Name Gurban Gurbanov Manages Qarabag FK Years Team | Current team Qarabag (Manager) Height 1.77 m Playing position Role Footballer | |
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Full name Gurban Osman oglu Gurbanov Date of birth (1972-04-13) 13 April 1972 (age 43) Team coached Qarabag FK (Manager, since 2008) | ||
Place of birth Zaqatala, Soviet Union | ||
Traxtorsazi fc qaraba gurban gurbanov
Gurban Gurbanov (Azerbaijani: Qurban Qurbanov; born 13 April 1972 in Zaqatala) is a retired Azerbaijani international footballer, is a currently manager of Qarabağ. He played in the Forward position. Starting out with local club Kur in 1988, Gurbanov had a decorated 18-year professional career. He scored 178 goals in 399 league matches. With 13 goals in 63 matches, he is also Azerbaijan's all-time leading goalscorer in international matches.
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- Traxtorsazi fc qaraba gurban gurbanov
- Gurban gurbanov in azerbaijan national team
- Playing career
- International
- Managerial career
- Coaching record
- Player
- Individual
- Qaraba
- Personal life
- References
Gurbanov has won a total of 13 trophies; 5 as a player and 8 as a manager.
Gurban gurbanov in azerbaijan national team
Playing career
He started his career in Kur, and has since played for Mertskhali Ozurgeti, Daşqın Zaqatala, Alazani Gurjaani, Turan Tovuz, 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. The striker was named Azerbaijan's Player of the Year once, in 2003.
International
He debuted for the national team in their very first match on 17 September 1992, and as of January 2006 he has scored 14 goals in 67 international matches, which is the national team goalscoring record.
Managerial career
After he had ended his football player's career, he became sport director of the club Inter. However, in summer 2006 he was appointed head coach of Neftchi Baku. Since the beginning of the season 2008/09 he has appointed as a head coach of FK Qarabağ to replace Rasim Kara.
In 2010, he became the most successful Azerbaijani manager in European competitions with 16 wins.
On May 2014, he guided Qarabağ to their second the Azerbaijani league title after 21 years. In July 2014, he became the second Azerbaijani manager to reach European cups group stage, as Qarabağ qualified for the 2014-15 UEFA Europa League group stage, beating Twente and being the second Azerbaijani team to advance to this stage in a European competitions.
In 2017 under leadership of Gurban Gurbanov, FK Qarabağ became the first Azerbaijani team to reach the group stages of the UEFA Champions League.
Coaching record
As of 19 February 2015Player
Individual
Qarabağ
Individual
Personal life
In 2012, he campaigned to stop male violence against women.