Personal information | |||
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Full name | Server Resatovich Djeparov | ||
Date of birth | 3 October 1982 | ||
Place of birth | Chirchiq, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Attacking midfielder / Second striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Sepahan (on loan from Esteghlal) | ||
Number | 80 | ||
Youth career | |||
1997–2000 | Navbahor Namangan | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2001 | Navbahor Namangan | 46 | (7) |
2001–2007 | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 96 | (60) |
2007–2010 | Bunyodkor | 46 | (38) |
2010 | → FC Seoul (loan) | 14 | (1) |
2011 | FC Seoul | 15 | (0) |
2011–2013 | Al-Shabab | 25 | (4) |
2013–2014 | Seongnam FC | 55 | (13) |
2015 | Ulsan Hyundai | 22 | (6) |
2016–2017 | Lokomotiv Tashkent | 23 | (7) |
2017– | Esteghlal | 0 | (0) |
2017– | → Sepahan (loan) | 4 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2002– | Uzbekistan | 121 | (25) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 November 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 November 2016 |
Server Resatovich Djeparov (Uzbek: Server Jeparov, Uzbek Cyrillic: Сервер Жепаров; born 3 October 1982) is an Uzbek professional football midfielder who plays for Sepahan in the Persian Gulf Pro League on loan from Esteghlal. He has won the Asian Footballer of the Year award twice, first in 2008 and the other in 2011.
He was born on 3 October 1982 in Chirchiq, Uzbek SSR. He began his football career with Navbahor Namangan in 1997 at the age of 15.
He started his professional career with Navbahor Namangan in 2000, scoring 7 goals in 46 matches.
In 2002 he was transferred to Pakhtakor Tashkent, where he scored 34 goals in 96 matches. From 2002 to 2007 he won six Uzbek League championships and six Uzbek Cups.
In 2008, he was transferred to Bunyodkor. Djeparov scored 19 goals for the team in his first season, which made him the top goalscorer of the club and the 2008 Uzbek League. His team won its first ever Uzbek League title that year. For his instrumental role in Bunyodkor and the Uzbekistan national football team, he was awarded the Asian Footballer of the Year. As a part of an agreement with the Asian Football Confederation, Djeparov was offered to a month in trial with Premier League giants Chelsea F.C.. However, Bunyodkor's matches in the Uzbek League championship and the Asian Champions League meant that he was unable to attend. Anyway, this season is often described as the best season of his career.