Reggina gave him his Serie A debut against Juventus on 19 March 2005, the club that had raised him in its Primavera and given him nothing beyond two Coppa Italia appearances. It left him the first Uzbek in Italy's top division, a distinction he carried through Crotone, Genoa, Verona and Pescara, where he scored seven in 28; he made ten Uzbekistan appearances and scored twice between 2001 and 2007, and now manages Bunyodkor. Career record: 10 caps and 2 goals for Uzbekistan; club career at F.C. Crotone, Delfino Pescara 1936, Lanciano Calcio 1920.
| 2001–2005 | Juventus |
| 2005–2007 | AS Reggina 1914 |
| 2006–2006 | F.C. Crotone |
| 2006–2007 | Genoa CFC |
| 2007–2008 | Hellas Verona |
| 2007–2007 | Vicenza Calcio |
| 2008–2009 | Delfino Pescara 1936 |
| 2009–2013 | Lanciano Calcio 1920 |
| 2014–2014 | Torino |
| 2014–2014 | HNK Gorica |
| Uzbekistan | 10 caps, 2 goals |
Uzbekistan legends whose careers overlapped Zeytulayev's
One rank above: Akmal Shorakhmedov at #26.
One rank below: Islom Tukhtakhujaev at #28.
Uzbekistan's editorial top five: Server Djeparov · Maksim Shatskikh · Odil Ahmedov · Mirjalol Qosimov · Eldor Shomurodov.