Vadim Karlenovich Abramov ( hy, Վադիմ Աբրամով; russian: Вадим Абрамов) is a former

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...

i football player of

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- Russian descent. Abramov was born in 1953 in Baku,

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

. He served as Uzbekistan's head coach from 2010 to 2012. He has become the second Armenian, after

Yuriy Sarkisyan Yuriy Vazgenovich Sarkisyan ( hy, Յուրի Վազգենի Սարգսյան, russian: Юрий Вазгенович Саркисян; born 30 May 1947) is an Uzbekistani football manager and former player of Armenian descent. He is the first Arm ...

, to lead the Uzbek team, and also the second Armenian to lead a team into an international tournament.

Managing career

In 2003-2005 Abramov worked as head coach of

Traktor Tashkent Traktor Tashkent was an Uzbekistani football club based in Tashkent Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbeki ...

. The club reached final of Uzbek Cup in 2004 and year later ranked at 4th place in League. In 2006, he became coach of

Lokomotiv Tashkent PFC Lokomotiv Tashkent ( uz, Lokomotiv Toshkent Professional Futbol Klubi) is an Uzbek professional football club based in Tashkent. The owner and main sponsor of the club is a state-owned company Uzbek Railways. History Lokomotiv was founded ...

. The club finished 2009 season at 6th place. On 6 April 2010, Abramov was appointed as head coach of Uzbekistan national team, replacing Mirjalol Kasymov. He was the coach of the Uzbekistan team at the

2011 AFC Asian Cup The 2011 AFC Asian Cup was the 15th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held in Qatar from 7 to 29 January 2011. It was the fift ...

. In their first game of the 2011 Asian Cup they defeated

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2-0. They went on to reach the

quarter finals A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final mat ...

where they faced

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Ri ...

. After beating

2-1, Uzbekistan qualified for the semi finals where they lost to Australia. They eventually finished in fourth place after losing to

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in the third place playoff. On 4 June 2012, after a 1-0 loss to

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at home during

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification The 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. The 2014 FIFA World Cup featured 32 teams, with one place reserved for the host nation, Brazil. The remaining 31 places were determined by ...

, he resigned from his job. On 28 November 2013 Abramov was named new head coach of

Astana Astana, previously known as Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, Akmola, and most recently Nur-Sultan, is the capital city of Kazakhstan. The city lies on the banks of the Ishim River in the north-central part of Kazakhstan, within the Akmola Region, tho ...

. Two weeks later agreement with club was canceled. On 13 February 2014 he was appointed as new head coach of

after his predecessor Khakim Fuzaylov was fired from his post. Abramov moved back to his former club after serving in Lokomotiv in 2008-2010. He worked in ''Lokomotiv'' more than year. Lokomotiv leading by Abramov won Uzbek Cup in 2014 and the club finished again runner-up. On 8 March 2015 Lokomotiv won

Uzbekistan Super Cup The Uzbekistan Super Cup ( uz, Oʻzbekiston Superkubogi or Ўзбекистон Суперкубоги) is a one-match pre-season football competition held before the season begins in Uzbekistan every year. It is contested by the winners of the U ...

, beating current champion Pakhtakor by 4-0. On 17 October 2015 he was fired from his post after several unsatisfactory results in league matches. On 24 September 2019, Abramov was named manager of

Uzbekistan national football team The Uzbekistan national football team ( uz, Ozbekiston milliy futbol terma jamoasi, italic=yes / ) represents Uzbekistan in international football and is controlled by the Uzbekistan Football Association, the governing body for football in U ...

for the second time.

Personal life

His son was Armenia U-17 and

Navbahor Namangan PFC. Navbahor Namangan ( uz, Navbahor Namangan Futbol Klubi) is an Uzbek professional football club based in Namangan. The club's name means ''New Spring.'' They play in Uzbekistan Super League. Name Navbahor origins from Persian word ''Now-Baha ...

football player, Karlen Abramov. He died in a car accident, at just 21 years old.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Manager

;Traktor * Uzbek Cup runner-up: 2004 ;Uzbekistan *

AFC Asian Cup The AFC Asian Cup is the primary association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), determining the continental champion of Asia. It is the second oldest cont ...

4th place: 2011 ;Lokomotiv *

Uzbek League Uzbekistan Super League ( uz, O'zbekiston Superligasi), also called Coca-Cola Uzbekistan Super League due to sponsorship reasons ( uz, Coca-Cola O'zbekiston Superligasi / Coca-Cola Ўзбекистон Суперлигаси), is the top division ...

runners-up (1):

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* Uzbek Cup (1):

(1): 2015

Individual

* Uzbekistan Football Coach of the Year: 2011

References

External links

Football Database ProfileUzbekistan national team managers
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