Height 178 Name Anvar Berdiev Playing position Role Footballer | Years Team Position Forward 1995 Temiryo'lchi Qo'qon Current team FK Andijan | |
Date of birth (1978-05-11) 11 May 1978 (age 37) Place of birth Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union | ||
Anvar Berdiev (born 11 May 1978) is an Uzbek professional footballer. He currently plays for Andijan.
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Career
He began his career at Temiryo'lchi Qo'qon. In 2000, he moved to Neftchi Farg'ona. Playing for Neftchi, he won the Uzbek League in 2001.
He is the current top scorer in Uzbek League history with 224 goals (as of 30 November 2016). On 13 September 2012 he scored his 199th and 200th goals in a match against Qizilqum Zarafshon in the Uzbek League and became the second Uzbek player after Zafar Kholmurodov to score 200 goals in the league.
On 29 December 2012 IFFHS published a list of The World's most successful Top Division Goal Scorer among the still active Players. Anvar Berdiev ranked 18th in the list, having scored 205 goals in 433 matches in his career. On 31 December 2012, IFFHS published its updated list of The World's most successful Top Division Goal Scorers of all time. Anvar Berdiev ranked 296th in the list among 326 players with 240 goals.
On 28 June 2013 he moved to capital club Bunyodkor and signed a year and a half contract with the club. In summer 2015 he left Bunyodkor und signed a contract with FK Andijan. Playing 11 matches for Andijan, Berdiev scored 7 goals and made a significant contribution to helping Andijan remain in the Uzbek League. He was Andijan's best goalscorer in the season with 7 goals.
International
He made his debut for the national team on 24 April 1998 in a match against Azerbaijan who won 2–1. He played 5 matches and scored 2 goals for the national team.