Ulugbek Bakayev

Ulugbek Bakayev (, ; born 28 November 1978) is a Uzbekistani football coach and a former player who is the manager of Bukhara.

Career

Bakayev played spent most of his career with Kazakhstan football clubs. Playing in the Kazakhstan Premier League, he scored a total of 111 goals (as of 12 July 2014) and became the league's top scorer four times . From 2012 to 2014 he played for Irtysh Pavlodar. In 2012, he became best goal scorer of League with 14 goals and was named Footballer of the Year in Kazakhstan. In August 2014 he signed a contract with his former club FK Buxoro. On 26 January 2017, he became head coach of FK Buxoro.

International

Bakayev was a member of the Uzbekistan national football team. At the 2011 Asian Cup he scored two goals against Jordan in a 2–1 win to put Uzbekistan into the semi-finals. On 29 May 2014 in Tashkent, he played his farewell match for national team against Oman.

Honours

Club

Bunyodkor

Uzbek League: 2008

Uzbek Cup: 2008

Tobol

Kazakhstan Premier League: 2010

Kazakhstan Cup: 2007

Zhetysu

Kazakhstan Premier League runner-up: 2011

Irtysh Pavlodar

Kazakhstan Premier League runner-up: 2012

Kazakhstan Cup: 2012

National team

AFC Asian Cup 4th place: 2011

Individual

Kazakhstan Premier League Top Scorer (4): 2004, 2010, 2011, 2012

Kazakhstan Premier League Best Player (Almaz award) (2): 2011, 2012

Kazakhstani Footballer of the Year: 2012

References

External links

1978 births

Living people

Sportspeople from Bukhara

Uzbekistani men's footballers

Uzbekistani expatriate men's footballers

Uzbekistan men's international footballers

PFC CSKA Moscow players

FC Moscow players

Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan

Expatriate men's footballers in Russia

Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates

FC Bunyodkor players

FC Tobol players

Dubai CSC players

Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan

Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in Russia

2007 AFC Asian Cup players

2011 AFC Asian Cup players

Russian Premier League players

Buxoro FK players

FK Dinamo Samarqand players

FC Irtysh Pavlodar players

FC Zhetysu players

Kazakhstan Premier League players

UAE Pro League players

Men's association football forwards

Uzbekistan Super League players

FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk players

Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates