Rustam Rakhmonovich Abdullaev (; born 1 January 1971) is a former

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and football coach. He is a former member of the Uzbekistan national team. He recently worked as head coach of

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Playing career

In 1992, he played for Temiryo'lchi Qo'qon and became 2nd best goalscorer of Oliy League after Valeriy Kechinov. His club finished at 6th position. At the same year he was named 2nd best player following Valeriy Kechinov who was named ''Player of the Year 1992''. Abdullaev played for Uzbekistan national team in the 1994 Asian Games football tournament in

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(the first time

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played a football tournaments after got independence from

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and winning the gold medal).

Managing career

On 30 April 2014 he was appointed as head coach of

, after his predecessor in the club, Tokhir Kapadze moved to

Neftchi Farg'ona F.C. Neftchi Fergana (, Uzbek Cyrillic: Нефтчи Фарғона футбол клуби) is an Uzbek professional football club based in Fergana. They play in the top division in Uzbekistani football and are multiple champions of Uzbekista ...

as club chairman.

Honours

Club

;Neftchi Farg'ona *

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(1): 1993 ;MHSK Tashkent *

(1): 1997 ;Pakhtakor *

(1): 1998

Individual

* Uzbekistan Footballer of the Year runner-up: 1992 * Uzbek League Top Scorer 2nd: 1992 (18 goals)

International

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winner:

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References

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Uzbekistan national football team stats (Russian)
1971 births Living people Footballers from Tashkent Soviet men's footballers Uzbekistani men's footballers Uzbekistani expatriate men's footballers Uzbekistan men's international footballers Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia Expatriate men's footballers in Malaysia FC Kokand 1912 players FC Neftchi Fergana players Pakhtakor Tashkent FK players FC Nasaf players Perlis FA State Football Team players Men's association football midfielders Uzbekistan Super League players Uzbekistani football managers FC Kokand 1912 managers Uzbekistan Super League managers {{Uzbekistan-footy-bio-stub