Jafar Irismetov
Jafar Irismetov is a former Uzbekistan footballer and coach.
Playing career
On 29 December 2012 IFFHS published list of The World's most successful Top Division Goal Scorer among the still active Players. Jafar Irismetov ranked 8th in list, scoring 240 goals in 441 matches in his career.After 2012 season played for Navbahor Namangan he decided to finish his playing career. Early in 2013 he announced to play beach soccer and participated in 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification of (AFC) for Uzbekistan. He scored 5 goals in tournament. On 23 March 2015 in 2015 AFC Beach Soccer Championship in Qatar, Irismetov scored a hat-trick in the group stage match against UAE, which ended with a 6–5 win for the Uzbek side.
International
He played 36 matches and scored 15 goals for the Uzbekistan between 1997 and 2007.Managing career
Irismetov started managing career in 2014. In January 2014 he was named as head coach of NBU Osiyo, club in Uzbekistan First League. On 31 May 2014 he resigned his post and left the club.In January 2016 he joined coaching stuff of Oqtepa.
Career statistics
International
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |
| 1 | Pakhtakor Central Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 5–0 | 6–0 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||
| 2 | Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium, Al Ain, UAE | 1–0 | 6–0 | 2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification | |||
| 3 | Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium, Al Ain, UAE | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification | |||
| 4 | NBU Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 4–1 | 8–1 | Friendly | |||
| 5 | Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai, China | 1–4 | 2–4 | Friendly | |||
| 6 | Pakhtakor Central Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 1–0 | 7–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||
| 7 | Pakhtakor Central Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 3–0 | 7–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||
| 8 | Pakhtakor Central Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 6–0 | 7–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||
| 9 | Pakhtakor Central Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 7–0 | 7–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||
| 10 | Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan | 2–0 | 5–2 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||
| 11 | Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||
| 12 | Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||
| 13 | Pakhtakor Central Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||
| 14 | Pakhtakor Central Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||
| 15 | Pakhtakor Central Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
Club
;Dustlik- Uzbek League : 2000
- Uzbek Cup : 2000
;Pakhtakor
- Uzbek League : 2003
- Kazakhstan Premier League : 2004
- Kazakhstan Cup : 2006
Individual
- Uzbekistan Footballer of the Year: 2000
- Uzbekistan Footballer of the Year 2nd: 1997
- Uzbek League Top Scorer : 1996, 1997, 2000
- CIS Cup top goalscorer: 2001
- Kazakhstan Premier League Top Scorer : 2006, 2007
- Gennadi Krasnitsky club member: 203 goals