Gurban Gurbanov

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Gurban Gurbanov
Personal information
Full name Gurban Osman oglu Gurbanov
Date of birth (1972-04-13) 13 April 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth Zaqatala, Soviet Union
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
Qarabağ (Manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988 Kur
1989 Mertskhali Ozurgeti
1990–1991 Dashgin Zagatala 54 (24)
1991–1992 Alazani Gurjaani 17 (4)
1992–1993 Dashgin Zagatala 39 (24)
1993–1995 Turan Tovuz 39 (12)
1995–1996 Kur Nur 12 (4)
1996 Turan Tovuz 15 (8)
1996–1998 Neftchi Baku 43 (43)
1998 Dynamo Stavropol 36 (17)
1999 Fakel Voronezh 12 (8)
1999 Baltika Kaliningrad 14 (3)
2000–2001 Fakel Voronezh 25 (7)
2001–2002 Neftchi Baku 14 (9)
2002 Fakel Voronezh 28 (7)
2003 Volgar-Gazprom 21 (5)
2003–2005 Neftchi Baku 27 (14)
2005–2006 Inter Baku 3 (1)
Total 399+ (178+)
National team
1992–2005 Azerbaijan 68 (14)
Teams managed
2006–2007 Neftchi Baku
2008– Qarabağ
2017–2018 Azerbaijan
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Gurban Gurbanov (Azerbaijani: Qurban Qurbanov; born 13 April 1972, Zaqatala) is a retired Azerbaijani international footballer, who is today a manager of the Azerbaijani football team FK Qarabağ. He played in the forward position. His football career started with the local Azerbaijani football club Dashgyn Zagatala in 1989. Gurbanov had a 17-year long professional football career. He retired in 2006. He scored 174 goals in 396 league matches.

Playing career[change | change source]

He started his career in Dashgyn Zagatala, and then played for Mertskhali Ozurgeti, Turan Tovuz, Kur-Nur, Neftchi Baku, Dinamo Stavropol, Baltika Kaliningrad, Fakel Voronezh and Volgar Gazprom. The last club he played for was Inter Baku. In the 1996–97 season, Gurbanov was the leading scorer in the Azerbaijan Premier League for Neftchi with 25 goals.[1] He was named Azerbaijan's Player of the Year once, in 2003.[2]

International[change | change source]

He played for the national team in their very first match on 17 September 1992, and until his retirement on January 2006 he scored 14 goals in 66 international matches, which is the national team goalscoring record.[3]

Managerial career[change | change source]

After he had ended his football player's career, he became a sport director of the football club Inter. However, in summer 2006 he was made the head coach of Neftchi Baku. Since the beginning of the season 2008/08 he was made the head coach of FK Qarabağ.

In 2010, he became the most successful Azerbaijani manager in European competitions with 11 wins.[4]

International goals[change | change source]

[5]

# Date Place Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 8 June 1993 Tehran  Kazakhstan 1–1 3-3 ECO Cup
2. 8 June 1993 Tehran  Kazakhstan 1–1 3-3 ECO Cup
3. 27 February 1996 Larnaca  Faroe Islands 3–0 3-0 Friendly
4. 27 May 1996 Molodechno  Belarus 1–1 2-2 Friendly
5. 22 March 1997 Baku  Turkmenistan 3–0 3-0 Friendly
6. 14 October 1998 Vaduz  Liechtenstein 2–1 2-1 2000 ECQ
7. 6 March 1999 Larnaca  Estonia 1–0 2-2 Friendly
8. 5 June 1999 Baku  Liechtenstein 1–0 4-0 2000 ECQ
9. 12 February 2003 Podgorica  Serbia and Montenegro 2-1 2–2 2004 ECQ
10. 12 February 2003 Podgorica  Serbia and Montenegro 2-2 2–2 2004 ECQ
11. 11 June 2003 Baku  Serbia and Montenegro 1–1 2-1 2004 ECQ
12. 6 June 2004 Riga  Latvia 1-2 2-2 Friendly
13. 31 March 2004 Chisinau  Moldova 1–1 2-1 Friendly
14. 28 May 2004 Baku  Uzbekistan 1–0 3-1 Friendly

Honours[change | change source]

Player[change | change source]

Neftchi Baku[change | change source]

Individual[change | change source]

Manager[change | change source]

Qarabağ[change | change source]

Individual[change | change source]

References[change | change source]

  1. Manaschev, Erlan; et al. (6 June 2008). "Azerbaijan – List of Topscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 27 June 2008.
  2. Movsumov, Rasim (15 January 2006). "Azerbaijan – Player of the Year Awards". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 27 June 2008.
  3. Raynor, Dominic (13 October 2004). "The Azeri omens". ESPN Soccernet. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2008.
  4. Suleymanov, Mehman. "Qurban Qurbanov 1-ci, komandası 2-ci". APASPORT News Agency. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2010. (in Azerbaijani)
  5. "Qurban Qurbanov - national football team player". eu-football.info.

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