Tymerlan Rustamovych Huseynov ( uk, Тимерлан Рустамович Гусейнов, russian: Тимерлан Рустамович Гусейнов; born 24 January 1968) is a former Ukrainian

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of Kumyk origin who is now sporting director of FC Dniester Ovidiopol. He was the Ukrainian Premier League's top goalscorer in the 1993–94 and 1995–96 seasons (both with

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) scoring 18 and 20 goals respectively, and scored 8 goals in 14 internationals.

Playing career

Huseynov was born in

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, now within

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, Russia, to a Kumyk father and

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mother. In 1970 Huseynov with his family moved to Pervomaysk,

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

. Huseynov holds many firsts in Ukrainian soccer history, including being the first player to score 100 goals in official matches in Ukraine. He is also one of the all-time leading scorers in the

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with 85 goals in 215 matches. Though long retired from the national side and with only 14 caps to show for four years of service (between 1993 and 1997), Huseynov is the #10 all-time scorer (as of 31 January 2012) in the Ukraine national team's history with 8 goals.

Coaching career

After retiring from playing Huseynov began coaching at the last club he played, Signal. It's an amateur club from

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. He coached them from 2004 to 2007, winning the

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Cup in the process. In February 2007 he was hired as an assistant coach with FC Dniester Ovidiopol. In 2008, he moved into the administrative side of the club, becoming Dniester’s sporting director.

Career statistics

Club

International goals

Honours

Club

Zorya Luhansk *

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: 1986 Chornomorets Odesa *

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: 1994 *

runner-up: 1994–95, 1995–96; third place: 1993–94

Individual

Top Scorer: 1993–94, 1995–96

References

External links

* * *Khokhlyuk, V.
Huseynov Tymerlan Rustamovych (Гусейнов Тимерлан Рустамович)
'. Luhansk Our Football. {{DEFAULTSORT:Huseynov, Tymerlan 1968 births Living people People from Buynaksk Russian people of Dagestani descent Russian emigrants to Ukraine Ukrainian people of Dagestani descent Soviet footballers Association football forwards Ukrainian footballers Ukraine international footballers FC Chornomorets Odesa players FC CSKA Kyiv players FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia players PFC CSKA Moscow players FC Spartak Sumy players FC Zorya Luhansk players Soviet Top League players Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian Premier League top scorers Sportspeople from Dagestan