Marat Nailevich Izmailov (, ; born 21 September 1982) is a Russian former professional footballer of Mishar Tatars ethnicity who played as a midfielder.
Izmailov spent most of his injury-plagued career at Lokomotiv Moscow with further spells in Portugal and briefly Azerbaijan. He represented Russia at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and two European Championships, earning 35 caps in 11 years.
On 24 October 2001, Izmailov was one of the players who helped crush R.S.C. Anderlecht in Brussels, for the season's UEFA Champions League (5–1). Five-star Lokomotiv sink Anderlecht; UEFA, 24 October 2001.
On 6 October 2007, coming from the bench, Izmailov contributed with two late goals (his first league ones) in a 3–0 home win against Vitória de Guimarães, and eventually helped the side finish second in the Primeira Liga, adding the Taça de Portugal also against Porto. During the following summer he signed a permanent deal with the Lisbon-based club, which paid Lokomotiv Euro4.5 million. A Bola: "Шахтер" и киевское "Динамо" хотят приобрести Измайлова Марат Измайлов: "Думаю только о "Спортинге" и переговоров ни с кем не веду" Марат Измайлов: "Сегодня не вижу смысла в переходе в ПСЖ"
In 2009–10, Izmailov's physical problems resurfaced, and he would spend more than three months in the sidelines with a knee condition. Izmaylov to miss Sporting qualifiers UEFA, 14 July 2009. He returned to training following coach Paulo Bento's dismissal, in late November 2009, but spent most of the following years on the sidelines nursing the same injury, and quarreling with Sporting's board of directors over the issue.
On 31 January 2014, after spending four months in his country due to family reasons, Izmailov signed for Gabala FK in the Azerbaijan Premier League on loan until the end of the season, rejoining former Lokomotiv coach Yuri Semin who he worked with nine years ago. On 16 July he returned to his homeland and signed on loan for FC Krasnodar, which had the option of making the move permanent at the end of the campaign.
Izmailov scored his first goal in Russian football in seven years on 14 August 2014, netting his team's first in a 4–0 home win against FC Spartak Moscow. He left Porto at the end of his contract, in July 2015.
Lokomotiv-2 Moscow | 2000 | 18||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||18|1 |
Lokomotiv Moscow | 2001 | 29||6||3||0||colspan="2"|–||11||3||colspan="2"|–||43|9 |
2002 | 14||2||0||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||colspan="2"|–||14|2 | |
2003 | 27||5||2||0||0||0||10||0||1||0||40|5 | |
2004 | 18||2||3||2||colspan="2"|–||2||1||colspan="2"|–||23|5 | |
2005 | 16||4||0||0||colspan="2"|–||5||0||1||0||22|4 | |
2006 | 16||1||2||0||colspan="2"|–||3||0||colspan="2"|–||21|1 | |
2007 | 4||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||colspan="2"|–||4|0 | |
Sporting CP | 2007–08 | 23||4||5||1||7||2||11||0||1||1||47|8 |
2008–09 | 22||3||2||0||4||1||6||0||1||0||35|4 | |
2009–10 | 13||1||2||1||3||0||5||0||colspan="2"|–||23|2 | |
2010–11 | 3||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||3|0 | |
2011–12 | 13||5||1||0||2||0||9||1||colspan="2"|–||25|6 | |
2012–13 | 7||0||0||0||0||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||9|0 | |
FC Porto | 2012–13 | 13||1||0||0||1||0||1||0||0||0||15|1 |
2013–14 | 0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||1|0 | |
2014–15 | 0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0|0 | |
Gabala FK (loan) | 2013–14 | 14||1||4||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||18|2 |
FC Krasnodar (loan) | 2014–15 | 22||1||1||0||colspan="2"|–||8||0||colspan="2"|–||31|1 |
FC Krasnodar | 2016–17 | 7||1||1||1||colspan="2"|–||3||0||colspan="2"|–||11|2 |
Ararat Moscow | 2017–18 | 4||2||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||4|2 |
+ Appearances and goals by national team and year | |
Russia | 0 |
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+ List of international goals scored by Marat Izmailov | ||||||
1 | Kuban Stadium, Krasnodar, Russia | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | ||
2 | RZD Arena, Moscow, Russia | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | ||
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