Tymerlan Rustamovych Huseynov
( uk, Тимерлан Рустамович Гусейнов, russian: Тимерлан Рустамович Гусейнов; born 24 January 1968) is a former Ukrainian
footballer of
Kumyk origin who is now sporting director of
FC Dniester Ovidiopol
FC Odesa was a professional Ukrainian football club based in Odesa. The club plays in blue-white colors. The club originally was called Dnister and played in Ovidiopol but after the 2010–11 season the club moved to Odesa.
History
The first ...
. He was the
Ukrainian Premier League's top goalscorer in the 1993–94 and 1995–96 seasons (both with
Chornomorets Odessa
FC Chornomorets Odesa ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Odesa.
The club's home ground is the 34,164 capacity Chornomorets Stadium opened in 1935 and rebuilt in 2011. According to the club's website, it was formed in 1936 ...
) scoring 18 and 20 goals respectively, and scored 8 goals in 14 internationals.
Playing career
Huseynov was born in
Buynaksk,
Dagestan ASSR,
Soviet Union, now within
Dagestan
Dagestan ( ; rus, Дагеста́н, , dəɡʲɪˈstan, links=yes), officially the Republic of Dagestan (russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н, Respúblika Dagestán, links=no), is a republic of Russia situated in the North C ...
, Russia, to a
Kumyk father and
Ukrainian mother. In 1970 Huseynov with his family moved to
Pervomaysk,
Ukrainian SSR.
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
Ukrainian Premier League 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
Odessa
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. He coached them from 2004 to 2007, winning the
Odessa Oblast Cup in the process. In February 2007 he was hired as an assistant coach with
FC Dniester Ovidiopol
FC Odesa was a professional Ukrainian football club based in Odesa. The club plays in blue-white colors. The club originally was called Dnister and played in Ovidiopol but after the 2010–11 season the club moved to Odesa.
History
The first ...
. 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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Soviet Second League: 1986
Chornomorets Odesa
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Ukrainian Cup: 1994
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Ukrainian Premier League runner-up:
1994–95,
1995–96; third place:
1993–94
Individual
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Ukrainian Premier League Top Scorer:
1993–94,
1995–96
References
External links
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*Khokhlyuk, V.
Huseynov Tymerlan Rustamovych (Гусейнов Тимерлан Рустамович)'. Luhansk Our Football.
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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