Nyam-Osor Naranbold


Nyam-Osoryn Naranbold is a Mongolian footballer who plays as a forward for Mongolian Premier League club Khoromkhon and the Mongolian Premier League. With nine international goals, he is the all-time top scorer for Mongolia.

Club career

Khoromkhon

Naranbold began playing for Khoromkhon of the Mongolian Premier League in 2008. He made appearances in the club's two matches during the qualifying rounds of the 2016 AFC Cup, a 0–2 defeat to K-Electric of Pakistan and a 0–0 draw with Druk United of Bhutan. Khoromkhon failed to progress to the next round. With Khoromkhon, he won the league championship in 2014 and was runner-up in 2008 and 2012. For the 2015 season he was the league's top goal scorer with 23 goals.

Athletic 220

Naranbold won the award again two seasons later with 17 goals after transferring to Athletic 220 prior to the 2017 Mongolian Premier League season. He scored both of the team’s goals in the final of the 2018 Mongolia Cup as Athletic 220 defeated Ulaanbaatar City 2–0 to win the title. He went on to help the club win back-to-back league championships in 2020 and 2021. Following the 2020 season he received the award for Best Goal and Best Male Player. Naranbold went on to score the club's only goal in the 2021 AFC Cup, coming in a 1–5 loss to Hong Kong's Lee Man.

Tuv Buganuud

In January 2022, Naranbold left Athletic 220 and became a free agent. On 3 March of that year he joined newly-promoted Tuv Buganuud. He finished the 2021–22 season with fourteen goals, tying him with Deren's Pavel Zakharov for second in the league.

Khovd

After a single season, Naranbold left the club and signed for Khovd.

International career

Naranbold made his Mongolia national team debut on 23 July 2014 in a 0–2 lost to Guam in the first round of the 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup. He scored his first senior international goal on 4 July 2016 in an 8–0 victory over the Northern Mariana Islands. The win set Mongolia's record for their largest margin of victory. He went on to score both of Mongolia's goals in a 2–0 victory over Sri Lanka during the 2016 AFC Solidarity Cup, the inaugural edition of the tournament.
On 11 June 2024 in a match against Cambodia, Naranbold scored his ninth senior international goal to become Mongolia's all-time top scorer, surpassing Donorovyn Lümbengarav's previous record of eight. The goals helped Mongolia snap an eight-match goalless streak and nine-match winless streak.

Honours

Khoromkhon
Athletic 220

Individual