Zayniddin Tadjiyev

He started his playing career at Akademiya Tashkent. From 2002 to 2004 he played for Pakhtakor Tashkent. Playing for Pakhtakor he won several Uzbek League championships and the Uzbek Cup. In the 2008 Uzbek League season Tadjiyev scored 17 goals, following the top goalscorer of the season Server Djeparov with 19 goals. In 2009 Pakhtakor qualified for the quarter-finals of the 2009 AFC Champions League and Tadjiyev was the top goalscorer of the club, scoring 5 goals in the tournament. With 13 goals he is currently the best goalscorer of Pakhtakor in AFC Champions League and one of the all-time top goalscorers of the tournament.

In 2011, he moved to Lokomotiv Tashkent to play in the Uzbekistan First League. In 2011 season he became the best top goalscorer of First League with 30 goals and gained promotion to the Uzbek League with Lokomotiv. Tadjiyev was also the top goal scorer of Lokomotiv in 2012 season, scoring 11 goals. In 2013, he played the first half of season for Lokomotiv, scoring 4 goals in 9 matches. During the Second half of the 2013 season he played for Neftchi Farg'ona.

In 2014, he moved to Dinamo Samarqand. In February 2015 he left Dinamo and signed a contract with FK Buxoro.

Tadjiyev has made 18 appearances for the Uzbekistan national football team, including seven FIFA World Cup qualifying matches, scoring a total of 3 goals.^[1]

He has scored a total of 100 goals in the Uzbek League and (as of 7 November 2014), 144 goals in all competitions. This gave him entry to the Gennadi Krasnitsky club of Uzbek top goalscorers.

Pakhtakor

• Uzbek League (4): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006
• Uzbek League runner-up (3): 2008, 2009, 2010
• Uzbek Cup (4): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009
• AFC Champions League semifinal (2): 2003, 2004

Uzbekistan First League Top Scorer: 2011 (30 goals)