Role Soccer player Height 1.92 m | Playing position Position Forward Name Viktor Zubarev | |
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Full name Viktor Yegorovich Zubarev Date of birth (1973-04-10)10 April 1973 Date of death 18 October 2004(2004-10-18) (aged 31) Died October 18, 2004, Omsk, Russia | ||
Viktor Yegorovich Zubarev (Russian: Виктор Егорович Зубарев) (10 April 1973 in Aksu, Kazakhstan – 18 October 2004 in Omsk, Russia) was a soccer forward from Kazakhstan. He was nicknamed Uncle Stepan (дядя Стёпа).
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Career
He played for Batyr, Irtysh and Esil Bogatyr in his native country, for Arsenal Tula and Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod in Russia, and for Apollon Limassol in Cyprus.
International team
Zubarev was called up by coach Serik Berdalin to represent the national team in a match against Pakistan for the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. He scored his first hat-trick in this match, which Kazakhstan won 7-0. He would go on to score 12 goals in 18 caps, being the second top scorer of the national team, only surpassed by Ruslan Baltiev.
International goals
All his scored goals are shown in the box below, with the Score and Result column listing Kazakhstan's goal tally first.Death
Zubarev died in his apartment in Omsk.