Alimzhon Kyashafovich Rafikov (; ; born 30 April 1962) is a

Tajikistan Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital city, capital and most populous city. Tajikistan borders Afghanistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, south, Uzbekistan to ...

i professional

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coach and a former player.

Club career

He made his professional debut in the

Soviet Second League The Soviet Second League (, Soviet football championship (Second League)) was the third highest division of Soviet Union, Soviet football (soccer), football, below the Soviet First League. The league was formed in 1971 in place of the Class A Se ...

in 1983 for FC Pakhtakor Kurgan-Tyube.

Coaching career

He is currently the manager of

Esteghlal Dushanbe Football Club Istiklol () is a Tajik professional football club owned by Maldivian Conglomerate Maziya. Founded in 2007, the club competes in the Ligai Olii Tojikiston, the top flight of Tajik football league system. It was founded to commemo ...

Personal life

His son Ruslan Rafikov is a professional footballer.

Honours

USSR Federation Cup The Cup of Football Federation of USSR was the official name for a short-lived premier Soviet football (soccer) competition similar to the USSR Cup that exclusively featured Soviet Top League competitors. For short it was called the "Federation's ...

winner: 1988.

References

1962 births Living people Footballers from Dushanbe Soviet men's footballers Tajikistani men's footballers Tajikistani expatriate men's footballers Tajikistani football managers Soviet Top League players Russian Premier League players FC Kairat players CSKA Pamir Dushanbe players FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Expatriate men's footballers in Russia FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny players Tajikistani expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Tajikistani expatriate sportspeople in Russia FC Khatlon players Tajikistan national football team managers Men's association football defenders FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk players {{Tajikistan-footy-bio-stub