Ravshan Bozorov (born 10 May 1968) is an Uzbekistani football coach and former player. He played as a forward. Bozorov is one of the best top goalscorers in the history of uzbek football with 316 goals in all tournaments and various leagues.

Ravshan Bozorov
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-05-10) 10 May 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth Fergana, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1989 Surkhon Termiz 95 (28)
1990–1991 Pamir Dushanbe 41 (4)
1991 Neftyanik Fergana 12 (1)
1992–1994 Neftchi Farg'ona 85 (46)
1995–1996 Pakhtakor 53 (29)
1997 Neftchi Farg'ona 25 (19)
1998–2002 Dynamo Samarkand 91 (51)
2002 Mash'al Mubarek 13 (9)
2003 Lokomotiv Tashkent ?? (19)
2004–2005 Tupolang Sariosiyo 24 (53)
2006–2007 Lokomotiv Tashkent 27 (9)
2007 Navbahor Namangan 1 (0)
International career
1992–1997 Uzbekistan 26 (5)
Managerial career
2009–2010 FK Dinamo Samarqand (assistant)
2011 Lokomotiv Tashkent (assistant)
2012–2014 Lokomotiv Tashkent (youth team)
2014–2016 NBU Osiyo
2016 Navbahor Namangan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

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Bozorov started his career in 1985 at Surkhon Termiz which played one of the regional zones of Soviet Second League. Bozorov played from 1986 to 1989 for Surkhon. In 1990–1991 he played for Pamir Dushanbe in Soviet Top League. In 2004, he became best goalscorer of Tupolang Sariosiyo with 44 goals and gained promotion to the top division with his club. Bozorov scored in his next season in Tupolang 9 goals, playing in Uzbek League.

During his career he played for many clubs from various divisions. Only in top Uzbek League he played in over 300 matches and scored over 170 goals. He is member of the "Club 200 of Berador Abduraimov" founded 2001 by initiative of Uzbekistan Football Federation, club of the best goalscorers in uzbek football with over 200 goals.[1] Ravshan Bozorov completed in his career 20 football seasons and scored 316 goals.

Managerial career

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Bozorov started his managing career at FK Dinamo Samarqand in 2009 as he was appointed as assistant coach to Azamat Abduraimov. In 2011, he moved to Lokomotiv Tashkent as assistant to Vazgen Manasyan. From 2012 he was head coach of Lokomotic reserve youth squad and also worked in club Youth academy. On 3 June 2014 he was appointed as head coach of NBU Osiyo.[2]

On 2 July 2016 Bozorov was appointed as head coach of Navbahor Namangan replacing at this position temporarily appointed interim Mustafo Bayramov. On 6 November 2016 he was sacked after unsatisfying and weak matches of Navbahor.

Honours

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Neftchi Farg'ona

Tupolang Sariosiyo

Individual

References

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  1. ^ "Есть Клуб Узбекистанских Бомбардиров! (часть вторая), 25 Июля 2008 (in Russian) Archived 4 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ "Ravshan Bozorov is new head coach of NBU Osiyo" (in Russian). 3 June 2014.
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