Ravshan Bozorov

Ravshan Bozorov
Personal information
Date of birth	10 May 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth	Fergana, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1985–1989	Surkhon Termiz
1990–1991	Pamir Dushanbe
1991	Neftyanik Fergana
1992–1994	Neftchi Farg'ona
1995–1996	Pakhtakor
1997	Neftchi Farg'ona
1998–2002	Dynamo Samarkand
2002	Mash'al Mubarek
2003	Lokomotiv Tashkent
2004–2005	Tupolang Sariosiyo
2006–2007	Lokomotiv Tashkent
2007	Navbahor Namangan
International career
1992–1997	Uzbekistan
Managerial career
2009–2010	FK Dinamo Samarqand (assistant)
2011	Lokomotiv Tashkent (assistant)
2012–2014	Lokomotiv Tashkent (youth team)
2014–2016	NBU Osiyo
2016	Navbahor Namangan
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ravshan Bozorov (born 10 May 1968) is an Uzbekistani football coach and former player. He played as a forward. Bozorov is one of the best top goalscorers in the history of uzbek football with 316 goals in all tournaments and various leagues.

Playing career

Bozorov started his career in 1985 at Surkhon Termiz which played one of the regional zones of Soviet Second League. Bozorov played from 1986 to 1989 for Surkhon. In 1990–1991 he played for Pamir Dushanbe in Soviet Top League. In 2004, he became best goalscorer of Tupolang Sariosiyo with 44 goals and gained promotion to the top division with his club. Bozorov scored in his next season in Tupolang 9 goals, playing in Uzbek League.

During his career he played for many clubs from various divisions. Only in top Uzbek League he played in over 300 matches and scored over 170 goals. He is member of the "Club 200 of Berador Abduraimov" founded 2001 by initiative of Uzbekistan Football Federation, club of the best goalscorers in uzbek football with over 200 goals.^[1] Ravshan Bozorov completed in his career 20 football seasons and scored 316 goals.

Managerial career

Bozorov started his managing career at FK Dinamo Samarqand in 2009 as he was appointed as assistant coach to Azamat Abduraimov. In 2011, he moved to Lokomotiv Tashkent as assistant to Vazgen Manasyan. From 2012 he was head coach of Lokomotic reserve youth squad and also worked in club Youth academy. On 3 June 2014 he was appointed as head coach of NBU Osiyo.^[2]

On 2 July 2016 Bozorov was appointed as head coach of Navbahor Namangan replacing at this position temporarily appointed interim Mustafo Bayramov. On 6 November 2016 he was sacked after unsatisfying and weak matches of Navbahor.

Honours

Neftchi Farg'ona

Uzbek League: 1992, 1993, 1994
Uzbek Cup: 1994

Tupolang Sariosiyo

Uzbekistan First League runners-up: 2004

Individual

Uzbek League Top Scorer: 1994 (26 goals)
Uzbekistan First League top scorer: 2004 (44 goals)

References

^ "Есть Клуб Узбекистанских Бомбардиров! (часть вторая), 25 Июля 2008 (in Russian) Archived 4 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
^ "Ravshan Bozorov is new head coach of NBU Osiyo" (in Russian). 3 June 2014.

External links

Ravshan Bozorov at National-Football-Teams.com
Ravshan Bozorov – uzfootball.uz (in English)

[1] "Есть Клуб Узбекистанских Бомбардиров! (часть вторая), 25 Июля 2008 (in Russian) Archived 4 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine.

[2] "Ravshan Bozorov is new head coach of NBU Osiyo" (in Russian). 3 June 2014.

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