Known for dribbling, left-sided creativity and chance creation; biggest achievements: Uzbekistan national-team leadership, Saudi Pro League and Greek club spells, Asian qualifying impact.
One rank above: Igor Shkvyrin at #10.
One rank below: Igor Sergeev at #12.
Uzbekistan's editorial top five: Server Djeparov · Maksim Shatskikh · Odil Ahmedov · Mirjalol Qosimov · Eldor Shomurodov.