Pakhtakor He played for the youth team of the club and in 2006 moved to Russian football club
FC Irtysh Omsk.
Irtysh Omsk He played his first game for
Irtysh Omsk on 23 April 2006. The first goal for the club he scored three days later in a match against
Kuzbass Kemerovo from the
second division. Up to the end of the season 2008 he played 86 matches and scored 13 goals.
FC Volga In January 2009 he moved to
Volga Nizhny Novgorod which promoted to Russian First Division. In the 2009 season Volga finished only 4th. One year later Volga gained promotion to the
Russian Premier League and Tursunov scored 5 goals in the league and became one of the top assisting players of the First Division with 10 goal assists. In the 2010 season Sanzhar Tursunov scored 7 goals and 10 assists, playing 39 matches for Volga.
Alania Vladikavkaz On 31 December 2011 he moved to
Alania Vladikavkaz and signed a contract for 3.5 years.
Lokomotiv Tashkent On 21 February 2013 Tursunov signed a contract with
Lokomotiv Tashkent. ==Honours==