Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gurban Osman oglu Gurbanov | ||
Date of birth | 13 April 1972 | ||
Place of birth | Zaqatala, Soviet Union | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Qarabağ (Manager) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1988 | Kur | ||
1989 | Mertskhali Ozurgeti | ||
1990–1991 | Daşqın Zaqatala | 54 | (24) |
1991–1992 | Alazani Gurjaani | 17 | (4) |
1992–1993 | Daşqın Zaqatala | 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 | (1) |
2000–2001 | Fakel Voronezh | 25 | (2) |
2001–2002 | Neftchi Baku | 14 | (9) |
2002 | Fakel Voronezh | 28 | (7) |
2003 | Volgar Gazprom | 21 | (0) |
2003–2005 | Neftchi Baku | 27 | (14) |
2005–2006 | Inter Baku | 3 | (1) |
Total | 399 | (178) | |
National team | |||
1992–2005 | Azerbaijan | 63 | (12) |
Teams managed | |||
2006–2007 | Neftchi Baku | ||
2008– | Qarabağ | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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.
Gurbanov has won a total of 8 trophies; 6 as a player and 2 as a manager.
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.
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.