Rustam Abdullaev

Rustam Abdullaev
Personal information
Full name	Rustam Rakhmonovich Abdullaev
Date of birth	1 January 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth	Tashkent, Uzbek SSR
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1989–1991	Avtomobilist Kokand
1992	Temiryo'lchi Qo'qon
1993	Neftchi Farg'ona
1994	MHSK Tashkent
1995	Perlis FA
1996–1997	MHSK Tashkent
1998	Pakhtakor Tashkent
1998	Temiryo'lchi Qo'qon
2000	Nasaf Qarshi
International career
1992–1995	Uzbekistan
Managerial career
??–2014	Lokomotiv Tashkent (general manager)
2014–2015	Kokand 1912
2016	Neftchi PFK (President)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rustam Rakhmonovich Abdullaev (Russian: Рустам Рахмонович Абдуллаев; born 1 January 1971) is a former footballer and football coach. He is a former member of the Uzbekistan national team. He recently worked as head coach of Kokand 1912.

Playing career

In 1992, he played for Temiryo'lchi Qo'qon and became 2nd best goalscorer of Oliy League after Valeriy Kechinov. His club finished at 6th position. At the same year he was named 2nd best player following Valeriy Kechinov who was named Player of the Year 1992.

Abdullaev played for Uzbekistan national team in the 1994 Asian Games football tournament in Hiroshima (the first time Uzbekistan played a football tournaments after got independence from Soviet Union and winning the gold medal).

Managing career

On 30 April 2014 he was appointed as head coach of Kokand 1912, after his predecessor in the club, Tokhir Kapadze moved to Neftchi Farg'ona as club chairman.^[1]