Sharif Nazarov (born February 2, 1946,

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) is a

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Managing career

As one of the most successful coaches from Tajikistan, he won the

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twice with SKA-Pamir Dushanbe in 1992 and 1995; and with

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in 1999 and 2000. He won the

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on three occasions SKA-Pamir Dushanbe in 1992,

in 1999 and ''FC Aviator'' in 2004. Nazarov has also been the most successful head coach for the

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, as he led the national team to a third-place finish at the

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and won the

2006 AFC Challenge Cup The 2006 AFC Challenge Cup was held between 1 and 16 April 2006 in Bangladesh. Sixteen teams were split into four groups, the top two in each group qualifying for the quarterfinals, and from then on a straight knockout contest. There was no qual ...

. Nazarov was appointed as the manager of Khayr Vahdat on 17 March 2016.

Honours

Manager

;Pamir *

(1): 1992 *

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semi-finals/3rd place: 1993 ;Varzob *

(3): 1998, 1999, 2000 *

(2): 1999, 2004 ;National *

AFC Challenge Cup The AFC Challenge Cup was an international football competition for Asian Football Confederation (AFC) member countries that were categorised as "emerging countries" in the "Vision Asia" programme. It was created by former AFC president Mohammed ...

champion: 2006

Individual

* Merited Coach of USSR * Merited Coach of the Republic of Tajikistan * Coach of the Year in Tajikistan (2): 2002, 2004

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Living people 1946 births Tajikistani football managers Tajikistani expatriate football managers Tajikistan national football team managers Tajikistani men's footballers Soviet men's footballers CSKA Pamir Dushanbe players CSKA Pamir Dushanbe managers PFC Navbahor Namangan managers Soviet football managers Soviet expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Egypt Soviet expatriate sportspeople in Egypt Expatriate football managers in Uzbekistan Men's association football players not categorized by position Tajikistani expatriate sportspeople in Uzbekistan {{Tajikistan-footy-bio-stub