Moldovan footballer Denis Kalinkov was named as one of the best players of Khazar Lenkora in the first half of the Azerbaijani championship, Info-Prim Neo reports. A survey conducted on the club's website ranked the 24-year-old Denis Kalinkov third with 84 votes, which is 15% of the total votes. Khazar is now heading the rankings and has chances to win the championship. Kalinkov played 19 games and scored five goals in the current season. Denis Kalinkov started his football career at Zimbru Chisinau. He also played in Belgium for Anderlecht and in the Netherlands for Herenveen and Heracles.