Zeytulayev started his professional career in the
Juventus youth teams along with
Serhiy Kovalenko and
Viktor Budyanskiy, making him the first Uzbekistani player to play in Italy. He signed a 5-year contract on 10 August 2001. He joined Juve permanently in February 2002 along with Kovalenko after a loan from
Sportakademklub Moscow, the team he played since he was 13. The
Turin club paid US$400,000 (about €454K) to buy the duo's image and registration rights. He also played both legs against
Sampdoria in the
Coppa Italia 2001–02.
Reggina and various loans After graduating from the U20 team in June, along with
Viktor Budyanskiy, they were unable to register both as Juve players. At first,
FIGC declared that their remaining 2-year contracts did not fulfill the regulations and voided them. The FIGC declared that they had been on youth contracts which could only run for a maximum of 3 years. In addition, a non-EU player at that time could not sign a contract extension. Thus, they were released. However, after an appeal, the appeal community stated that a foreigner could sign a professional contract regardless of his age, and FIGC regulations only protected domestic youth products who can only sign a contract for more than three years after the age of 18. He played in his first Serie A match on 19 March 2005, coming on as a substitute for
Marco Borriello in the 75th minute against his first club Juve. The match ended in a 0–1 loss. In June 2005, Juventus bought back Budyanskiy for €0.5K, while Reggina signed Zeytulayev permanently for the same price. After not playing in the
2005–06 Serie A, in January 2006, he was loaned out to Serie B side
Crotone. In 2006–07 season, he was loaned out again, this time to
Genoa and
Vicenza of Serie B (as an exchange with
Ivan Castiglia).
Lega Pro Prima Divisione In July 2007, he left for
Verona of Serie C1. But after a poor season, he left for
Pescara on a free transfer. There, he became a regular member of the team. In August 2009, he signed a 3-year contract with
Lanciano as a free agent. In his first season, he only made 14 league appearances, but in 2010–11 season, he started a successive five league games for the team, as one of the strikers in a
4-3-3 formation, along with
Luís Gabriel Sacilotto to partner with
Umberto Improta or
Francesco Di Gennaro.
Late career In January 2014, Zeytulayev was signed by
Torino. However, the signing was aimed solely at exploiting the mechanism of the non-EU signing of the league. On 4 February 2014 Zeytulayev joined Croatian club
HNK Gorica in a temporary deal. In the same window Torino signed
Marko Vešović from Serbia. In 2015 he moved back to Italy, joining
Eccellenza amateurs Cupello, also becoming a youth coach for the team. ==International career==