Murad Olegovich Musayev (; born 10 November 1983) is a Russian

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coach and current head coach of

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Club career

He led the Under-19 team of

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to the 2017–18 UEFA Youth League knockout phase, where they were eliminated by

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only in a shootout in front of the sold-out

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. On 3 April 2018, following the firing of Igor Shalimov, he was appointed the caretaker manager of

. After his caretaking spell was over in early May, he could not be registered as manager with the

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due to lack of

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(Musayev only held

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at the time), so Oleg Fomenko was formally registered with the league as head coach and Musayev as his senior assistant coach, but Musayev de facto continued to manage the team. He received his

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later in 2018, but that still didn't make him eligible to be registered as the head coach. Before the 2019–20 season, Fomenko moved to

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and Sergey Matveyev was hired by

as head coach. Musayev passed his

exam in the summer of 2020 and was officially registered with the league as Krasnodar's manager on 20 June 2020. He led Krasnodar to their first qualification to the group stage of the

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in the 2020–21 season. He resigned from Krasnodar on 3 April 2021 following a string of bad results after 2020–21 season was resumed after a winter break, including a biggest ever club defeat (1–6 to

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away) and a biggest ever home loss (0–5 to

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). On 30 October 2021, he signed a two-year contract with

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club

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. On 1 February 2024, Sabah announced that Musayev had left his role as head coach after his resignation had been accepted. On 14 March 2024,

announced the return of Musayev as head coach of the club, on a contract until the end of the season. On 29 May 2024, his contract with Krasnodar was extended to June 2026. Krasnodar began the

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season with 14 unbeaten games, including a club-record streak of 11 wins, taking the top spot in the standings. On 24 May 2025, Krasnodar won the RPL title for the first time in club's history.

Personal life

On his father's side, he is of Uzbek and

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descent, the grandson of Uzbek from

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, and on his mother's side, he is Russian.

Manager statistics

Honours

;Krasnodar *

: 2024–25 ;Individual *

coach of the month: September 2024, October 2024.

References

External links

Profile by Russian Football Premier League
1983 births Sportspeople from Krasnodar Russian Muslims Avar people Living people Russian football managers FC Krasnodar managers Russian Premier League managers Azerbaijan Premier League managers Russian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Azerbaijan Russian expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan {{Russia-footy-bio-stub