Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mirjalol Kushakovich Qosimov | ||
Date of birth | 17 September 1970 | ||
Place of birth | Tashkent, Soviet Union | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Pakhtakor Tashkent | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1987 | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 6 | (1) |
1988 | Dinamo Minsk | 1 | (0) |
1988–1991 | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 112 | (12) |
1992 | Alania Vladikavkaz | 25 | (3) |
1993 | Pakhtakor Tashkent | ||
1994–1996 | Alania Vladikavkaz | 64 | (25) |
1997–1999 | Pakhtakor Tashkent | ||
1999 | Alania Vladikavkaz | 12 | (2) |
2000–2001 | Krylia Sovetov Samara | 48 | (7) |
2002 | Al-Shabab | ||
2003 | Pakhtakor Tashkent | ||
2003–2004 | Alania Vladikavkaz | 25 | (4) |
2005 | Mash'al Mubarek | ||
National team | |||
1992–2005 | Uzbekistan | 67 | (31) |
Teams managed | |||
2007–2008 | Bunyodkor | ||
2008–2010 | Uzbekistan | ||
2010–2014 | Bunyodkor | ||
2012–2015 | Uzbekistan | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Mirjalol Kushakovich Qosimov (Uzbek: Mirjalol Qoʻshoqovich Qosimov, Russian: Мирджалол Кушакович Касымов; in English also: Mirdjalal Kasimov or Kasymov) (born 17 September 1970) is a former head coach of the Uzbekistan national football team. He also played for the national team as a midfielder.
Qosimov finished his career in 2005 with FK Mash'al Mubarek, which plays in Uzbek League (Uzbek: O'zbekiston Oliy Ligasi). He played a vital role in Mash'al becoming runners-up during the 2005 Uzbek national football club championship, which was the club's best ever finish. 2005 he decided to finish his career. Kasimov previously starred for Pakhtakor and Alania Vladikavkaz in Russia. With 210 goals in his playing career he is a member of Club 200 of Berador Abduraimov and Gennadi Krasnitsky club. He is one of the most successful and famous players of Uzbek football of the modern period.
Qosimov was the first Uzbekistani and the second Asian player after South Korean Cha Bum-Kun to have scored in UEFA competitions, UEFA Cup. On 12 September 1995, in the 1995-96 UEFA Cup, he scored for Alania against Liverpool.