He previously played for FK Samarqand-Dinamo, Traktor Tashkent, Pakhtakor and Bunyodkor.

[1] On 7 February 2011 Anzur Ismailov completed his transfer to Chinese Super League side Changchun Yatai.

[2] On 10 September 2013 Ismailov missed the tenth penalty in the penalty shoot-off against Jordan which saw Uzbekistan fail to qualify for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, while also making the only Uzbek goal of the match in the fifth minute.

[4] In October 2009, Ismailov was banned for three months for a tetrahydrocannabinol (cannabis) positive from a post match doping control on 17 June 2009.

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