com". turkmenportal.com. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  14. "Ahmet Ataýew". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
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