Personal information | |||
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Full name | Vadim Karlenovich Abramov | ||
Date of birth | 5 August 1962 | ||
Place of birth | Baku, Azerbaijan | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1979–1980 | Tavriya Simferopol | ||
1980–1981 | Atlantika | ||
1984–1985 | Narimanovets Bog‘ot | ||
1985–1987 | Sogdiana Jizzakh | ||
1987–1988 | Sohibkor Khalqobod | ||
Teams managed | |||
1988–1991 | Pakhtakor | ||
1991–1996 | Neftchi Farg'ona | ||
2000–2001 | NBU Osiyo | ||
2003–2007 | Traktor Tashkent | ||
2007 | Uzbekistan U-23 | ||
2008–2010 | Lokomotiv Tashkent | ||
2010–2012 | Uzbekistan | ||
2013 | Astana | ||
2014–2015 | Lokomotiv Tashkent | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Vadim Karlenovich Abramov (Armenian: Վադիմ Աբրամով) is a former Uzbekistani football player of Armenian descent. Abramov was born in 1962 in Baku, Azerbaijan. He served as Uzbekistan's head coach from 2010 to 2012. He has become the second Armenian, after Yuriy Sarkisyan, to lead the Uzbek team, and also the second Armenian to lead a team into an international tournament.
In 2003-2005 Abramov worked as head coach of Traktor Tashkent. The club reached final of Uzbek Cup in 2004 and year later ranked at 4th place in League. In 2006, he became coach of Lokomotiv Tashkent. The club finished 2009 season at 6th place. On 6 April 2010, Abramov was appointed as head coach of Uzbekistan national team, replacing Mirjalol Kasymov.
He was the coach of the Uzbekistan team at the 2011 AFC Asian Cup.
In their first game of the 2011 Asian Cup they defeated Qatar 2-0. They went on to reach the quarter finals where they faced Jordan. After beating Jordan 2-1, Uzbekistan qualified for the semi finals where they lost to Australia. They eventually finished in fourth place after losing to South Korea in the third place playoff. On 4 June 2012, after a 1-0 loss to Iran at home during 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification, he resigned from his job.