Deletion of Nematjan Zakirov

Comment: poor nomination, clearly notable as an international footballer meeting 
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NFOOTBALL)

Comment: If nominator would accept some friendly advice, they'd be wise to hold off on proposing anything else for deletion until they've had a proper read of , which is an outline of what to check before nominating something for deletion. It has a table of links to the various subject-specific notability guidelines. The one for sports and athletes is , and the |association football section says that the notability of players "who have represented their country in any FIFA sanctioned senior international match&nbsp;... is accepted as they would have received significant coverage as outlined above in the general notability criteria". And the one thing this article says clearly, with a source, is that Mr Zakirov is a former international footballer. cheers
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion (WP:BEFORE||WP:NSPORT||WP:NFOOTY)

Comment: As a Kyrgyzstan international, he obviously meets 
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NFOOTBALL)

Comment: Article clearly does meet consensus guidelines . NFT reference is perfectly reliable to confirm that he has played international football in full FIFA recognised internationals, so not sure what the comment ''showcases no genuine biographical sources'' means either. Additionally, 1992–93 A PFG|this and 1993–94 A PFG|this referenced articles tie with the referenced career history indicate he was a member of a team in the top Bulgarian league for at least two seasons. They are recognised as a fully professional league now, and am willing to be proven wrong here, but I am working under the assumption that they were FPl then too, so that would be an additional NFOOTY criterion pass. Length of article is irrelevant, the article needs improving because of this not deleting
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NFOOTY)

Comment: I wish to withdraw my own nomination. I did not read the  guidelines, and had no awareness of the rules
Stance: keep
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