Viktor Zubarev

Viktor Yegorovich Zubarev () (10 April 1973 – 18 October 2004) was a football forward from Kazakhstan. He was nicknamed Uncle Stepan (дядя Стёпа).

Career

He played for Batyr, Irtysh and Esil Bogatyr in his native country, for Arsenal Tula and Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod in Russia, and for Apollon Limassol in Cyprus.

International team

Zubarev was called up by coach Serik Berdalin to represent the national team in a match against Pakistan for the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. He scored his first hat-trick in this match, which Kazakhstan won 7–0. He would go on to score 12 goals in 18 caps, being the second top scorer of the national team, only surpassed by Ruslan Baltiev.

Death

Zubarev died of drug overdose in his apartment in Omsk.

Career statistics

International

International goals

All his scored goals are shown in the box below, with the Score and Result column listing Kazakhstan's goal tally first.

Honours

Club

Irtysh Pavlodar

Top Division/Super League (4): 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003

Kazakhstan Cup (1): 1997-98

Apollon Limassol

Cypriot Cup (1): 2000–01

Personal

GOAL Journal "Best Player of the year": 1999

Cypriot Cup Winner: 2001

References

External links

Memorial article

1973 births

2004 deaths

Apollon Limassol FC players

Men's association football forwards

Kazakhstani men's footballers

Kazakhstan men's international footballers

Kazakhstani expatriate men's footballers

Kazakhstani people of Russian descent

Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus

Cypriot First Division players

Kazakhstan Premier League players

FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod players

FC Irtysh Pavlodar players

FC Kyzylzhar players

Drug-related deaths in Russia

Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games

FC Arsenal Tula players

Asian Games competitors for Kazakhstan

People from Pavlodar Region

Expatriate men's footballers in Russia