{{short description|Ukrainian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{family name hatnote|Reshatovych|Ablitarov|lang=Eastern Slavic}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Rizvan Ablitarov | image = Rizvan Ablitarov 2015.jpg | caption = Ablitarov playing for Obolon-Brovar Kyiv in 2015 | fullname = Rizvan Reshatovych Ablitarov | height = {{height|m=1.93}} | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1989|04|18}} | birth_place = Shahrisabz, Uzbek SSR Soviet Union | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = Defender | youthyears1 = | youthyears2 = 2003–2006 | youthclubs1 = Youth Sportive School Sudak | youthclubs2 = UOR Simferopol | years1 = 2006–2009 | clubs1 = Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2009–2011 | clubs2 = Illichivets Mariupol | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2012–2014 | clubs3 = Sevastopol | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2012 | clubs4 = → Sevastopol-2 (loan) | caps4 = 4 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2012–2013 | clubs5 = → Bukovyna Chernivtsi (loan) | caps5 = 26 | goals5 = 2 | years6 = 2013–2014 | clubs6 = → Tytan Armyansk (loan) | caps6 = 23 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2014–2015 | clubs7 = Daugava Daugavpils | caps7 = 9 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2015–2016 | clubs8 = Obolon-Brovar Kyiv | caps8 = 47 | goals8 = 1 | years9 = 2017 | clubs9 = Chornomorets Odesa | caps9 = 12 | goals9 = 0 | years10 = 2017–2019 | clubs10 = Atyrau | caps10 = 73 | goals10 = 5 | years11 = 2020 | clubs11 = Kaisar | caps11 = 0 | goals11 = 0 | years12 = 2020 | clubs12 = Olimpik Donetsk | caps12 = 2 | goals12 = 0 | years13 = 2021–2022 | clubs13 = Zhetysu | caps13 = 15 | goals13 = 0 | years14 = 2022 | clubs14 = Bukhara | caps14 = 11 | goals14 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2006 | nationalyears2 = 2007 | nationalyears3 = 2007–2008 | nationalteam1 = Crimean Tatars | nationalteam2 = Ukraine U18 | nationalteam3 = Ukraine U19 | nationalcaps1 = 5 | nationalcaps2 = 1 | nationalcaps3 = 8 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | nationalgoals3 = 0 | pcupdate = 13 June 2022 | ntupdate = 14 February 2018 }}
'''Rizvan Reshatovych Ablitarov''' ({{langx|uk|Різван Решатович Аблітаров}}; born 18 April 1989) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a defender.
== Early life == Ablitarov was born on 18 April 1989 in the city of Shahrisabz, which was then part of the Uzbek SSR in the Soviet Union.<ref name="uk">{{cite web |title=Официально. Ризван Аблитаров – игрок ФК «Севастополь» |url=https://www.webcitation.org/6bRPoJPmM?url=http://www.fcskchf.com/news/877.html |website=www.webcitation.org |access-date=24 February 2026}}</ref> After relocating to Ukraine following the collapse of the Soviet Union, he first began playing football under coach Reshat Ablitarov at the Sudak Youth Sports School.<ref name="uk" />
==Career== ===Club=== Ablitarov is product of the UOR Simferopol youth system.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=FC Bukovyna Official Site|script-title=uk:Офіційно. Захисник Різван Аблітаров виступатиме у "Буковині"|url=http://fcbukovyna.com/show/news/1062/|language=Ukrainian|date=2012-07-10|access-date=9 July 2012|archive-date=27 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727090248/http://fcbukovyna.com/show/news/1062/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2006, he began playing for the reserve team of Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk until 2009.<ref name="uk" /> In September 2009, he signed a contract with Illichivets Mariupol reserve team, which he stayed at until 2011.<ref name="uk" /> In 2012, he returned to Crimea to play for Sevastopol.<ref name="uk" /> After going on loan, he played for various clubs in Latvia and Ukraine, and in 2017 was brought on as a defender for Chornomorets Odesa.<ref>{{cite news |title=Черноморец подписал Карнозу и еще троих игроков - SPORTARENA.com |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222202413/https://sportarena.com/football/upl/chernomorets-podpisal-karnozu-i-eshhe-troih-igrokov/ |access-date=24 February 2026 |work=SPORTARENA |date=21 February 2017 |language=ru-RU}}</ref>
Soon after in late 2017, he signed on as a player for Atyrau in Kazakhstan.<ref>{{cite news |title=Защитник Черноморца продолжит карьеру в Казахстане |url=https://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/1498021940-zaschitnik-chernomorca-prodolzhit-kareru-v-kazahstane.html |access-date=24 February 2026 |work=UA Football |date=21 June 2017 |language=ru}}</ref> At Atyrau, he helped them reach the final of the Kazakhstan Cup in 2017 for the first time in several years.<ref>{{cite news |title=Аблитаров помог Атырау пробиться в финал Кубка Казахстана |url=https://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/ukrainians/1498108255-ablitarov-pomog-atyrau-probitsya-v-final-kubka-kazahstana.html |access-date=24 February 2026 |work=UA Football |date=22 June 2017 |language=ru}}</ref> At the end of 2019, he left Atyrau as a free agent, and in January 2020 it was announced that FC Kaisar was reviewing him as a potential new signing.<ref>{{cite news |title=Колишній гравець «Буковини» Аблітаров – на перегляді у «Кайсарі» — Чернівці Спорт |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207121018/https://chernivtsisport.com/novini/futbol/fsk-bukovina/item/5623-kolyshnii-hravets-bukovyny-ablitarov-na-perehliadi-u-kaisari |access-date=24 February 2026 |work=Chernivtsi Sport |date=10 January 2020 |language=uk-ua}}</ref> On 15 January 2020, Ablitarov signed for FC Kaisar.<ref>{{cite web |title=ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: РИЗВАН АБЛИТАРОВ ПОДПИСАЛ КОНТРАКТ С КАЙСАРОМ |url=https://www.fckaysar.kz/clubs/news/1316-oficialno-rizvan-ablitarov-podpisal-kontrakt-s-kaysarom.html |website=fckaysar.kz/ |publisher=FC Kaisar |accessdate=15 January 2020 |language=Russian |date=15 January 2020 |archive-date=15 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115073618/https://www.fckaysar.kz/clubs/news/1316-oficialno-rizvan-ablitarov-podpisal-kontrakt-s-kaysarom.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2021, he signed for Zhetysu. In 2024, he returned to the now Russian-occupied Crimea to join PFC Inkomsport and later FC Kyzyltash, both local clubs based in Yalta.<ref>{{cite web |title=Аблитаров Ризван – Crimean football union. Official website |url=https://en.cfu2015.com/players/1787/ |website=en.cfu2015.com |access-date=24 February 2026}}</ref>
==Honours== ;Sevastopol * Ukrainian First League: 2012–13
;Atyrau * Kazakhstan Cup runner-up: 2017, 2018, 2019
==References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{FFU|30386}} *[http://www.fcdnipro.dp.ua/content/ua/players/ablitarov.htm Profile on Official Dnipro Website]
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