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Gurban Gurbanov
	Gurban Gurbanov
Personal information
Full name	Qurban Osman oğlu Qurbanov
Date of birth	March 13, 1972 (age 38)
Place of birth	Zaqatala, Azerbaijan
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 91⁄2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Senior career1
National team
Teams managed
2006-2007; 2008-	Neftchi; FK Karabakh
	1 Senior club appearances and goals; counted for the domestic league only.; * Appearances (Goals)

Gurban Osman Gurbanov (Azerbaijani: Qurban Osman oğlu Qurbanov; Russian: Гурбан Осман оглы Гурбанов; born April 13, 1972, Zagatala) is retired football striker from Azerbaijan.

[edit] Playing career

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

[edit] International

He debuted for the national team in their very first match on September 17, 1992, and as of January 2006 he has scored 14 goals in 65 international matches, which is the national team goalscoring record.^[3]

[edit] 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 PFC Neftchi Baku. Since the beginning of the season 2008/08 he has appointed as a head coach of FK Karabakh to replace Rasim Kara.

[edit] Honours and awards

Gurban Gurbanov has been voted Azerbaijan's Player of the Year for 2003.
Azerbaijan Cup Champions: 2008/2009

[edit] References

^ Manaschev, Erlan, et al. (2008-06-06). "Azerbaijan - List of Topscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/azertops.html. Retrieved 2008-06-27.
^ Movsumov, Rasim (2006-01-15). "Azerbaijan - Player of the Year Awards". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/azerpoy.html. Retrieved 2008-06-27.
^ Raynor, Dominic (2004-10-13). "The Azeri omens". ESPN Soccernet. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=313013&root=worldcup&&cc=5901. Retrieved 2008-06-27.

[edit] External links

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[scorer-0] Manaschev, Erlan, et al. (2008-06-06). "Azerbaijan - List of Topscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/azertops.html. Retrieved 2008-06-27.

[rsssf-1] Movsumov, Rasim (2006-01-15). "Azerbaijan - Player of the Year Awards". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/azerpoy.html. Retrieved 2008-06-27.

[espn-2] Raynor, Dominic (2004-10-13). "The Azeri omens". ESPN Soccernet. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=313013&root=worldcup&&cc=5901. Retrieved 2008-06-27.

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