Anvarjon Soliev (born 5 February 1978) is a retired

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...

i football striker and football coach.

Early life

He was born in Turakurgan of

Namangan Namangan (; ) is a city in eastern Uzbekistan. It is the administrative, economic, and cultural center of Namangan Region. Administratively, it is a district-level city. Namangan is located in the northern edge of the Fergana Valley, less than ...

region.

Career

Navbahor Namangan

Firstly he played in Yoshlik football team. Then he continued in

Navbahor Namangan PFC. Navbahor Namangan ( uz, Navbahor Namangan Futbol Klubi) is an Uzbek professional football club based in Namangan. The club's name means ''New Spring.'' They play in Uzbekistan Super League. Name Navbahor origins from Persian word ''Now-Ba ...

. In 1998, he won with Navbahor

Uzbek Cup The O‘zbekiston Kubogi or ( uz, O‘zbekiston Kubogi, script=Latn or ) Uzbek Cup is the top knockout tournament in Uzbek football (soccer). Previous champions All champions as Uzbek SSR in Soviet times: *1939: Dinamo Tashkent *1940: Dinamo T ...

. In 2001, he moved to Pakhtakor.

Pakhtakor

Soliev played seven seasons for Pakhtakor, after he moved in 2008 to another rising capital club Kuruvchi. With Pakhtakor he won 6 times champion of Uzbekistan and 5

titles, before leaving the club.

Bunyodkor

In his first season for Bunyodkor Soliev scored 12 goals in league matches. He is currently top scorer of the club in Uzbek League with 46 goals (as of 21 November 2012), followed by

Rivaldo Rivaldo Vítor Borba Ferreira (born 19 April 1972), known simply as Rivaldo (), is a Brazilian former footballer who played mainly as an attacking midfielder but also as a second striker, and on occasion deployed as a wide midfielder or as a ...

and

Server Djeparov Server Reshatovich Djeparov ( Uzbek: ''Server Jeparov'', Uzbek Cyrillic: Сервер Жепаров, crh, Server Reşat oğlu Ceparov; born 3 October 1982), is an Uzbek former professional football playmaker who is the head coach of Uzbekist ...

. With 16 goals Soliev is one of the leading all-time topscorers of AFC Champions League, having scored eight of them for Bunyodkor. On 18 July 2013 he moved back to Pakhtakor Tashkent. As of the end of the 2015 Uzbek League season he won his eighth championship title with Pakhtakor. With 12 Uzbek League championships and nine

s, Soliev is the all-time most honoured player among Uzbekistani players. Soliev won his Uzbekistan champion titles playing for three clubs. He is a member of

Gennadi Krasnitsky club Gennadi Krasnitsky club ( uz, Геннадий Красницкий тўпурарлар клуби or Gennadi Krasnitsky to'purarlar klubi, russian: Клуб Геннадия Красницкого) is a list of Uzbek football players that have s ...

of Uzbek top scorers with over 100 goals, scoring (as of 22 November 2015) 228 goals in the league, cup, AFC Champions League and in official games for the national team.

Managing career

In the middle of 2016 he retired as a player and started his managing career, as assistant coach in

Pakhtakor-2 FC Pakhtakor-2 ( uz, "Paxtakor-2" futbol klubi, rus, Футбольный клуб Пахтакор-2) is an Uzbek professional football club, based in the capital Tashkent. Currently, it plays in the Uzbekistan First League. It is a farm club ...

. In December 2016 he joined the

coaching staff.

International

He played for the

Uzbekistan national football team The Uzbekistan national football team ( uz, Ozbekiston milliy futbol terma jamoasi, italic=yes / ) represents Uzbekistan in international football and is controlled by the Uzbekistan Football Association, the governing body for football in Uzb ...

, and played 48 matches and scored eight goals after his debut in 2001.

Honours

Club

; Navbahor *

Uzbek League Uzbekistan Super League ( uz, O'zbekiston Superligasi), also called Coca-Cola Uzbekistan Super League due to sponsorship reasons ( uz, Coca-Cola O'zbekiston Superligasi / Coca-Cola Ўзбекистон Суперлигаси), is the top division ...

(1): 1996 *

(1): 1998 ; Pakhtakor *

(8): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2014, 2015 *

(6): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 * CIS cup: 2007 * AFC Champions League semi-final (2): 2003, 2004 ; Bunyodkor *

(3): 2008, 2009, 2011 *

(2): 2008, 2012 * AFC Champions League semi-final (2): 2008, 2012

Individual

* Uzbekistan Player of the Year 3rd: 2005 *

Uzbek League Top Scorer In Uzbek football, Uzbekistan Super League Topscorer ( uz, Oʻzbekiston Superligasi to'purari or Ўзбекистон Суперлигаси тўпурари) is an annual award by Uzbekistan Football Association given to the top goalscorer at the ...

: 2005 (29 goals) *

: 228 goals (as of 22 November 2015)

Player statistics

Goals for Senior National Team

References

External links

*
Profile at KLISF
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Soliev, Anvarjon 1978 births People from Namangan Region 2004 AFC Asian Cup players Association football midfielders FC Bunyodkor players Living people Navbahor Namangan players Pakhtakor Tashkent FK players Uzbekistan international footballers Uzbekistani footballers