Igor Shkvyrin (, ; born 29 April 1963) is an Uzbekistani former professional

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who played for several clubs in Europe and Asia and for the Uzbekistan national team. He was most recently the head coach of

Sogdiana Jizzakh Sogdiyona Jizzakh ( Uzbek: ''Soʻgʻdiyona Jizzax Futbol Klubi / "Сўғдиёна" Жиззах Футбол Клуби''), formerly known as Sogdiana, is an Uzbek professional football club based in Jizzakh, that plays in the Uzbekistan Super ...

Playing career

Shkvyrin was born in

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. He played several seasons in the

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with

Pakhtakor Tashkent Pakhtakor Football Club () is an Uzbek professional association football, football club, based in the capital city of Tashkent, that competes in the Uzbekistan Super League. Pakhtakor is often considered the most successful football club in Uzbek ...

and moved to Israel where he played for

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and Malaysia where he played for

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. With Pahang, he won the 1995 Liga Perdana. With Pakhtakor, he scored 51 goals in 67 league matches between 1989 and 1991. He scored totally 275 goals in career and is member of

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. In 1999–2000 season, Shkvyrin appeared in the

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with

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, and scored 11 goals. He emerged as the top scorer in the league that season. Later he moved to another Indian outfit

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and played in the 2000–01 season. He scored 12 goals for the ''Red Machine'' and won the

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in 2001. The 1994 Asian Games gold medallist Shkvyrin returned to Uzbekistan at the end of the season, and would eventually rack up five separate stints for Pakhtakor Tashkent before finally hanging up his boots at the age of 38 in 2001.

International career

Shkyrin made his debut for Uzbekistan on 17 June 1992 against

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in a 2–2 draw match, where he scored his first international goal. He made 31 appearances for the Uzbekistan national team and scored 20 goals between 1992 and 2000. He played in the 1994 Asian Games football tournament in

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, Japan (the first time Uzbekistan national team participated in an official football tournament following its independence from the

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, and the team won the gold medal).

Managerial career

In 2002, Shkvyrin began managing career and worked in 2003–04 as assistant coach to

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. From 2005 to 2007 he was head coach of Uzbek League club

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. In 2007, he was appointed as assistant coach to Vadim Abramov for Uzbekistan U-23 national team and in 2008–2010 worked as co-trainer to

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and later

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for

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national team. Since 2008 he is head coach of

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. In season 2009 Olmaliq finished fourth in the league and Shkvyrin was named Football coach of the Year.

Career statistics

International goals

Honours

As a player

Pahang FA *

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: 1995 Pakhtakor Tashkent *

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: 1998; runner-up 2001 *

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: 2001 Mohun Bagan *

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: 1999–2000 Churchill Brothers *

: 2001 Uzbekistan *

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Individual *

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top scorer:

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(37 goals) *

Golden Boot: 1999–2000 (11 goals) * Uzbek League top scorer: 1998 (22 goals) *

member: 275 goals * Uzbekistan Player of the Year: 1994Uzbekistan – Footballer and Coach of the Year
. ''Rsssf.com''. Retrieved 18 March 2021. * Best Player and top scorer of Asian Games 1994: 8 goals (7 matches)

As a manager

4th place:

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* Uzbekistan Football Coach of the Year: 2009 * UzPFL Coach of the Month: March 2015

References

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