Mirjalol Kushakovich Qosimov ( uz, Mirjalol Qoʻshoqovich Qosimov, russian: Мирджалол Кушакович Касымов; in English also: Mirdjalal Kasimov or Kasymov) (born 17 September 1970) is a former

head coach A head coach, senior coach or manager is a professional at training and developing athletes. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than other coaches. In some sports, the head coach is instead called the "manager", as in assoc ...

of the

Uzbekistan national football team The Uzbekistan national football team ( uz, Ozbekiston milliy futbol terma jamoasi, italic=yes / ) represents Uzbekistan in international football and is controlled by the Uzbekistan Football Association, the governing body for football in Uzb ...

. He also played for the national team as a playmaker. Qosimov is currently the manager of AGMK.

Club career

Qosimov finished his career in 2005 with FK Mash'al Mubarek, which plays in

Uzbek League Uzbekistan Super League ( uz, O'zbekiston Superligasi), also called Coca-Cola Uzbekistan Super League due to sponsorship reasons ( uz, Coca-Cola O'zbekiston Superligasi / Coca-Cola Ўзбекистон Суперлигаси), is the top division ...

( uz, O'zbekiston Oliy Ligasi). He played a vital role in ''Mash'al'' becoming runners-up during the 2005 Uzbek national football club championship, which was the club's best ever finish. 2005 he decided to finish his career. Kasimov previously starred for Pakhtakor and Alania Vladikavkaz in

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. With 210 goals in his playing career, he is a member of Club 200 of Berador Abduraimov and Gennadi Krasnitsky club. He is one of the most successful and famous players of Uzbek football of the modern period. Qosimov was the first Uzbekistani and the second Asian player after South Korean Cha Bum-Kun to have scored in

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competitions,

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. On 12 September 1995, in the 1995–96

, he scored for Alania against

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International career

In 1987, Qosimov got his first international experience as a member of the Soviet U-17 football team and won with the national USSR team the FIFA U-16 championship in Canada, becoming one of the rising stars of the tournament. One year later, 1988 Mirdjalol with USSR U-18 won the European U-18 Football championship title In 1994 Uzbekistan won the Asian Games and he was selected as the best midfield player in Asia; in 1993, 1998, 2001 and 2004 he was named the best football player in Uzbekistan. Kasimov captained the Uzbek national team for a long time in the 2000s. His last international match in the national team was against the Bahrain national football team in the World Cup 2006 qualifiers in

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. He played his final match in professional football on 2 June 2007 at MHSK Stadium in Tashkent against a combined team of European and Asian stars. The match brought together famous players such as Iranian

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, his counterpart Alireza Mansurian, and ex-Qatar international Mubarak Mustapha, his former trainer from Alania, Valeri Gazzaev, Russian footballers Viktor Onopko and

Andrei Karyaka Andrei Konstantinovich Karyaka (russian: Андрей Константинович Каряка; born 1 April 1978) is a Russian football coach and a former player who played as a midfielder. Club career Early career Growing up in Dnipropetro ...

. It was the last match in his bright career that lasted more than 20 years and 67 appearances in the uniform of the national team and 31 goals.Mirdzhalal Kushakovich Kasymov - Goals in International Matches

Managing career

He started his trainer career as coach of

Mash'al Mubarek FC Mash'al Mubarek ( uz, Mashal Muborak professional futbol klubi) is an Uzbek football club based in Mubarek. ''Mash'al'' means a torch. History The club was founded in 1982. Mashʼal played its first years in province league, later in UzSS ...

, his last player station, where he retired as player. In 2006, he became co-trainer to Rauf Inileev of the Uzbekistan national and Uzbekistan Olympic football team. In December 2007 Kasymov was appointed as coach of

Bunyodkor The Swallows uz, Osiyo BarselonasiAsian Barcelona , shortname = , image = Bunyodkor logo.png , image_size = 200px , founded = , ground = Milliy Stadium , capacity = 34,000 , chairman = , ceo = , mgrtitle = Ma ...

. In 2008, he managed to bring his club to the semi-final of the AFC Champions League in the club's first appearance in this tournament, which is considered to be the best international performance of Bunyodkor's history actually. Bunyodkor won in quarterfinal of tournament in two leg matches

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. On 25 September 2008 Brazilian legend, Zico was appointed as the new coach of Bunyodkor, Kasimov remained adviser-coach at club side. On 16 September 2008, he became head coach of the

for the qualification stage of the 2010 World cup. On 6 April 2010 he was replaced by

Vadim Abramov Vadim Karlenovich Abramov ( hy, Վադիմ Աբրամով; russian: Вадим Абрамов) is a former Uzbekistani football player of Armenian-Russian descent. Abramov was born in 1953 in Baku, Azerbaijan. He served as Uzbekistan's head co ...

as national team trainer. After

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left Bunyodkor in May 2010, Qosimov was named coach of the club again. The authoritative football news website Goal.com named Qosimov as ''Best Coach of Month'' (May 2012) for the successful play of

in the AFC Champions League in that month. On 4 June 2012, Qosimov was appointed as the new head coach of the

for the second time after

resigned from his post (lost 0-1 against

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at home). On 3 January 2013,

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published its list of ''The World's best National Coach 2012'' and Qosimov ranked 14th in the list among 17 coaches with 6 points, followed by

Oleg Blokhin Oleg Vladimirovich Blokhin, or Oleh Volodymyrovych Blokhin ( uk, Оле́г Володи́мирович Блохі́н, rus, Оле́г Влади́мирович Блохи́н; born 5 November 1952), is a former Ukrainian and Soviet footbal ...

and the current coach of Switzerland,

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. In monthly survey ''Coach of the Month'' by Football Federation over the 2012 Kasymov was named best coach 6 times.

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named Kasymov

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on 21 January 2013. Qosimov resigned his post as Bunyodkor's head coach on 5 April 2014 to concentrate on his work in the national team. He also led the U-23 national team for the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon. On 22 December 2018 Qosimov was appointed as head coach of AGMK to prepare team for upcoming 2019 Uzbekistan Super League and qualification matches of

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. On 12 February 2019 in 2nd preliminary round of 2019 AFC Champions League AGMK won Istiklol by 4:0. But in next play-off round one leg match on 19 February 2019 lost to Al-Nassr 0:4 und failed to qualify to group stage tournament.

Honours

Club

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(1): 1995 *

runner-up (2): 1992, 1996 * Uzbekistan Super League (3): 1998, 2002, 2003 * Uzbekistan Super League runner-up (2): 1993, 2005 *

Uzbek Cup The O‘zbekiston Kubogi or ( uz, O‘zbekiston Kubogi, script=Latn or ) Uzbek Cup is the top knockout tournament in Uzbek football (soccer). Previous champions All champions as Uzbek SSR in Soviet times: *1939: Dinamo Tashkent *1940: Dinamo T ...

(4): 1993, 1997, 2002, 2003

International

FIFA U-17 World Cup The FIFA U-17 World Cup, founded as the FIFA U-16 World Championship, later changed to U-17 in 1991 and to its current name in 2007, is the world championship of association football for male players under the age of 17 organized by ''Fédération ...

(1):

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* UEFA U-18 Championship (1):

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* Asian Games (1):

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Individual

Uzbekistan Footballer of the Year The Uzbekistan Footballer of the Year ( uz, Yilning eng yaxshi futbolchisi or Йилнинг энг яхши футболчиси) is a yearly football award presented by the Uzbekistan Football Association The Uzbekistan Football Association ( uz ...

(4): 1993, 1998, 2001, 2004 * Uzbek League Topscorer: 1998 (22 goals)

Manager

;Bunyodkor * Uzbekistan Super League (3): 2010, 2011,

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* Uzbekistan Super League runner-up:

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(3): 2010,

* AFC Champions League semi-final (2):

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;AGMK *

runner-up:

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;Individual * Uzbekistan Coach of the Year (1): 2012

Statistics

Player

Mirjalol Qosimov as Alania Vladikavkaz player performed 3 international appearances in UEFA tournaments. In the

season 1995–96 Kasymov played twice in a match against FC Liverpool won by albion team with 2–1 and scored an only goal of his team. In UEFA Champions League season 1996–97 qualifying round he played in a match against

Rangers F.C. Rangers Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the Govan district of Glasgow which plays in the Scottish Premiership. Although not its official name, it is often referred to as Glasgow Rangers outside Scotland. The fou ...

on 7 August 1996 won by Rangers with 3–1. ''Statistics accurate as of match played 12 November 2004 in

International goals

:''Scores and results list Uzbekistan's goal tally first.Mirdzhalal Kushakovich Kasymov - Goals in International Matches
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Notes

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Qosimov, Mirjalol 1970 births Living people Uzbekistani footballers Uzbekistani expatriate footballers Uzbekistan international footballers Uzbekistan national football team managers 2004 AFC Asian Cup players Pakhtakor Tashkent FK players FC Dinamo Minsk players FC Spartak Vladikavkaz players PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players Uzbekistan Super League players Russian Premier League players Expatriate footballers in Russia Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate footballers in the United Arab Emirates Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates FC Bunyodkor managers Soviet footballers 2015 AFC Asian Cup managers Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games Footballers at the 1994 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Uzbekistan Asian Games medalists in football Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Association football midfielders Uzbekistani football managers