Yuriy Sarkisyan
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yuriy Vazgenovich Sarkisyan | ||
| Date of birth | 30 May 1947 | ||
| Place of birth | Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Bunyodkor (assistant) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1968–1969 | Metallurg Olmaliq | (14) | |
| 1970–1973 | Avtomobilist Termez | (30) | |
| 1974 | Spartak Termez | 30 | (19) |
| 1975 | Avtomobilist Termez | (14) | |
| 1976–1977 | Neftyanik Fergana | (42) | |
| 1978 | Shakhrikhanez | (21) | |
| 1979–1982 | Neftyanik Fergana | 96 | (75) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1987–2013 | Neftchi Farg'ona | ||
| 1996 | Uzbekistan | ||
| 2000 | Uzbekistan | ||
| 2014– | Bunyodkor (assistant coach) | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Yuriy Vazgenovich Sarkisyan (Russian: Юрий Вазгенович Саркисян; born 30 May 1947) is a football manager and former player of Armenian descent. He is the first Armenian to lead a national team into an international tournament.
Playing career
He started footballer career in 1968 at Metallurg from Olmaliq. From 1970 to 1973 played for Avtomobilist Termez. His last player station was Neftyanik Fergana where he later began managing career.[1] In his footballer career he completed 14 seasons and 10 times became top scorer of teams he played. With 241 goals he is member of Club 200 of Berador Abduraimov.[2]
Managing career
In 1987 he became manager of Neftchi Farg'ona. Since 1990 he is Merited Trainer of Uzbekistan. From 1992 to 1995 Sarkisyan won with Neftchi Farg'ona five times Uzbek League. From July 2000 to February 2000 he was coach of Uzbekistan national football team. He was named by UFF five times as Coach of the Year, more than any other uzbek coach ever.[3]
On 16 May 2013 Sarkisyan was sacked as Neftchi coach after club's poor result in recent league matches.[4][5] He worked at the club for last 26 years. Sarkisyan was named in uzbek mass media Uzbek Ferguson for long years managing work in Neftchi Farg'ona.
Honours
Manager
- Soviet Second League, East conference (1): 1990
- Uzbek League (5): 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2001
- Uzbek Cup (2): 1994, 1996
- Asian Club Championship 3rd: 1995
Individual
- Uzbekistan Football Coach of the Year (5): 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006
- Club 200 of Berador Abduraimov member
References
- ↑ „Юрий Вазгенович Саркисян: наставник "Нефтчи", 15 Апреля 2008 (Russian).
- ↑ „Есть Клуб Узбекистанских Бомбардиров! (часть вторая), 25 Июля 2008 (Russian).
- ↑ Журналисты выберут лучших (in Russian). the-uff.com. 2009-12-17.
- ↑ Юрий Саркисян - "узбекский Фергюсон" отправлен в отставку (in Russian). uff.uz. 2013-05-17.
- ↑ Знаменитый Саркисян отправлен в отставку (in Russian). start.uz. 2013-05-19.
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