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Gurban Gurbanov

Gurban Gurbanov
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Personal information
Full name Gurban Osman oglu Gurbanov
Date of birth (1972-04-13) 13 April 1972 (age 45)
Place of birth Zaqatala, Soviet Union
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
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.


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