He has played for Lens since last season after joining from Belarus club Energetik-BGU Minsk for 100,000 euros. City has been hit with injury issues at center back this season, with Ruben Dias, John ...

Erling Haaland and Phil Foden spared the blushes of new team-mate Abdukodir Khusanov as Manchester City came from behind to beat Chelsea 3-1. Khusanov, the £33.6million Uzbekistan defender signed from ...

an abductor problem has sidelined Ruben Dias. “Sometimes life gives you circumstances,” sighed Guardiola. “Ruben is never injured.” He is now. Khusanov is a likelier replacement than Reis ...

Guardiola will not have wanted to chuck Khusanov in at the deep end after just 18 months in Belarus and 31 appearances for RC Lens, but he will feel that he had no choice. Rúben Dias and Nathan ...

Ruben Dias escapes with a pass on this occasion ... not even a full season of top-flight professional football outside Belarus, and teenage Vitor Reis following his first move outside of Brazil.

Nathan Ake and Ruben Dias were both absent, with John Stones only deemed fit enough for the bench. It was a big ask of the 20-year-old, who was playing for unheralded Energetik-BGU in Belarus when ...

Nathan Ake and Ruben Dias were both absent, with John Stones only deemed fit enough for the bench. It was a big ask of the 20-year-old, who was playing for unheralded Energetik-BGU in Belarus when ...

Born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, in 2004, he began his career at FK Bunyodkor before moving to FC Energetik-BGU Minsk of Belarus in March 2022 ... a formidable defense featuring players like Rubén Dias, ...