Azizjon Ganiev could play against FC Pakhtakor side in Al Ahli’s AFC Champions League opener

The central midfielder, also part of Uzbekistan’s title-winning squad at the 2018 AFC U23 Championship in China, moves on after five seasons and more than 90 league appearances at FC Nasaf; with whom he won the Uzbekistan Super Cup as a 17-year-old in 2016.

As fate would have it, Shabab Al Ahli’s AFC Champions League group stage campaign will begin in Ganiev’s homeland. They’re set to meet Uzbek champions FC Pakhtakor in their opening Group B fixture on Monday.