Anton Zemlyanukhin – Wikipedia

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Kyrgyzstani footballer

Anton Aleksandrovich Zemlyanukhin (Russian: Антон Александрович Землянухин; born 11 December 1988) is a Kyrgyzstani international footballer who plays for Alga Bishkek.

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Club career[edit]

He can play as striker, left winger, left midfielder or left-back.

Zemlyanukhin signed a five-year contract with TFF First League club Giresunspor at age 18 in August 2007,^[1] and he has gone out on loan to Abdish-Ata Kant and FC Taraz to seek more first team football.

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Between 2010 and 2014 he played in the Kazakhstan Premier League with FC Taraz, FC Aktobe, FC Kairat and FC Kaisar.^[2]

On 13 February 2015, he signed a one-year contract with Serbian club FK Radnički Niš.^[3] His regular games in the Serbian championship and his goals at his return to the national team, made him receive the title of Kyrgyz player of the year for 2015.^[4]

On 5 November 2016, he officially transferred to Sukhothai after being released from Sisaket due to no offer for contract extension.^[5]

On 21 June 2017, Zemlyanukhin moved to the Russian Premier League, signing with a newly promoted club FC SKA-Khabarovsk.^[6] The contract was cancelled a short time later before he played any official games for the club due to him being injured at the time of the signing.^[7]

On 21 February 2018, FC Atyrau announced the signing of Zemlyanukhin.^[8]

On 5 December 2018, FC Dordoi Bishkek announced the signing of Zemlyanukhin alongside Pavel Matyash and Azamat Baymatov.^[9] On 16 January 2021, Dordoi Bishkek confirmed the departure of Zemlyanukhin after the expiation of his contract.^[10]

In March 2021, Zemlyanukhin signed for Alga Bishkek.^{[citation needed]}

International career[edit]

As of 2018, Zemlyanukhin has made 30 appearances for the Kyrgyzstan national team,^[11] including participation in the 2009 Nehru Cup.^[12]

He has debuted in 2007, and after a pause he made in the national team, by joining Serbian side Radnički Niš, he returned to the national team and was part of the squad named for the friendly match against Afghanistan played on 26 March 2015.^[13]

In March 2015 he scored his first ever brace for the national team, in the opening 2018 World Cup qualification match against Bangladesh, in which his team subsequently won 3–1.

Career statistics[edit]

International[edit]

Statistics accurate as of match played 21 January 2019^[14]

Kyrgyzstan
Year	Apps	Goals
2007	3	0
2008	0	0
2009	6	2
2010	3	1
2011	0	0
2012	0	0
2013	0	0
2014	0	0
2015	6	4
2016	2	0
2017	4	3
2018	3	3
2019	3	0
Total	30	13

International goals[edit]

Scores and results list Kyrgyzstan’s goal tally first.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1.	25 August 2009	Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi, India	Lebanon	1–0	1–1	2009 Nehru Cup
2.	28 August 2009	Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi, India	Sri Lanka	1–0	4–1	2009 Nehru Cup
3.	17 February 2010	Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	India	2–0	2–1	2010 AFC Challenge Cup
4.	11 June 2015	Bangabandhu National Stadium Dhaka, Bangladesh	Bangladesh	1–0	3–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[15]
5.	11 June 2015	Bangabandhu National Stadium Dhaka, Bangladesh	Bangladesh	3–1	3–1		^[15]
6.	8 October 2015	Spartak Stadium, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	Tajikistan	2–2	2–2		^[16]
7.	17 November 2015	Spartak Stadium, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	Jordan	1–0	1–0		^[17]
8.	10 October 2017	Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar	Myanmar	1–0	2–2	2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
9.	14 November 2017	Estádio Campo Desportivo Taipa, Macau	Macau	1–0	4–3
10.	14 November 2017	Estádio Campo Desportivo Taipa, Macau	Macau	3–0	4–3
11.	22 March 2018	Incheon Football Stadium, Incheon, South Korea	Myanmar	2–0	5–1
12.	22 March 2018	Incheon Football Stadium, Incheon, South Korea	Myanmar	3–0	5–1
13.	27 March 2018	Spartak Stadium, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	India	1–0	2–1