Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov , (born 25 March 1976) is a former player and current manager. He played for the Uzbekistan national team as a defender.

Playing career

Ashurmatov was born in

Kokand Kokand ( ) is a city in Fergana Region in eastern Uzbekistan, at the southwestern edge of the Fergana Valley. Administratively, Kokand is a district-level city, that includes the urban-type settlement Muqimiy. The population of Kokand was ap ...

Uzbek SSR The Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (, ), also known as Soviet Uzbekistan, the Uzbek SSR, UzSSR, or simply Uzbekistan and rarely Uzbekia, was a union republic of the Soviet Union. It was governed by the Uzbek branch of the Soviet Communist P ...

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. He has made 54 appearances and scored one goal for the full

Uzbekistan national football team The Uzbekistan national football team ( / ) represents Uzbekistan in men's international Association football, football and is controlled by the Uzbekistan Football Association, the governing body for football in Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan holds t ...

since his debut in 1997. He has appeared in 22 qualifying matches for the last four World Cups.

Managerial career

Ashurmatov retired from football in 2012, playing the first half of the 2012 season for Lokomotiv Tashkent. After that he started his managing career at

FK Guliston FK Guliston () (, ) is an Uzbekistani football club based in Guliston, Sirdaryo Region. History FK Guliston played 4 seasons in the Uzbek League: 1993, 1994, 2000, 2003. In 1992 the club won the First Division and were promoted to the Uzbek Lea ...

. He gained promotion to Uzbek League, finishing

2012 Uzbekistan First League The 2012 Uzbekistan First League was the 21st season of 2nd level football in Uzbekistan since 1992. It is split in an Eastern and Western zone, each featuring 12 teams. Teams and locations Note: In 2012 season ''Dynamo Ghallakor'' renamed to ...

as runners-up. After 2013 season end he left ''FK Guliston'' and in December 2013 joined Bunyodkor coaching staff. On 10 January 2014 he was appointed as head coach of

Navbahor Namangan PFC. Navbahor Namangan () is an Uzbek professional association football, football club based in Namangan. The club's name literal translation, means ''New Spring''. They play in the Uzbekistan Super League. Name RAHIMOV origins from Persian lang ...

. On 18 February 2015 Ashurmatov was appointed as new head coach of Uzbekistan U-23 team. He kept his head coach position at Navbahor. With Uzbekistan U-22 he qualified to

2016 AFC U-23 Championship The 2016 AFC U-23 Championship (also known as the 2016 AFC U-23 Asian Cup) was the second edition of the AFC U-23 Championship, the biennial international age-restricted association football, football championship organised by the Asian Football ...

after team finished runners-up in group in qualification tournament played end of March 2015. On 23 June 2015 Ashurmatov was fired from his post at U-22 team.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list. Uzbekistan's goal tally first.''

Honours

Player

;MHSK Tashkent *

Uzbek League Uzbekistan Super League (; ), known as Artel Uzbekistan Super League due to sponsorship reasons (; ), is the top division of professional football in Uzbekistan. It is operated under the auspices of the Uzbekistan Professional Football League a ...

(1): 1997 *

Uzbek Cup The O‘zbekiston Kubogi ( or ), known simply as Uzbek Cup, is the top knockout tournament in Uzbek football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football pl ...

(1): 1995 ;Pakhtakor *

(4): 1998, 2002, 2004, 2005 *

(4): 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005 ;Dustlik *

(1): 2000 *

(1): 2000 ;Bunyodkor *

(3): 2007, 2008, 2009 *

(1): 2008 *

AFC Champions League The AFC Champions League Elite (abbreviated as the ACL Elite) is an annual continental club association football, football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's List of top-division football clubs i ...

semifinal: 2008

Manager

;FK Guliston *

Uzbekistan First League Uzbekistan First League ( Uzbek: ''O'zbekiston Birinchi ligasi / Ўзбекистон Биринчи Лигаси''; Russian: ''Первая лига Узбекистана'') is the third level (after the Super League and Pro League) football le ...

runners-up (1):

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References

External links

Bio
at playerhistory.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ashurmatov, Bakhtiyor 1976 births Uzbeks Living people Uzbekistani men's footballers Men's association football defenders Uzbekistani expatriate men's footballers Uzbekistan men's international footballers 2000 AFC Asian Cup players 2004 AFC Asian Cup players Pakhtakor Tashkent FK players FC Moscow players FC Spartak Vladikavkaz players PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players FC Bunyodkor players FC Khorazm players PFC Lokomotiv Tashkent players FC Dustlik players Uzbekistan Super League players Russian Premier League players Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in Russia Uzbekistani football managers Uzbekistan Super League managers Uzbekistan Pro League managers PFC Navbahor Namangan managers FC Bukhara managers FC Kokand 1912 managers Turon Yaypan managers FC Surkhon managers FC AGMK managers FC Andijon managers