Farhat Bazarow


Farkhat Reimbergenovich Bazarov is a Turkmenistani former professional football goalkeeper who is goalkeeper coach at Russian club Strogino. He also holds Russian citizenship.

Club career

Bazarow was born on 31 January 1980 in Krasnovodsk, Turkmen SSR.
He made his debut in professional football in the 1997–98 season with Şagadam FK. In 2000, he was drafted into the army, where he served in the Galkan club. In the summer of 2001, he transferred to FK Köpetdag Aşgabat.
In 2002, he returned to Şagadam FK, and afterward, he moved to the Uzbek club FC Shurtan Guzar.
From 2007 to 2008, he played for the Russian club FC Kavkaztransgaz, and in 2009, he joined FC Gazovik Orenburg. In the second half of 2009, he played for the Turkmen club FC HTTU, with which he won the Turkmenistan Championship and Turkmenistan Super Cup.
In the second half of 2010, he played for FC Ahal, and from 2011 to 2012, he represented the club FC Merw.
In 2013 with FC Balkan he won the AFC President's Cup 2013 in Malaysia.
From 2015, playing for FC Energetik.

International career

Bazarow made his senior Turkmenistan national team debut in the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup in a match against the Philippines at 24 May 2024, which was the only national team appearance of his career. He was on the bench for the matches against Afghanistan and Laos in that tournament.
He was not called up to the national team again.

Managerial career

In 2017, Bazarow ended his playing career and became a goalkeeping coach at FC Aşgabat.
Since 2021, he has been working as a goalkeeping coach at the Strogino Moscow football school in the Russian Federation.

Education

Bazarow graduated as a Trainer-Instructor from North Ossetian State University named after Kosta Levanovich Khetagurov on 31 August 2007.

Honours

Nebitçi
Shagadam
  • Champion of Turkmenistan: 2002
HTTU
  • Champion of Turkmenistan: 2009
Merv
Energetik