Gurban Osman Gurbanov (Azerbaijani: Qurban Osman oğlu Qurbanov; born 13 April 1972, Zagatala) is retired football striker from Azerbaijan.
He started his career in Dashgyn, and has since played for Kur-Nur, Mertskhali, Turan Tovuz, Neftchi Baku, Dinamo Stavropol, Baltika Kaliningrad, and Fakel Voronezh. The last club he played for was FC Inter Baku. In the 1996–97 season, Gurbanov was the leading scorer in the Azerbaijan Premier League for Neftch...
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Gurban Osman Gurbanov (Azerbaijani: Qurban Osman oğlu Qurbanov; born 13 April 1972, Zagatala) is retired football striker from Azerbaijan.
He started his career in Dashgyn, and has since played for Kur-Nur, Mertskhali, Turan Tovuz, Neftchi Baku, Dinamo Stavropol, Baltika Kaliningrad, and Fakel Voronezh. The last club he played for was FC Inter Baku. In the 1996–97 season, Gurbanov was the leading scorer in the Azerbaijan Premier League for Neftchi with 25 goals. The striker was named Azerbaijan's Player of the Year once, in 2003.
He debuted for the national team in their very first match on 17 September 1992, and as of January 2006 he has scored 14 goals in 66 international matches, which is the national team goalscoring record.
After he had ended his football player's career, he became sport director of the club Inter. However, in summer 2006 he was appointed head coach of Neftchi Baku. Since the beginning of the season 2008/08 he has appointed as a head coach of FK Qarabağ to...
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