Eldor Nematov

Left Midfielder - Qizilqum U18
1 Mar 2027
Monday
Process

Marked for Eldor Nematov

30 Edition

The Qizilqum Chronicle

22 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Eldor Nematov breaks a bone — 34 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 34 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Match

Qizilqum are in real trouble now

Position 14, 4 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

Squad

Nikola Kumburović in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Qizilqum this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

A row about effort at Qizilqum

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Muhammadaziz Ibrohimov was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad

G'iyosjon Rizaqulov signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” G'iyosjon Rizaqulov and Qizilqum agree another 4 years.

The dugout

No hiding place for G'iyosjon Rizaqulov

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to G'iyosjon Rizaqulov, and the manager let it.

In brief

Back issues
29 Edition

The Qizilqum Chronicle

15 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A fracture rules Eldor Nematov out for 41 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Qizilqum will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad

Tempers go at Qizilqum

Nikola Kumburović was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Oleksiy Shchebetun signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Oleksiy Shchebetun and Qizilqum agree another 4 years.

Loan watch

Diyor Rahmatullayev has seen enough of Bunyodkor

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Qizilqum, and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.

The dugout

When it matters, Shahzod Rahmatullayev plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Ozodbek Ergashev

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

The dugout

Fayzullobek Jumanqo'ziyev is still paying for one afternoon at Qizilqum

Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.

Squad

Grigol Chabradze still has not settled

A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at Qizilqum would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.

Market

Luka Ratković linked with a move away

The name of Luka Ratković keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Qizilqum say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

28 Edition

The Qizilqum Chronicle

8 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Islom Kenjaboyev hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Qizilqum can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

A fracture rules Eldor Nematov out for 48 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Qizilqum will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Transfer targets

No thanks: Zafarmurod Abdurahmatov rejects the move

Qizilqum had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Nasaf, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.

Squad

Nikola Kumburović falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The dugout

Grigol Chabradze is still paying for one afternoon at Qizilqum

Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.

The dugout

Suhrob Eshboyev gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Nikola Kumburović still has not settled

A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at Qizilqum would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.

Squad

Suhrob Eshboyev wants out of the dugout

“I did not sign to watch. Nobody does.” The oldest complaint in the game, and Qizilqum will have to answer it with minutes or with a move.

Market

Asadbek Baxshilloyev leaves for nothing

Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Asadbek Baxshilloyev leaves Qizilqum the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.

In brief