Igor Sergeev (Uzbekistani footballer)

Igor Vladimirovich Sergeev (Russian: Игорь Владимирович Сергеев; born 30 April 1993) is an Uzbek professional footballer who plays as a forward for Uzbekistan Super League club Pakhtakor and the Uzbekistan national team.

Igor Sergeev

Sergeev in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Igor Vladimirovich Sergeev
Date of birth	(1993-04-30) 30 April 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Pakhtakor
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2018	Pakhtakor Tashkent	122	(61)
2016	→ Beijing Guoan (loan)	14	(1)
2018	Al Dhafra	10	(1)
2018–2021	Pakhtakor Tashkent	49	(34)
2021	Aktobe	18	(7)
2021–2023	Tobol	45	(17)
2023–2024	BG Pathum United	15	(5)
2025–	Pakhtakor Tashkent	0	(0)
International career‡
2011	Uzbekistan U18	4	(1)
2012	Uzbekistan U19	14	(9)
2013	Uzbekistan U20	5	(2)
2014–2016	Uzbekistan U23	7	(3)
2013–	Uzbekistan	72	(19)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 January 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 January 2024

Club career

Pakhtakor

Sergeev made his Uzbek League debut for Pakhtakor Tashkent on 5 March 2011 against Qizilqum Zarafshon at the Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium coming on as a 90th-minute substitute for Temurkhuja Abdukholikov as Tashkent won the match 2–0.^[2]

Beijing Guoan (loan)

On 6 July 2016, Sergeev was loaned to Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan joining his national team teammate Egor Krimets. On 16 October, he received his first goal during 2016 season in the match against Changchun Yatai.

Return to Pakhtakor

On 6 July 2018, Sergeev returned to Pakhtakor Tashkent.^[3]

Aktobe

On 18 February 2021, FC Aktobe announced the signings of Sergeev.^[4]

Tobol

On 19 July 2021, Sergeev left Aktobe to sign for Tobol.^[5] On 29 July 2021, during a 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League 2nd qualifying round game, he scored a brace against Hajduk Split, becoming the first Uzbek to score in the UEFA Conference League.^[6] Though his countryman Eldor Shomurodov scored three weeks later, Sergeev remains at 28 years the oldest Uzbek goalscorer in the competition.^[7] On 8 June 2023, Sergeev left Tobol by mutual consent.^[8]

BG Pathum United

On 13 June 2023, BG Pathum United announced the signing of Sergeev.^[9]

Second Pakhtakor Return

On 25 December 2024, Pakhtakor announced the return of Sergeev from BG Pathum United to a one-year contract.^[10]

International career

Sergeev had established himself as a regular at the under-20 level for Uzbekistan. After the 2012 AFC U-19 Championship Sergeev came out as the top scorer of the tournament with 7 goals throughout as he led Uzbekistan's U20s to the semi-finals, where they lost to South Korea U20s 3–1.^[11]

He made his debut for main team, Uzbekistan on 10 September 2013 in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Jordan. He was named in Uzbekistan's squad for 2015 AFC Asian Cup, held in Australia. Sergeev played three matches and scored Uzbekistan's 1–0 winning goal against North Korea in their opening match in Group B. Sergeev performance with BG Pathum United earn him a call-up to the 2023 AFC Asian Cup held in Qatar.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 28 December 2023^[12][13]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Pakhtakor Tashkent	2011	Uzbekistan Super League	2	0	0	0	–		1	0[a]	–		3	0
	2012		5	0	1	0	–		0	0	–		6	0
	2013		20	4	2	0	–		6	0[a]	–		28	4
	2014		25	11	5	2	–		–		–		30	13
	2015		30	22	4	1	–		6	3[a]	1	0	41	26
	2016		15	11	2	2	–		6	5[a]	1	0	24	18
	2017		25	13	2	0	–		–		–		27	13
	Total		122	61	16	5	0	0	19	8	2	0	159	74
Beijing Guoan (loan)	2016	Chinese Super League	14	1	2	0	–		–		–		16	1
Al Dhafra	2017–18	UAE Pro League	10	1	0	0	–		–		–		10	1
Pakhtakor Tashkent	2018	Uzbekistan Super League	11	4	3	1	–		0	0	–		14	5
	2019		23	18	3	2	2	2	7	2[a]	–		35	24
	2020		24	16	3	4	–		8	2[a]	–		35	22
	Total		58	38	9	7	2	2	15	4	0	0	84	51
Aktobe	2021	Kazakhstan Premier League	18	7	2	0	–		–		–		20	7
Tobol	2021	Kazakhstan Premier League	7	4	7	4	–		4	2[b]	0	0	18	10
	2022		26	9	2	2	–		4	1[c]	1	0	33	12
	2023		12	4	3	1	–		0	0	–		15	5
Total		45	17	12	7	-	-	8	3	1	0	66	27
BG Pathum United	2023–24	Thai League 1	15	5	2	0	0	0	7	6[a]	–		24	11
	2024–25		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0[a]	–		0	0
	Total		15	5	2	0	0	0	7	6	0	0	24	11
Career total			282	131	42	20	2	2	49	21	3	0	380	172

1. Appearance(s) in AFC Champions League
2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League
3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League

International

As of ^[13]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Uzbekistan	2013	4	2
	2014	10	2
	2015	10	5
	2016	11	1
	2017	7	0
	2018	1	0
	2019	7	3
	2020	3	2
	2021	5	0
	2022	8	2
	2023	4	1
	2024	2	1
Total		72	19

As of match played 20 November 2022^[13]

Scores and results list Uzbekistan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sergeev goal.

List of international goals scored by Igor Sergeev

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	15 October 2013	Pakhtakor Central Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Vietnam	3–1	3–1	2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2	15 November 2013	Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam	Vietnam	2–0	3–0	2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
3	5 March 2014	Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	United Arab Emirates	1–1	1–1	2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
4	4 September 2014	Pakhtakor Central Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Jordan	1–0	2–0	Friendly
5	10 January 2015	Stadium Australia, Sydney, Australia	North Korea	1–0	1–0	2015 AFC Asian Cup
6	8 September 2015	Philippine Sports Stadium, Bocaue, Philippines	Philippines	3–0	5–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
7				4–0
8	8 October 2015	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain	Bahrain	2–0	4–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
9	12 November 2015	Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	North Korea	1–1	3–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
10	10 November 2016	Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Jordan	1–0	1–0	Friendly
11	7 June 2019	Milliy Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	North Korea	3–0	4–0	Friendly
12	10 October 2019	Pakhtakor Central Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Yemen	5–0	5–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
13	9 November 2019		Kyrgyzstan	1–0	3–1	Friendly
14	12 October 2020	Rashid Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	1–0	2–1	Friendly
15				2–0
16	25 March 2022	Markaziy Stadium, Namangan, Uzbekistan	Kyrgyzstan	2–1	3–1	Nowruz Cup
17				3–1
18	21 November 2023	Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Iran	2–2	2–2	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
19	18 January 2024	Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar	India	2–0	3–0	2023 AFC Asian Cup

Honours

Pakhtakor Tashkent

• Uzbek League: 2012, 2014, 2015, 2019
• Uzbek League runner-up: 2011
• Uzbek Cup: 2011, 2019

Tobol

• Kazakhstan Premier League: 2021

BG Pathum United

• Thai League Cup: 2023–24

Individual

• AFC U-19 Championship top scorer: 2012 (7 goals)
• Uzbek League Top Scorer: 2015 (24 goals)

References

1. "FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013 List of Players: Uzbekistan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 June 2013. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2013.
2. "Pakhtakor 2-0 Qizilqum". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
3. "ИГОРЬ СЕРГЕЕВ ВЕРНУЛСЯ В ПАХТАКОР". pakhtakor.uz (in Russian). Pakhtakor Tashkent. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
4. "Игорь Сергеев - "Ақтөбе" футбол клубының ойыншысы!". vk.com (in Russian). FC Aktobe VK. 18 February 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
5. "Игорь Сергеев – игрок Тобола". fctobol.kz/ (in Russian). FC Tobol. 19 July 2021. Archived from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
6. "History: Topol 4-1 Hajduk Split". UEFA. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
7. "History: Trabzonspor 1-2 Roma". UEFA. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
8. "Спасибо, Игорь!". fctobol.kz (in Russian). FC Tobol. 8 June 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
9. "HERE COMES NEW CHALLENGE" (in Thai). BG Pathum United. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
10. "Игорь Сергеев "Пахтакор"га қайтди". pakhtakor.uz (in Uzbek). Pakhtakor FC. 25 December 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
11. "Sergeev scoops top scorer award". The Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 21 November 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
12. "I.Sergeev". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
13. "Igor Sergeev". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 3 August 2017.

External links

• Igor Sergeev at National-Football-Teams.com
• Igor Sergeev at Soccerway
• Igor Sergeev – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Igor Sergeev- Soccerpunter