Magomed Ozdoyev

{{Short description|Russian footballer (born 1992)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{family name hatnote|Mustafayevich|Ozdoyev|lang=Eastern Slavic}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Magomed Ozdoyev

| fullname = Magomed Mustafayevich Ozdoyev

| image = Magomed Ozdoyev (May 2024).png

| caption = Ozdoyev with PAOK in 2024

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|11|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Grozny, Russia

| height = 1.83 m{{RPL player|Ozdoev-Magomed}}

| position = Central midfielder

| currentclub = PAOK

| clubnumber = 27

| youthyears1 = 2004–2006

| youthclubs1 = Malgobek Sport School

| youthyears2 = 2007

| youthclubs2 = Angusht Nazran

| youthyears3 = 2008

| youthclubs3 = Terek Grozny

| youthyears4 = 2008–2009

| youthclubs4 = Dynamo Kyiv

| years1 = 2010–2015

| clubs1 = Lokomotiv Moscow

| caps1 = 57

| goals1 = 4

| years2 = 2014–2015

| clubs2 = → Rubin Kazan (loan)

| caps2 = 29

| goals2 = 6

| years3 = 2015–2018

| clubs3 = Rubin Kazan

| caps3 = 58

| goals3 = 4

| years4 = 2018

| clubs4 = → Terek Grozny (loan)

| caps4 = 7

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2018–2022

| clubs5 = Zenit Saint Petersburg

| caps5 = 87

| goals5 = 7

| years6 = 2022–2023

| clubs6 = Fatih Karagümrük

| caps6 = 33

| goals6 = 5

| years7 = 2023–

| clubs7 = PAOK

| caps7 = 56

| goals7 = 7

| nationalyears1 = 2009

| nationalteam1 = Russia U-17

| nationalcaps1 = 13

| nationalgoals1 = 5

| nationalyears2 = 2010

| nationalteam2 = Russia U-18

| nationalcaps2 = 2

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2011

| nationalteam3 = Russia U-19

| nationalcaps3 = 7

| nationalgoals3 = 1

| nationalyears4 = 2011–2012

| nationalteam4 = Russia U-21

| nationalcaps4 = 5

| nationalgoals4 = 0

| nationalyears5 = 2014–

| nationalteam5 = Russia

| nationalcaps5 = 35

| nationalgoals5 = 4

| pcupdate = 10 April 2025

| ntupdate = 21 June 2021

}}

Magomed Mustafayevich Ozdoyev ({{langx|ru|Магомед Мустафаевич Оздоев}}; born 5 November 1992) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Greek Super League club PAOK and the Russia national football team.

Personal life

Magomed Ozdoyev was born in Grozny, into an Ingush{{Cite web|url=https://www.fclm.ru/ru/publications/news/3978|title=Родные стены Магомеда Оздоева | ФК Локомотив|date=11 October 2011 }} family, during the year of 1992, but had been forced to abandon Chechnya as for the result of the First Chechen War, which Russian military engaged against Chechen separatists supporting the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, during these times, his football passion was cherished and tutored under his father, Mustafa. It was considered as the hardest experience for Magomed himself, in an appearance on Russia-1's program in 2017, prior to 2018 FIFA World Cup.{{Cite web|url=https://www.soccer.ru/blogs/record/962129/ozdoev-magomed-ahmat|title = Магомед Оздоев. От Грозного до Грозного|date = 13 February 2017}}

Magomed himself is the grandnephew{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgxZkX9It9I|title=ОЗДОЕВ – в ЕВРОПУ поедет на 1 000 000 €, хочет стать ПРЕЗИДЕНТОМ Ингушетии|website=YouTube |date=28 November 2021 }} of the late Ingush World War II ace who served in the Red Army, Murad Ozdoev.{{cite web |author= |url=https://sport24.ru/news/football/2020-05-06-dedushka-poluzashchitnika-zenita-magomeda-ozdoyeva---geroy-velikoy-otechestvennoy-voyny---nagrady-zaslugi |title=Дед зенитовца Оздоева — летчик, не знавший страха. История "сталинского сокола" Мурада Оздоева |language= |website=sport24.ru |publisher= |date=2020-05-06 |accessdate=2020-05-09}}{{Cite web|url=https://showsport.me/football/magomed-ozdoev-aleksandr-golovin-aleksei-miranchuk-999748|title=ShowSport.me}}

Club career

He made his Russian Premier League debut on 10 July 2010 for Lokomotiv Moscow in a game against FC Anzhi Makhachkala.

On 14 July 2014, Ozdoyev was loaned by Lokomotiv Moscow to Russian Football Premier League rivals Rubin Kazan for 1 year with buying option.{{cite web|publisher=FC Lokomotiv Moscow|url=http://www.fclm.ru/ru/info/news/index.php?id_4=24627|script-title=ru:Магомед Оздоев арендован «Рубином»|date=14 July 2014|language=ru|access-date=15 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719002713/http://www.fclm.ru/ru/info/news/index.php?id_4=24627|archive-date=19 July 2014|url-status=dead}}

On 13 February 2017, he was loaned by Rubin Kazan to FC Terek Grozny until the end of the 2016–17 season.{{cite web|publisher=FC Rubin Kazan|url=http://rubin-kazan.ru/ru/news_items/6595-rubin-i-terek-dogovorilis-ob-arende-ozdoeva|script-title=ru:«Рубин» и «Терек» договорились об аренде Оздоева|date=13 February 2017|language=Russian}}

On 15 February 2018, he signed a 4.5-year contract with Zenit St. Petersburg.{{cite web|publisher=FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|url=https://fc-zenit.ru/news/2018-02-15-magomed-ozdoev-i-elmir-nabiullin-prodolzhat-kareru-v-zenite.htm|script-title=ru:Магомед Оздоев и Эльмир Набиуллин продолжат карьеру в «Зените»|date=15 February 2018|language=ru}} On 25 May 2022, Ozdoyev left Zenit as his contract expired.{{cite web|publisher=FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|url=https://fc-zenit.ru/news/2022-05-25-magomed-ozdoev-pokidaet-zenit.htm|title=Магомед Оздоев покидает "Зенит"|date=25 May 2022|language=ru}}

On 28 July 2022, Ozdoyev joined Fatih Karagümrük in Turkey.{{cite web|publisher=Fatih Karagümrük|url=https://twitter.com/karagumruk_sk/status/1552732020933107715|title=Karagümrük'e hoş geldin Magomed Ozdoev.|date=28 July 2022|access-date=28 July 2022|language=tr}}

On 7 Aug 2023, Ozdoyev joined PAOK FC in Greece. On 7 April 2024 he scored the tying goal against AEK Athens securing a 2-2 away tie.{{cite web|publisher=PAOK FC|url=https://www.paokfc.gr/en/news/20230807-ston-paok-o-magomed-ozdoev/|title=Magomed Ozdoyev joins PAOK

|date=7 Aug 2023|access-date=7 Aug 2023|language=en}}

International career

On 11 May 2012, Ozdoyev was named to the Russia's provisional squad for the UEFA Euro 2012. It was the first time he was called up to the national team. He was not included on the final official squad for the competition. He has become the first Ingush to be called to the Russian national team. He made his national team debut on 3 September 2014 in a friendly against Azerbaijan. He scored his first national team goal on 15 November 2016 in a friendly against Romania which finished as a 1–0 victory for Russia in the city of Grozny, where he was born.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

On 11 May 2021, he was included in the preliminary extended 30-man squad for UEFA Euro 2020.{{cite web|publisher=Russian Football Union|url=https://rfs.ru/news/213625|script-title=ru:Расширенный состав сборной России для подготовки к ЕВРО|trans-title=Extended national team line-up for Euro preparations|language=ru|date=11 May 2021}} On 2 June 2021, he was included in the final squad, making history as the first Caucasian Muslim footballer to represent the Russian side in a major competition.{{cite web|publisher=Russian Football Union|url=https://rfs.ru/news/213785|title=Состав сборной России на ЕВРО-2020|trans-title=Russia national team line-up for EURO-2020|date=2 June 2021|language=ru}} He played the full match in Russia's opening game against Belgium on 12 June 2021 as Russia lost 3–0.{{cite web|publisher=UEFA|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/match/2024450--belgium-vs-russia/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200317165044/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/match/2024450--belgium-vs-russia/|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 March 2020|title=Belgium v Russia game report|date=12 June 2021}} He again started and was substituted after an hour of play each time in the second game against Finland on 16 June in a 1–0 victory and the last group stage game against Denmark as Russia lost 4–1 and was eliminated.{{cite web|publisher=UEFA|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/match/2024460--finland-vs-russia/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200317165042/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/match/2024460--finland-vs-russia/|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 March 2020|title=Finland vs Russia UEFA EURO 2020|date=16 June 2021}}{{cite web|publisher=UEFA|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/match/2024469--russia-vs-denmark/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200317165043/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/match/2024469--russia-vs-denmark/|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 March 2020|title=Russia v Denmark game report|date=21 June 2021}}

Career statistics

=Club=

{{updated|match played 10 April 2025}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan=2|Club

!rowspan=2|Season

!colspan=3|League

!colspan=2|National cup{{efn|Includes Russian Cup, Turkish Cup}}

!colspan=2|Continental

!colspan=2|Other

!colspan=2|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan=5|Lokomotiv Moscow

|2010

|Russian Premier League

|3

01000colspan=2|–40
2011–12

|Russian Premier League

|30

1207{{efn|name=UEL}}0colspan=2|–391
2012–13

|Russian Premier League

|10

110colspan=2|–colspan=2|–111
2013–14

|Russian Premier League

|13

110colspan=2|–colspan=2|–141
colspan=2|Total

!56

35070colspan=2|–683
Rubin Kazan (loan)

|2014–15

|Russian Premier League

|29

630colspan=2|–colspan=2|–326
rowspan=4|Rubin Kazan

|2015–16

|Russian Premier League

|29

20010{{efn|name=UEL|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}}0colspan=2|–392
2016–17

|Russian Premier League

|10

020colspan=2|–colspan=2|–120
2017–18

|Russian Premier League

|19

120colspan=2|–colspan=2|–211
colspan=2|Total

!87

970100colspan="2" olspan="2" |–104

|9

Terek Grozny (loan)

|2016–17

|Russian Premier League

|6

0colspan=2|–colspan=2|–colspan=2|–60
rowspan="6"|Zenit Saint Petersburg

|2017–18

|Russian Premier League

|4

0colspan=2|–colspan="2" |–colspan="2" |–40
2018–19

|Russian Premier League

|16

0207{{efn|name=UEL}}1colspan=2|–251
2019–20

|Russian Premier League

|26

3306{{efn|name=UCL|Appearances in UEFA Champions League}}11{{efn|name=RSC|Appearances in Russian Super Cup}}0364
2020–21

|Russian Premier League

|28

0105{{efn|name=UCL}}01{{efn|name=RSC}}1351
2021–22

|Russian Premier League

|13

110111{{efn|name=RSC}}0162
colspan=2|Total

!87

470193311168
Fatih Karagümrük

|2022–23

|Süper Lig

|33

510colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—345
rowspan="2" |PAOK

|2023-24

| rowspan="2" |Super League Greece

|34

630131colspan="2" |—507
2024-25

|22

|1

|2

|0

|15

|1

| colspan="2" |—

|39

|2

! colspan="2" |Total

!56

!7

!5

!0

!28

!2

! colspan="2" |—

!89

!9

colspan="3" |Career total

!325

282505653140934

{{notelist}}

=International=

{{updated|match played 21 June 2021}}

class=wikitable style=text-align:center

|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year

National teamYearAppsGoals
rowspan="7"|Russia

|2014

40
201520
201641
201720
201992
202071
202170
colspan=2|Total||35||4

:Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first.{{NFT player|id=56775|accessdate=25 October 2019}}

class="wikitable sortable"
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
align=center | 115 November 2016Akhmat-Arena, Grozny, Russia{{fb|ROU}}align=center | 1–0align=center | 1–0Friendly
align=center | 210 October 2019Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia{{fb|SCO}}align=center | 2–0align=center | 4–0rowspan=2 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
align=center | 313 October 2019GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus{{fb|CYP}}align=center | 2–0align=center | 5–0
align=center | 46 September 2020Puskás Aréna, Budapest, Hungary{{fb|HUN}}align=center | 2–0align=center | 3–22020–21 UEFA Nations League B

Honours

Zenit Saint Petersburg

  • Russian Premier League: 2018–19,{{cite web|publisher=Russian Premier League|url=https://premierliga.ru/news/rfpl/news_23429.html|title=Zenit is the Russian Premier League champion|date=4 May 2019|language=Russian}}{{cite web|publisher=FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|url=https://fc-zenit.ru/news/2019-05-04-20-igrokov-zenita-vpervye-stali-chempionami-rossii.htm|title=20 Zenit players became Russian champions for the first time|date=4 May 2019|language=Russian}} 2019–20,{{cite web|publisher=Russian Premier League|url=https://eng.premierliga.ru/news/rfpl/news_25060.html|title=Zenit crowned 2019/20 RPL champions|date=5 July 2020}} 2020–21,{{cite web|publisher=Russian Premier League|url=https://eng.premierliga.ru/news/rfpl/news_26546.html|title=Sensational Zenit storm to the title with utterly dominant thrashing|date=2 May 2021}} 2021–22{{cite web|publisher=Russian Premier League|url=https://premierliga.ru/news/rfpl/news_27999.html|title="Зенит" – восьмикратный чемпион Тинькофф РПЛ!|trans-title=Zenit is the eight-times winner of Tinkoff RPL|date=30 April 2022|language=ru}}
  • Russian Cup: 2019–20{{cite web|publisher=Russian Premier League|url=https://eng.premierliga.ru/news/rfpl/news_25197.html|title=Late Dzyuba penalty seals Russian Cup for Zenit|date=25 July 2020}}
  • Russian Super Cup: 2020,{{cite web|publisher=Russian Premier League|url=https://premierliga.ru/news/rfpl/news_25304.html|title="Зенит" обыграл "Локомотив" и стал пятикратным победителем Олимп-Суперкубка России|date=7 August 2020|language=Russian}} 2021{{cite web|publisher=Russian Premier League|url=https://eng.premierliga.ru/news/rfpl/news_26834.html|title=Zenit canter to second consecutive Super Cup win over error-strewn Lokomotiv|date=17 July 2021}}

PAOK

  • Super League Greece: 2023–24{{cite web|url=https://www.gazzetta.gr/football/superleague/2335593/paok-4h4-kai-12-4-os-aoytsainter-apo-75-68-ekane-78-80|title=ΠΑΟΚ 4Χ4 και... 1,2, 4 ως αουτσάιντερ: από 75-68 το έκανε 78-80!|website=Gazzetta|accessdate=19 May 2024|language=Greek|date=19 May 2024}}

References

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