Adam Markhiyev
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Adam Umarovich Markhiyev | ||
Date of birth | 17 March 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Nazran, Russia[1] | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | RFS | ||
Number | 27 | ||
Youth career | |||
2009–2016 | Jaro[2] | ||
2017–2019 | HJK | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2020 | Klubi 04 | 23 | (2) |
2021–2022 | Spartaks Jūrmala | 28 | (2) |
2022 | → SPAL (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2023– | RFS | 66 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2018 | Finland U16 | 3 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Finland U17 | 12 | (2) |
2021– | Finland U21 | 23 | (0) |
Medal record | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024 |
Adam Umarovich Markhiyev (Russian: Адам Умарович Маркиев; born 17 March 2002) is a Finnish professional footballer. He plays as a midfielder for Virslīga club RFS and the Finland U21 national team.[3]
Early career
[edit]Markhiyev spent eight years in the youth sector of Jaro in Pietarsaari from 2009 to 2016, before joining the HJK youth academy in 2017.
Career
[edit]HJK Klubi 04
[edit]He made his senior debut with the HJK reserve team Klubi 04 in third-tier Kakkonen in 2019 season, and played for the team until early 2021, making 23 league appearances and scoring two goals in total.[4]
Spartaks Jūrmala
[edit]Markhiyev moved to Latvia and joined Spartaks Jūrmala in 2021, where his father Umar Markhiyev had previously worked as an assistant coach to Aleksei Yeremenko Sr.
2022: SPAL (loan)
He was loaned out to Serie B club SPAL in the early 2022, but due to an injury, he didn't make an appearance for the first team and returned to Latvia after the season.[5][6]
RFS
[edit]After Spartaks Jūrmala were relegated, Markhiyev moved to Riga and signed with RFS ahead of the 2023 season on a three-year deal with an option for an additional year, for an undisclosed fee.[7] In his first season with the club, Markhiyev helped RFS to win the Latvian championship title.[8] He also played with RFS in the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying matches on four occasions.[9]
Markhiyev represented RFS in the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League, helping his side to qualify for the league phase.[10] With RFS, Markhiyev won two Latvian championship titles in 2023 and 2024. They also won the Latvian Cup in 2024.
International career
[edit]Markhiyev is a regular Finnish youth international, having represented Finland at various youth national team levels.[11] Since 2021, Markhiyev has played for the Finland under-21 national team. He made ten appearances in the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification campaign, helping Finland U21 to qualify for the final tournament, for the second time in the nation's history.[12]
Personal life
[edit]Markhiyev was born in Nazran in the Russian republic of Ingushetia, but moved to Finland with his family when he was 7 years old. His father Umar Markhiyev is a Russian football coach and a former player, and his brother Muslim Markhiyev plays football in Finland for Kiffen.[5]
Career statistics
[edit]Club | Season | Division | League | Cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Klubi 04 | 2019 | Kakkonen | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 1 | ||
2020 | Kakkonen | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 1 | ||||
Total | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | ||
Spartaks Jūrmala | 2021 | Virslīga | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 20 | 1 | |||
2022 | Virslīga | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 1 | ||||
Total | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | ||
SPAL (loan) | 2021–22 | Serie B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
RFS | 2023 | Virslīga | 33 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 4[c] | 0 | — | 39 | 2 | ||
2024 | Virslīga | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 13[d] | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 48 | 2 | ||
Total | 66 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 87 | 4 | ||
Career total | 117 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 140 | 8 |
- ^ Includes Latvian Cup
- ^ Includes Kakkonen Cup
- ^ Includes UEFA Europa Conference League
- ^ Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
- ^ Includes Latvian Supercup
Honours
[edit]Klubi 04
RFS
- Virslīga: 2023,[3] 2024
- Latvian Cup: 2024
- Latvian Cup runner-up: 2023,[3]
- Latvian Supercup runner-up: 2024[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Adam Markhiyev at WorldFootball.net
- ^ Tulospalvelu Palloliitto, A.Markhiyev, Finnish FA/Palloliitto
- ^ a b c d e Adam Markhiyev at Soccerway
- ^ Adam Markhiyev Player profile, hjk.fi, HJK
- ^ a b "Onko hän Suomen uusi Perparim Hetemaj? - Suurelle yleisölle tuntematon Adam Marhiev noussut ryminällä Pikkuhuuhkajiin: "Kun pelaa kovaa, joskus voi osua jaloille"". suomifutis.
- ^ Jūrmalas "Spartaks" izīrē divus futbolistus Itālijas klubiem, sportacentrs.com, 31 January 2022
- ^ RFS PIEVIENOJAS A.MARHIJEVS, RFS, 3 February 2023
- ^ RFS - LATVIJAS ČEMPIONI 2023! (SANITA IEVA SPARĀNE), RFS
- ^ FK RFS 4 - 1 Makedonija GP, nu.nl
- ^ FC RFS, UEFA, uefa.com
- ^ "Marhiev: "Parasta on päästä pelaamaan omien fanien edessä"". Finnish FA/Palloliitto.
- ^ Adam Marhiev: “Odotan innolla, että pääsen näyttämään”, Football Association of Finland, 17 November 2024
- ^ "Adam Marhiev". flashscore.
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Russian emigrants to Finland
- Naturalized citizens of Finland
- Finnish men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Finland men's youth international footballers
- Finland men's under-21 international footballers
- Kakkonen players
- Latvian Higher League players
- Klubi 04 players
- FK Spartaks Jūrmala players
- FK RFS players
- Finnish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Latvia
- SPAL players
- FF Jaro players
- Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players