Arslanmyrat Amanow

Arslanmyrat Amanmyradowiç Amanow (born March 28, 1990) is a Turkmen professional footballer who plays as a winger for and captains both Ýokary Liga club Arkadag and the Turkmenistan national team. He represented the nation at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.

Personal life
Arslanmyrat Amanov was born at Baýramaly in Mary Region. He started playing football at the School of Sports of Ashgabat.

Career
He started his professional career in 2007, FC Ashgabat, where he played for the first two years. From 2010 to 2012, he played for FC HTTU. Also during 2012, he played 11 matches and scored one goal in Kazakh club FC Okzhetpes.

During 2013, he returned to FC HTTU.

In March 2014, Amanov signed for Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Irtysh Pavlodar. After one season with Irtysh, Amanov left the club in December 2014. He played 24 matches as part of this club and scored 1 goal.

In 2015–2016, he played for Uzbek club Olmaliq, played 54 matches and managed to score 8 goals.

In 2017, he played for the FC Altyn Asyr. In 2018, he signed for another Uzbek club FK Buxoro.

On January 31, 2019, it was announced that he had signed for Uzbek champions PFC Lokomotiv Tashkent.

In the winter of 2020, Amanov signed a one-year contract with FC AGMK, in which he had already played in 2015 and 2016.

In January 2021, he signed with FC Sogdiana Jizzakh. In July, his contract with Sogdiana was terminated by mutual consent. He returned to homeland Turkmenistan, and joined FC Ahal.



International career
Since 2009, he has played for the national team of Turkmenistan. He scored in the game against Tajikistan in 2010 AFC Challenge Cup Semi final.

Until now, he has played 53 games in his team and scored 10 goals meaning he holds the record for the most international caps of any Turkmen player. One of the vice-captains of the team.

In December 2018, he was included in the bid for the Asian Cup 2019. On January 9, in the first match of the group stage against Japan, he scored the opening goal from in the 27th minute of the game. As a result, the Turkmenistan national team lost 2:3.

International
Statistics accurate as of match played 23 March 2023

International goals

 * Scores and results list Turkmenistan's goal tally first.

Honours
Aşgabat HTTU
 * Ýokary Liga: 2007, 2008
 * Ýokary Liga: 2013
 * Turkmenistan Cup: 2011

Lokomotiv Tashkent
 * Uzbekistan Super Cup: 2019

Turkmenistan
 * AFC Challenge Cup runner-up: 2010, 2012