The Most Famous

SOCCER PLAYERS from Kyrgyzstan

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This page contains a list of the greatest Kirghiz Soccer Players. The pantheon dataset contains 21,273 Soccer Players, 5 of which were born in Kyrgyzstan. This makes Kyrgyzstan the birth place of the 131st most number of Soccer Players behind Burundi, and Mauritania.

Top 5

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Kirghiz Soccer Players of all time. This list of famous Kirghiz Soccer Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.

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1. Mirlan Murzaev (b. 1990)

With an HPI of 40.80, Mirlan Murzaev is the most famous Kirghiz Soccer Player.  His biography has been translated into 23 different languages on wikipedia.

Mirlan Abdraimovich Murzayev (Kyrgyz: Мирлан Мурзаев; Russian: Мирлан Абдраимович Мурзаев; born 29 March 1990) is a Kyrgyz professional footballer who plays as a forward for Kyrgyz Premier League club FC Bars Issyk-Kul and the Kyrgyzstan national team.

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2. Vitalij Lux (b. 1989)

With an HPI of 38.53, Vitalij Lux is the 2nd most famous Kirghiz Soccer Player.  Her biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

Vitalij Lux (Kyrgyz: Виталий Люкс, romanized: Vitaliy Lyuks; German pronunciation: [lʊks]; born 27 February 1989) is a professional footballer who last played as a forward for Landesliga Bayern-Südost club TuS Geretsried and the Kyrgyzstan national team. Lux holds both German and Kyrgyz citizenship, and has represented Kyrgyzstan internationally since 2015.

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3. Ilzat Akhmetov (b. 1997)

With an HPI of 35.39, Ilzat Akhmetov is the 3rd most famous Kirghiz Soccer Player.  His biography has been translated into 24 different languages.

Ilzat Toglokovich Akhmetov (Russian: Ильзат Тоглокович Ахметов; Uyghur: ئىلزات ئەخمەت, romanized: Ilzat Axmetow, Илзат Тоглокович Ахметов; born 31 December 1997) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Russian Premier League club Zenit St. Petersburg. Earlier in his career he mostly played in the attacking midfielder position.

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4. Valery Kichin (b. 1992)

With an HPI of 34.29, Valery Kichin is the 4th most famous Kirghiz Soccer Player.  His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Valery Sergeyevich Kichin (Russian: Валерий Сергеевич Кичин; born 12 October 1992) is a Russian-Kyrgyz professional footballer who plays as a left back or centre back for Bars Issyk-Kul, and captains the Kyrgyzstan national football team.

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5. Akhlidin Israilov (b. 1994)

With an HPI of 34.09, Akhlidin Israilov is the 5th most famous Kirghiz Soccer Player.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Akhlidin Shukurovich Israilov (Russian: Ахлидин Шукурович Исраилов, tr. Akhlidin Shukurovich Israilov; born 16 September 1994) is a Kyrgyz professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.

People

Pantheon has 5 people classified as Kirghiz soccer players born between 1989 and 1997. Of these 5, 5 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Kirghiz soccer players include Mirlan Murzaev, Vitalij Lux, and Ilzat Akhmetov. As of April 2024, 5 new Kirghiz soccer players have been added to Pantheon including Mirlan Murzaev, Vitalij Lux, and Ilzat Akhmetov.

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