Rizvan Ablitarov

Rizvan Reshatovych Ablitarov (; 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. 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. In 2006, he began playing for the reserve team of Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk until 2009.

Soon after in late 2017, he signed on as a player for Atyrau in Kazakhstan. At Atyrau, he helped them reach the final of the Kazakhstan Cup in 2017 for the first time in several years. 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. On 15 January 2020, Ablitarov signed for FC Kaisar. 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.

Honours Sevastopol Ukrainian First League: 2012–13

Atyrau Kazakhstan Cup runner-up: 2017, 2018, 2019