Gurban Gurbanov

Gurban Gurbanov
Gurbanov in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-04-13) 13 April 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth Ashaghy Tala, Zagatala District, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Qarabagh (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988 Kur
1989 Mertskhali Ozurgeti
1990–1991 Dashgin Zagatala 54 (24)
1991–1992 Alazani Gurjaani 17 (4)
1992–1993 Dashgin Zagatala 39 (24)
1993–1995 Turan Tovuz 39 (12)
1995–1996 Kur Nur 12 (4)
1996 Turan Tovuz 15 (8)
1996–1998 Neftchi Baku 43 (43)
1998 Dynamo Stavropol 36 (17)
1999 Fakel Voronezh 12 (8)
1999 Baltika Kaliningrad 14 (3)
2000–2001 Fakel Voronezh 25 (7)
2001–2002 Neftchi Baku 14 (9)
2002 Fakel Voronezh 28 (7)
2003 Volgar-Gazprom 21 (5)
2003–2005 Neftchi Baku 27 (14)
2005–2006 Inter Baku 3 (1)
Total 399+ (178+)
International career
1992–2005 Azerbaijan 68 (14)
Managerial career
2006–2007 Neftchi Baku
2008– Qarabağ
2017–2018 Azerbaijan

Signature
Gurban Gurbanov signature
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gurban Osman oghlu Gurbanov (Azerbaijani: Qurban Osman oğlu Qurbanov; born 13 April 1972) is an Azerbaijani football manager and former player who manages Qarabag. He played as a forward. Starting out with local club Kur in 1988, Gurbanov had a decorated 18-year career. He scored 178 goals in 399 league matches. With 14 goals in 68 matches, he is also the Azerbaijan national team's all-time leading goalscorer in international matches. From 2017 to 2018 he was the manager of the Azerbaijan national team.

Gurbanov has won a total of 14 trophies, five as a player and nine as a manager.