Rizvan Reshatovych Ablitarov (Ukrainian: Різван Решатович Аблітаров; born 18 April 1989) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a defender.

Rizvan Ablitarov
Ablitarov playing for Obolon-Brovar Kyiv in 2015
Personal information
Full name Rizvan Reshatovych Ablitarov
Date of birth (1989-04-18) 18 April 1989 (age 37)
Place of birth Shahrisabz, Uzbek SSR Soviet Union
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position Defender
Youth career
Youth Sportive School Sudak
2003–2006 UOR Simferopol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 0 (0)
2009–2011 Illichivets Mariupol 0 (0)
2012–2014 Sevastopol 0 (0)
2012Sevastopol-2 (loan) 4 (0)
2012–2013Bukovyna Chernivtsi (loan) 26 (2)
2013–2014Tytan Armyansk (loan) 23 (0)
2014–2015 Daugava Daugavpils 9 (0)
2015–2016 Obolon-Brovar Kyiv 47 (1)
2017 Chornomorets Odesa 12 (0)
2017–2019 Atyrau 73 (5)
2020 Kaisar 0 (0)
2020 Olimpik Donetsk 2 (0)
2021–2022 Zhetysu 15 (0)
2022 Bukhara 11 (0)
International career
2006 Crimean Tatars 5 (0)
2007 Ukraine U18 1 (0)
2007–2008 Ukraine U19 8 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 June 2022
‡ National team caps and goals as of 14 February 2018

Early life

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Ablitarov was born on 18 April 1989 in the city of Shahrisabz, which was then part of the Uzbek SSR in the Soviet Union.[1] After relocating to Ukraine following the collapse of the Soviet Union, he first began playing football under coach Reshat Ablitarov at the Sudak Youth Sports School.[1]

Career

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Club

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Ablitarov is product of the UOR Simferopol youth system.[2] In 2006, he began playing for the reserve team of Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk until 2009.[1] In September 2009, he signed a contract with Illichivets Mariupol reserve team, which he stayed at until 2011.[1] In 2012, he returned to Crimea to play for Sevastopol.[1] After going on loan, he played for various clubs in Latvia and Ukraine, and in 2017 was brought on as a defender for Chornomorets Odesa.[3]

Soon after in late 2017, he signed on as a player for Atyrau in Kazakhstan.[4] At Atyrau, he helped them reach the final of the Kazakhstan Cup in 2017 for the first time in several years.[5] At the end of 2019, he left Atyrau as a free agent, and in January 2020 it was announced that FC Kaisar was reviewing him as a potential new signing.[6] On 15 January 2020, Ablitarov signed for FC Kaisar.[7] In 2021, he signed for Zhetysu. In 2024, he returned to the now Russian-occupied Crimea to join PFC Inkomsport and later FC Kyzyltash, both local clubs based in Yalta.[8]

Honours

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Sevastopol
Atyrau

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Официально. Ризван Аблитаров – игрок ФК «Севастополь»". www.webcitation.org. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  2. Офіційно. Захисник Різван Аблітаров виступатиме у "Буковині" (in Ukrainian). FC Bukovyna Official Site. 10 July 2012. Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  3. "Черноморец подписал Карнозу и еще троих игроков - SPORTARENA.com". SPORTARENA (in Russian). 21 February 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  4. "Защитник Черноморца продолжит карьеру в Казахстане". UA Football (in Russian). 21 June 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  5. "Аблитаров помог Атырау пробиться в финал Кубка Казахстана". UA Football (in Russian). 22 June 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  6. "Колишній гравець «Буковини» Аблітаров – на перегляді у «Кайсарі» — Чернівці Спорт". Chernivtsi Sport (in Ukrainian). 10 January 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  7. "ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: РИЗВАН АБЛИТАРОВ ПОДПИСАЛ КОНТРАКТ С КАЙСАРОМ". fckaysar.kz/ (in Russian). FC Kaisar. 15 January 2020. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  8. "Аблитаров Ризван – Crimean football union. Official website". en.cfu2015.com. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
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