Gulzhigit Alykulov

Gulzhigit Alykulov
Personal information
Full name Gulzhigit Zhanybekovich Alykulov
Date of birth (2000-11-25) 25 November 2000
Place of birth Toktogul, Jalal-Abad Region, Kyrgyzstan[1][2]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Dinamo Minsk
Number 11
Youth career
2011–2016 Dordoi Bishkek
2017 Antalyaspor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018 Kara-Balta 18 (7)
2018 Alga Bishkek 10 (1)
2019 Neman Grodno 23 (4)
2020–2023 Kairat 65 (8)
2023–2025 Neman Grodno 41 (10)
2025 Torpedo Moscow 19 (1)
2026– Dinamo Minsk 14 (3)
International career‡
2019– Kyrgyzstan 47 (6)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 July 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 September 2025

Gulzhigit Zhanybekovich Alykulov (Kyrgyz: Гүлжигит Алыкулов; Russian: Гулжигит Жаныбекович Алыкулов; born 25 November 2000) is a Kyrgyzstani professional footballer who plays for Dinamo Minsk and for the Kyrgyzstan national football team.[3]

Career

Alykulov is a graduate of the football academy of Dordoi. Between 2017 and 2018, he played in the system of the Turkish club Antalyaspor.

Club

He made his senior football debut in 2018 with FC Kara-Balta, a club in the Kyrgyz Premier League. In the second half of the season, he joined FC Alga.

Since 2019, he has been playing for the Belarusian club Neman Grodno. He debuted in the team's main squad on March 29. On April 19, he scored his first goal against Gomel, securing a victory for his team.[4]

On 27 January 2020, FC Kairat announced the signing of Alykulov on a two-year contract, with the option of a third.[5] On 11 May 2023, Alykulov bought out the remainder of his contract with Kairat and left the club.[6]

On 4 August 2023, Alykulov re-signed for Neman Grodno.[7]

National team

He played for Kyrgyzstan's youth national teams. In 2016, as part of the U-17 national team, he participated in the final tournament of the 2016 AFC U-16 Championship. On 22 September 2016, he scored a goal against Vietnam.[8]

He made his debut for the senior team on June 11, 2019, in a match against Palestine.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 24 May 2025[10][11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Kara-Balta 2018 Top League 187-187
Alga Bishkek 2018 Top League 101-101
Neman Grodno 2019 Belarusian Premier League 23410-244
Kairat 2020 Kazakhstan Premier League 181002[a]1-202
2021 2349112[b]02[c]1466
2022 182522[d]01[c]0264
2023 6120000081
Total 6581631613110013
Neman Grodno 2023 Belarusian Premier League 142101[d]000162
2024 278522[d]0003410
Total 41106230005012
Torpedo Moscow 2024–25 Russian First League 11000––110
Career total 168302351913121337
  1. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League, six appearances in UEFA Conference League
  3. 1 2 Appearances in Kazakhstan Super Cup
  4. 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Conference League

International

As of match played 5 June 2025[11]
Kyrgyzstan
YearAppsGoals
201962
202000
202161
202250
2023101
2024131
202531
Total436

International goals

Scores and results list Kyrgyzstan's goal tally first.[11]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.10 October 2019Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Myanmar4–07–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.15 October 2019MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Mongolia1–02–1
3.11 June 2021Yanmar Stadium Nagai, Osaka, Japan Myanmar2–08–1
4.11 September 2023Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Kuwait1–13–1Friendly
5.6 June 2024 Malaysia1–01–12026 FIFA World Cup qualification
6.5 June 2025Prince Faisal bin Fahd Sports City Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia North Korea1–22–22026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Kairat

FK Njoman Hrodna

  • Silver medalist of the Belarusian Championship (2024)
  • Winner of the Belarusian Cup (2024)

Individual

  • Kyrgyzstan Footballer of the Year: 2019

References

  1. ↑ "Gulzhigit Alykulov signed a contract with "Torpedo"". torpedo.ru (in Russian). FC Kairat. 10 January 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  2. ↑ "Guljigit Alıkulov - Soccer player profile & career statistics - Global Sports Archive". Global Sports Archive. FC Kairat. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  3. ↑ Gulzhigit Alykulov at Soccerway
  4. ↑ "Gulzhigit Alykulov scored his first goal in the Belarusian championship (video)". Sport AKIpress. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  5. ↑ "ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: ГУЛЖИГИТ АЛЫКУЛОВ – ИГРОК КАЙРАТА". fckairat.com (in Russian). FC Kairat. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  6. ↑ "ГУЛЖИГИТ АЛЫКУЛОВ ПОКИДАЕТ "КАЙРАТ"". fckairat.com (in Russian). FC Kairat. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  7. ↑ "С возвращением, Гулжигит!". fcneman.by (in Russian). FC Neman Grodno. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  8. ↑
  9. ↑ "Match Report of Kyrgyz Republic vs Palestine - 2019-06-11 - FIFA Friendlies - Global Sports Archive".
  10. ↑ Gulzhigit Alykulov at Soccerway
  11. 1 2 3 "Gulzhigit Alykulov". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 17 October 2019.


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