Gurban Gurbanov

Gurban Gurbanov (Azerbaijani: Qurban Qurbanov; born 13 April 1972, Zaqatala) is a retired Azerbaijani international footballer, who is today a manager of the Azerbaijani football team FK Qarabağ. He played in the forward position. His football career started with the local Azerbaijani football club Dashgyn Zagatala in 1989. Gurbanov had a 17-year long professional football career. He retired in 2006. He scored 174 goals in 396 league matches.

Gurban Gurbanov

Personal information
Full name	Gurban Osman oglu Gurbanov
Date of birth	(1972-04-13) 13 April 1972
Place of birth	Zaqatala, Soviet Union
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Qarabağ (Manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988	Kur
1989	Mertskhali Ozurgeti
1990–1991	Dashgin Zagatala	54	(24)
1991–1992	Alazani Gurjaani	17	(4)
1992–1993	Dashgin Zagatala	39	(24)
1993–1995	Turan Tovuz	39	(12)
1995–1996	Kur Nur	12	(4)
1996	Turan Tovuz	15	(8)
1996–1998	Neftchi Baku	43	(43)
1998	Dynamo Stavropol	36	(17)
1999	Fakel Voronezh	12	(8)
1999	Baltika Kaliningrad	14	(3)
2000–2001	Fakel Voronezh	25	(7)
2001–2002	Neftchi Baku	14	(9)
2002	Fakel Voronezh	28	(7)
2003	Volgar-Gazprom	21	(5)
2003–2005	Neftchi Baku	27	(14)
2005–2006	Inter Baku	3	(1)
Total		399+	(178+)
National team
1992–2005	Azerbaijan	68	(14)
Teams managed
2006–2007	Neftchi Baku
2008–	Qarabağ
2017–2018	Azerbaijan
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

He started his career in Dashgyn Zagatala, and then played for Mertskhali Ozurgeti, Turan Tovuz, Kur-Nur, 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. He was named Azerbaijan's Player of the Year once, in 2003.

International

He played for the national team in their very first match on 17 September 1992, and until his retirement on January 2006 he scored 14 goals in 66 international matches, which is the national team goalscoring record.

Managerial career

After he had ended his football player's career, he became a sport director of the football club Inter. However, in summer 2006 he was made the head coach of Neftchi Baku. Since the beginning of the season 2008/08 he was made the head coach of FK Qarabağ.

In 2010, he became the most successful Azerbaijani manager in European competitions with 11 wins.

International goals

#	Date	Place	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	8 June 1993	Tehran	Kazakhstan	1–1	3-3	ECO Cup
2.	8 June 1993	Tehran	Kazakhstan	1–1	3-3	ECO Cup
3.	27 February 1996	Larnaca	Faroe Islands	3–0	3-0	Friendly
4.	27 May 1996	Molodechno	Belarus	1–1	2-2	Friendly
5.	22 March 1997	Baku	Turkmenistan	3–0	3-0	Friendly
6.	14 October 1998	Vaduz	Liechtenstein	2–1	2-1	2000 ECQ
7.	6 March 1999	Larnaca	Estonia	1–0	2-2	Friendly
8.	5 June 1999	Baku	Liechtenstein	1–0	4-0	2000 ECQ
9.	12 February 2003	Podgorica	Serbia and Montenegro	2-1	2–2	2004 ECQ
10.	12 February 2003	Podgorica	Serbia and Montenegro	2-2	2–2	2004 ECQ
11.	11 June 2003	Baku	Serbia and Montenegro	1–1	2-1	2004 ECQ
12.	6 June 2004	Riga	Latvia	1-2	2-2	Friendly
13.	31 March 2004	Chisinau	Moldova	1–1	2-1	Friendly
14.	28 May 2004	Baku	Uzbekistan	1–0	3-1	Friendly

Honours

Player

Neftchi Baku

• Azerbaijan Premier League (2): 1996–97, 2003–04
• Azerbaijan Cup (1): 2003-04

Individual

• Azerbaijani Footballer of the Year: 2003
• Azerbaijan Premier League: Top scorer: 1996–97
• Azerbaijan national football team: Top scorer: 14 goals.

Manager

Qarabağ

• Azerbaijan Cup (1): 2008–09

Individual

• The most successful Azerbaijani manager in European competitions: 11 wins.

Other websites

• Profile at national-football-teams.com