Turkmen footballer took first place in the Hong Kong Senor Shield tournament as part of the Kitchee team

Turkmen national team footballer Ruslan Mingazov successfully started the calendar year with the Hong Kong club "Kitchi", having won the first prize of the prestigious Hong Kong Senor Shield tournament as a member of the team. This is reported in the online publication "Turkmenistan: Golden Age".

The Kitchee team took the first place in the tournament by winning a penalty shootout against the reigning champion Eastern. In the decisive match Ruslan Mingazov was in the main team of "Kitchi" and spent the whole game on the field.

The winners of the tournament will receive 150 thousand Hong Kong dollars each. It is the eighth time in its history that the Kitchee team has taken first place in this tournament.

The Hong Kong Senor Shield tournament is one of the top 30 oldest soccer competitions in the world: it was founded in 1895.