Vadim Karlenovich Abramov (; ) is an Uzbekistani

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manager and former player. He served as the Uzbekistan national team's head coach from 2010 to 2012.

Early life

Abramov was born in 1953 in

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, Azerbaijan.

Managerial career

From 2003 to 2005 Abramov worked as head coach of

Traktor Tashkent Traktor Tashkent was an Uzbekistani football (soccer), football club based in Tashkent. Formally a top division team in Uzbekistani football. However they were dissolved in 2007. Achievements *Uzbek League, SSR Uzbekistan League **Winners (1): 1 ...

. The club reached final of

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in 2004 and year later ranked at 4th place in League. In 2006, he became coach of

Lokomotiv Tashkent PFC Lokomotiv Tashkent () is an Uzbek professional football club based in Tashkent. The owner and main sponsor of the club is the state-owned Uzbek Railways. History Lokomotiv was founded in 18 February 2002. In 2002–2003 the club played in ...

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

Mirjalol Kasymov Mirjalol Kushakovich Qosimov (, ; in English language, English also: Mirdjalal Kasimov or Kasymov) (born 17 September 1970) is a former head coach of the Uzbekistan national football team. He also played for the national team as a playmaker in M ...

. He was the coach of the Uzbekistan national team at the

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

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2–0. They went on to reach the

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where they faced

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. After beating Jordan 2–1, Uzbekistan qualified for the

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where they lost to

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. 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

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

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

after his predecessor Khakim Fuzaylov was fired from his post. Abramov moved back to his former club after serving at Lokomotiv from 2008 to 2010. He worked at Lokomotiv more than year. Lokomotiv led by Abramov won the

in 2014 and the club finished again runner-up. On 8 March 2015, Lokomotiv won the

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, 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 the Uzbekistan national team for a second time.

Personal life

His son was Armenia U-17 and

Navbahor Namangan PFC. Navbahor Namangan () is an Uzbek professional association football, football club based in Namangan. The club's name literal translation, means ''New Spring''. They play in the Uzbekistan Super League. Name RAHIMOV origins from Persian lang ...

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

Managerial statistics

Honours

Manager

;Traktor *

runner-up: 2004 ;Uzbekistan *

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4th place:

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;Lokomotiv *

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runners-up (1):

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(1):

(1): 2015

Individual

* Uzbekistan Football Coach of the Year: 2011

References

External links

Uzbekistan national team managers
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Abramov, Vadim 1953 births Living people Uzbekistani people of Russian descent Uzbekistani people of Azerbaijani descent Uzbekistani people of Armenian descent Azerbaijani people of Armenian descent Footballers from Baku Soviet Armenians Soviet men's footballers Uzbekistani men's footballers Men's association football midfielders SC Tavriya Simferopol players FC Chayka-VMS Sevastopol players FC Sogdiana players Soviet football managers Uzbekistani football managers Pakhtakor Tashkent FK managers FC Neftchi Farg'ona managers Traktor Tashkent managers PFC Lokomotiv Tashkent managers Uzbekistan national football team managers FC Astana managers FC Bunyodkor managers FK Dinamo Samarqand managers Uzbekistan Super League managers Uzbekistan Pro League managers 2011 AFC Asian Cup managers Uzbekistani expatriate football managers Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Expatriate football managers in Kazakhstan