Ulugbek Bakayev


Ulugbek Bakayev is an Uzbekistani football coach and a former player who is the manager of Bukhara.

Club career

Bakayev played spent most of his career with Kazakhstan football clubs. Playing in the Kazakhstan Premier League, he scored a total of 111 goals and became the league's top scorer four times. From 2012 to 2014, he played for Irtysh Pavlodar. In 2012, he became best goal scorer of League with 14 goals and was named Footballer of the Year in Kazakhstan. In August 2014, he signed a contract with his former club FK Buxoro. On 26 January 2017, he became head coach of FK Buxoro.

International career

Bakayev was a member of the [Uzbekistan national Association football|football team|Uzbekistan national team]. At the 2011 Asian Cup he scored two goals against Jordan in a 2–1 win to put Uzbekistan into the semi-finals. On 29 May 2014, in Tashkent, he played his farewell match for national team against Oman.

Honours

Bunyodkor
Tobol
Zhetysu
Irtysh Pavlodar
Uzbekistan
Individual