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Rustam Abdullaev (born 1 January 1971) is a former footballer and football coach. He is a former member of the Uzbekistan national team. He recently worked as head coach of Kokand 1912.

Rustam Abdullaev

Personal information
Full name	Rustam Abdullaev
Date of birth	(1971-01-01) 1 January 1971 (age 51)
Place of birth	Tashkent, Uzbek SSR
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1991	Avtomobilist Kokand
1992	Temiryo'lchi Qo'qon		(18)
1993	Neftchi Farg'ona
1994	MHSK Tashkent
1995	Perlis FA
1996–1997	MHSK Tashkent
1998	Pakhtakor Tashkent
1998	Temiryo'lchi Qo'qon
2000	Nasaf Qarshi
National team
1992–1995	Uzbekistan	12	(3)
Teams managed
??–2014	Lokomotiv Tashkent (general manager)
2014–2015	Kokand 1912
2016	Neftchi PFK (President)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

In 1992, he played for Temiryo'lchi Qo'qon and became 2nd best goalscorer of Oliy League after Valeriy Kechinov. His club finished at 6th position. At the same year he was named 2nd best player following Valeriy Kechinov who was named Player of the Year 1992.

Abdullaev played for Uzbekistan national team in the 1994 Asian Games football tournament in Hiroshima (the first time Uzbekistan played a football tournaments after got independence from Soviet Union and winning the gold medal).

Managing career

On 30 April 2014 he was appointed as head coach of Kokand 1912, after his predecessor in the club, Tokhir Kapadze moved to Neftchi Farg'ona as club chairman.[1]

Honours

Club

Neftchi Farg'ona

• Uzbek League (1): 1993

MHSK Tashkent

• Uzbek League (1): 1997

Pakhtakor

• Uzbek League (1): 1998

Individual

• Uzbekistan Footballer of the Year runner-up: 1992
• Uzbek League Top Scorer 2nd: 1992 (18 goals)

International

• Asian Games winner: 1994

References

External links

• Rustam Abdullayev (Рустам Абдуллаев) at National-Football-Teams.com
• Uzbekistan national football team stats (Russian)

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