He put Uzbekistan ahead in the fifth minute against Jordan in Tashkent on 10 September 2013, then missed the tenth penalty of the shootout that followed and saw a World Cup place go the other way, 9-8. The caps ran to 101, alongside fourth place at the 2011 Asian Cup, league titles with Pakhtakor and Bunyodkor, and seven years and 193 matches at Changchun Yatai in China. Career record: club career at Traktor Tashkent, Pakhtakor Tashkent FK, F.C. Bunyodkor.
| 2001–2002 | FK Dinamo Samarqand |
| 2002–2003 | Traktor Tashkent |
| 2003–2009 | Pakhtakor Tashkent FK |
| 2006–2006 | FK Dinamo Samarqand |
| 2009–2011 | F.C. Bunyodkor |
| 2011–today | Changchun Yatai |
Uzbekistan legends whose careers overlapped Ismailov's
One rank above: Andrey Fyodorov at #15.
One rank below: Aziz Haydarov at #17.
Uzbekistan's editorial top five: Server Djeparov · Maksim Shatskikh · Odil Ahmedov · Mirjalol Qosimov · Eldor Shomurodov.