Arsen Georgievich Avakov (born 28 May 1971) is a former Tajikistani football player. He is of Armenian descent. Arsen won the top scorer award in the Ukrainian Premier League in 1995 while playing for FC Torpedo Zaporizhia, the first foreign player in history of the Ukrainian Premier League to do so.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Arsen Georgievich Avakov | ||
| Date of birth | 28 May 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Dushanbe, Tajik SSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1992 | Pomir Dushanbe | 7 | (0) |
| 1992–1994 | Temp Shepetivka | 48 | (7) |
| 1994–1996 | Torpedo Zaporizhzhia | 48 | (25) |
| 1996–2000 | Torpedo Moscow | 72 | (13) |
| 1996 | → Torpedo-Luzhniki-d | 5 | (8) |
| 1997 | → Shinnik Yaroslavl (loan) | 17 | (4) |
| 1999 | → Lokomotiv Nizhniy Novgorod (loan) | 28 | (13) |
| 2001–2002 | Uralan Elista | 53 | (16) |
| Total | 278 | (84) | |
| International career | |||
| 1992–1999 | Tajikistan[1] | 10 | (5) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2014–2018 | TSK Simferopol (team director) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Avakov began his playing career with FC Pamir Dushanbe in the Soviet Top League, before moving to clubs in Ukraine. He finished his career with FC Torpedo Moscow, FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod and FC Uralan Elista in the Russian Premier League.[2]
International career stats
editGoals for senior national team
edit| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 8 May 1996 | Dushanbe, Tajikistan |  Uzbekistan |
4–0 | 4–0 | 1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| 2. | 1 June 1997 | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |  Vietnam |
0–3 | 0–4 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3. | 22 June 1997 | Dushanbe, Tajikistan |  Turkmenistan |
1–0 | 5–0 | |
| 4. | 3–0 | |||||
| 5. | 4–0 |
References
edit- ^ Arsen Avakov at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Arsen Avakov at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
- ^ "Tajikistan International Matches - Details 1992-1999". Archived from the original on 15 December 2007. Retrieved 3 November 2007.
External links
edit- Arsen Avakov at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
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