Karlen Abramov

Karlen Abramov

Personal information
Full name	Karlen Vadimovich Abramov
Date of birth	9 May 1987
Place of birth	Tashkent, Soviet Union
Date of death	17 December 2008 (aged 21)
Place of death	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Playing position	Forward
Youth career
2002 - 2003	SKA-Sibal Tashkent
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2003-2007	Traktor Tashkent	67	(19)
2008	Navbahor Namangan	?	(?)
National team^‡
2002-2004	Armenia U-17	?	(?)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 July 2008. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 July 2008

Karlen Abramov (Armenian: Կառլեն Աբրամով, born 9 May 1987 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR - 2008) was an Uzbekistani ethnically Jewish^[1]-Armenian professional football striker. His first trainer was Viktor Chuchvarin and his father Vadim Abramov ex-coach of Uzbekistani Olympic Team, the current manager of Lokomotiv Tashkent.

Playing career

In July 2008, Abramov was set to trial with Maccabi Tel Aviv in Israel.^[2]

Death

He died in a car accident in 2008.^[3] He was 21 years old.

Footnotes

1. Bar-Dayan, Shirley (2008-06-18). יברויאן: מכבי ת"א המועדון הכי גדול בארץ (in Hebrew). Sport 5. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
2. Spunder, Or (2008-06-18). יברויאן: מתרגש להצטרף למועדון גדול כמו מכבי (in Hebrew). One. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
3. "Mystery man in Socceroos way". Fox Sports. 24 January 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2013.