Ilyos Zeytulayev Explained

Ilyos Zeytulayev
Fullname:Ilyos Zeytulayev
Birth Date:13 July 1982
Birth Place:Angren, Tashkent Oblast, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Height:1.78 m
Position:Midfielder, Forward
Currentclub:Bunyodkor (head coach)
Youthclubs1:Sportakademklub
Youthclubs2:Juventus
Years1:2001–2005
Caps1:0
Goals1:0
Clubs1:Juventus
Years2:2005–2007
Caps2:2
Goals2:0
Clubs2:Reggina
Years3:2006
Caps3:13
Goals3:3
Clubs3:Crotone (loan)
Years4:2006–2007
Caps4:12
Goals4:0
Clubs4:Genoa (loan)
Years5:2007
Caps5:6
Goals5:0
Clubs5:Vicenza (loan)
Years6:2007–2008
Caps6:13
Goals6:1
Clubs6:Verona
Years7:2008–2009
Caps7:28
Goals7:7
Clubs7:Pescara
Years8:2009–2013
Caps8:52
Goals8:1
Clubs8:Lanciano
Years9:2014
Caps9:0
Goals9:0
Clubs9:Torino
Years10:2014
Clubs10:HNK Gorica (loan)
Years11:2015–2018
Clubs11:Cupello
Nationalyears1:2001–2007
Nationalteam1:Uzbekistan
Nationalcaps1:10
Nationalgoals1:2
Manageryears1:2021–2023
Managerclubs1:San Salvo
Manageryears2:2023–2024
Managerclubs2:Virtus Cupello
Manageryears3:2024–
Managerclubs3:Bunyodkor
Club-Update:27 November 2011

Ilyos Zeytulayev[1] (Uzbek: Илёс Зейтулаев; born 13 July 1982) is an Uzbek retired footballer who played as a midfielder or as a forward. He is currently the head coach of Uzbekistan Super League club Bunyodkor.

Zeytulayev has spent most of his career in the Italian Serie B and Lega Pro Prima Divisione (formerly Serie C1). His first name is sometimes spelled Illyos, or Ilyas (Cyrillic: Ильяс), the latter of which is the Russian equivalent. Moreover, Zeytulayev is also romanized as Zeytulaev.

Club career

Zeytulayev started his professional career in the Juventus youth teams along with Serhiy Kovalenko and Viktor Budyanskiy, making him the first Uzbekistani player to play in Italy. He signed a 5-year contract on 10 August 2001.[2] He joined Juve permanently in February 2002 along with Kovalenko after a loan from Sportakademklub Moscow, the team he played since he was 13.[3] The Turin club paid US$400,000 (about €454K) to buy the duo's image and registration rights.[4] He also played both legs against Sampdoria in the Coppa Italia 2001–02.

Reggina and various loans

After graduating from the U20 team in June, along with Viktor Budyanskiy, they were unable to register both as Juve players. At first, FIGC declared that their remaining 2-year contracts did not fulfill the regulations and voided them. The FIGC declared that they had been on youth contracts which could only run for a maximum of 3 years. In addition, a non-EU player at that time could not sign a contract extension. Thus, they were released. However, after an appeal, the appeal community stated that a foreigner could sign a professional contract regardless of his age, and FIGC regulations only protected domestic youth products who can only sign a contract for more than three years after the age of 18.[2] They were transferred to Reggina for €1K to co-own the players in January 2005,[5] He played in his first Serie A match on 19 March 2005, coming on as a substitute for Marco Borriello in the 75th minutes against his first club Juve. The match ended in a 0–1 loss. In June 2005, Juventus bought back Budyanskiy for €0.5K, while Reggina signed Zeytulayev permanently for the same price.

After not playing in the 2005–06 Serie A, in January 2006, he was loaned out to Serie B side Crotone. In 2006–07 season, he was loaned out again, this time to Genoa[6] and Vicenza of Serie B (as an exchange with Ivan Castiglia).[7]

Lega Pro Prima Divisione

In July 2007, he left for Verona of Serie C1.[8] But after a poor season, he left for Pescara on a free transfer.[9] There, he became a regular member of the team. In August 2009, he signed a 3-year contract with Lanciano as a free agent.[10] In his first season, he only made 14 league appearances, but in 2010–11 season, he started a successive five league games for the team, as one of the strikers in a 4-3-3 formation, along with Luís Gabriel Sacilotto to partner with Umberto Improta or Francesco Di Gennaro.

Late career

In January 2014, Zeytulayev was signed by Torino F.C.. However, the signing was aimed solely at exploiting the mechanism of the non-EU signing of the league. On 4 February 2014 Zeytulayev joined Croatian club HNK Gorica in a temporary deal.[11] In the same window Torino signed Marko Vešović from Serbia.[12]

In 2015 he moved back to Italy, joining Eccellenza amateurs Cupello,[13] also becoming a youth coach for the team.[14]

International career

Zeytulayev has been capped for Uzbekistan U20 team in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship. He also played for the Uzbekistan national football team in the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification, 2004 AFC Asian Cup and 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification. He was named in the squad for friendlies before 2007 AFC Asian Cup in March 2007.[15] In March 2009, he was recalled to national team for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification in March 2009[16] [17] but did not play.

Coaching career

After retiring as a player, Zeytulayev settled down in Abruzzo, the region of origin of his Italian wife, and kept working as a youth coach for Virtus Vasto.[18] In August 2021 he was unveiled as the new head coach of Promozione Abruzzo amateurs San Salvo.[19]

In June 2023, he left San Salvo for Eccellenza Abruzzo club Virtus Cupello.[20] He departed in April 2024 to accept the head coaching position at Uzbekistan Super League club Bunyodkor.[21]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Hal qiluvchi uchrashuv. 2006-11-11. 2010-02-16. Uzbekistan National News Agency. uz. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110716024536/http://www.uza.uz/uzb/news/?id1=14372. 16 July 2011.
  2. News: COMUNICATI UFFICIALI N. 23/C. 13 December 2004. Commissione d'appello federale, FIGC. it. 18 July 2010. 13 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120813151045/http://www.figc.it/Assets/contentresources_2/ContenutoGenerico/39.$plit/C_2_ContenutoGenerico_6464_lstAllegati_Allegato0_upfAllegato.pdf. dead.
  3. News: Pescara, le confessioni di Zeytulaev. 2008-10-06. 2010-02-18. tuttomercatoweb.com. it.
  4. Web site: Six-Monthly Report at 31 December 2001 . 2002-04-22 . 2010-02-17 . Juventus FC . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081207045543/http://www.juventus.com/site/filesite/finance/bilanci_relazioni/22_apr_2002_eng_.pdf . 7 December 2008 .
  5. News: Reports and Financial Statements at 30 June 2005 . 2005-10-25 . 2010-02-14 . Juventus FC . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081207051212/http://www.juventus.com/site/filesite/finance/bilanci_relazioni/25_ott_2005_eng.pdf . 7 December 2008 .
  6. News: Zeytulaev inks deal with Genoa. 2006-09-11. 2010-02-17. Asian Football Confederation. dead. https://archive.today/20120707125315/http://cms.the-afc.com/en/member-association-news/central-a-south-asia-news/6863. 7 July 2012.
  7. News: Ufficialmente conclusa la tre giorni del Calciomercato . 31 January 2007 . 22 September 2010 . Vicenza Calcio . it . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070402005401/http://www.vicenza.com/mx_op-nwminiportal_id-1643_opt-1521224_cat-3049001001.shtml . 2 April 2007 .
  8. News: L'ex juventuno Zeytulaev per il Verona. 2007-07-30. 2010-02-17. tuttomercatoweb.com. Christian Seu. it.
  9. News: UFFICIALE: Zeytulaev al Pescara. 2008-07-09. 2010-02-17. tuttomercatoweb.com. Mario Ciampi. it.
  10. News: La Virtus rilancia: Zeytulaev è rossonero!. 2009-08-01. 2010-02-17. SS Virtus Lanciano 1924. it. 22 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110722070403/http://www.virtuslanciano.it/news-8/327-La_Virtus_rilancia:_Zeytulaev_e_rossonero!. dead.
  11. Web site: Nova imena i novi "look" Gorice. 4 February 2014. 16 January 2016. HNK Gorica. hr. https://web.archive.org/web/20160214044707/http://www.hnk-gorica.hr/hnk2013/sadrzaj-arhiva/vijesti/blicinfo/3118-nova-imena-i-novi-look-gorice. 14 February 2016. dead.
  12. Web site: Torino: Zeytulaev, l'extracomunitario che farà posto a Vesovic. 30 January 2014. 16 January 2016. Tuttosport. it.
  13. Web site: ECCELLENZA – CUPELLO, C'E' LA FIRMA DI ZEYTULAEV . Abruzzo Calcio Dilettanti . 9 January 2021 . 26 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150927064635/http://www.abruzzocalciodilettanti.it/eccellenza/eccellenza-cupello-ce-la-firma-di-zeytulaev_62477/ . 27 September 2015 .
  14. Web site: Ilyas Zeytulayev "Gasperini pronto per la Juve" . JuventusNews24 . 9 January 2021 . 24 January 2017.
  15. News: Uzbekistan National team will play several friendly matches in coming months. 2007-03-06. 2010-02-17. Uzbekistan National News Agency. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110716024555/http://www.uza.uz/uzb/news/?id1=18576. 16 July 2011.
  16. News: UZB v QAT: All or nothing for Kasimov. 2009-03-07. 2010-02-17. Uzbekistan Football Federation. https://web.archive.org/web/20120223193147/http://www.the-uff.com/index.php?act=news&section=subsec=29&subsec=7&news_id=2314. 23 February 2012. dead.
  17. News: Қосимов 27 та футболчини таклиф қилди. 2009-03-07. 2010-02-17. Uzbekistan Football Federation. uz. https://web.archive.org/web/20120223193154/http://www.the-uff.com/index.php?act=news&section=&subsec=29&news_id=2264. 23 February 2012. dead.
  18. Web site: Ilyas Zeytulaev si è fermato a Vasto. Calcio Sovietico . it . 26 August 2021 . 4 April 2020 .
  19. News: Ilyas Zeytulaev è il nuovo allenatore del San Salvo. San Salvo.net . it . 26 August 2021 . 8 August 2021 .
  20. News: Virtus Cupello, il ritorno in Eccellenza è affidato a mister Zeytulaev. San Salvo.net . it . 1 December 2023 . 13 June 2023 .
  21. Web site: Ilyas Zeytulaev saluta in anticipo la Virtus Cupello e vola in serie A uzbeka. it . 2024-04-10 . 2024-07-19 . Rete8.
  22. News: http://sports.qq.com/a/20070327/000460.htm. zh:友谊赛:韩鹏准帽子戏法 中国3比1力克中亚狼. 2007-03-07. 2010-02-16. 一剑. 腾讯体育 (QQ Sports). zh.