Berador Khasanovich Abduraimov (russian: Берадор Хасанович Абдураимов) (born May 14, 1943) is a

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former football player, who played for Pakhtakor for most of his football career as a striker. He is regarded as one of the best strikers and greatest football players in the history of Uzbek football.

Playing career

He started his football career in the ''Uzbekistan Youth football team'' in 1959. In the same year he began to play for the main squad of Pakhtakor in the

Soviet Top League The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу: Высшая лига), served as the top division of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991. The professional top level ...

. In 1962, when he was only 19, Abduraimov became the

top goalscorer with 22 goals and Pakhtakor finished the season in the Soviet Top League at 6th place. In the same year he became Merited Master of Sport. He also played for

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and Meliorator Yangiyer. Abduraimov is a member of

Grigory Fedotov club Grigory Fedotov Club (russian: Клуб Григо́рия Федо́това) is a non-official list of Soviet and Russian football players that have scored 100 or more goals during their professional career. This club is named after first Sovie ...

with 106 scored goals. In 2001 at the initiative of the

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and the football magazine ''Nash Futbol'', an Uzbek goalscorers club was founded and named after him – the

Club 200 of Berador Abduraimov In Uzbek football, the Club 200 of Berador Abduraimov is club of the best goalscorers with over 200 goals in the history of Uzbek football. The club is named after the famous Pakhtakor player, Berador Abduraimov. History The "Club 200 of Berado ...

. In all, he scored 221 goals in his career. With 358 matches for ''Pakhtakor'' he is the club's 2nd most capped player. He scored a total of 131 goals for Pakhtakor and is the 2nd best goalscorer of Pakhtakor after

Gennadi Krasnitsky Gennadi Aleksandrovich Krasnitsky (russian: Геннадий Александрович Красницкий) (August 27, 1940 in Tashkent – June 12, 1988 in Qurghonteppa, suicide by jumping out of the highrise window) was a Soviet footba ...

with 202 goals. His son

Azamat Abduraimov Azamat Abduraimov (born 27 April 1966) is a former Uzbek professional football player, who represented Uzbekistan national football team on 22 occasions between 1992 and 1997. Early years Azamat Abduraimov was born in Tashkent in 1966. His fa ...

was also a football player, playing as a forward.

International

In 1961 he debuted for the Soviet youth football team and scored in a match against Romania.

Managing career

He started his coaching career as manager of Pakhtakor

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of youth players. He worked as trainer of Pakhtakor in 1987. As the coach of the

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, he won the Asian Games 1994 in

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Personal life

Berador is a grandfather of Alia Azamat Ashkenazi, American

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and

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who co-wrote a soccer documentary "Misha"Uzbekistan: The Koryo Saram’s tragic Soviet soccer superstar
Eurasinet - December 18, 2020 - by Chris Rickleton directed by Brian Song in which Berador was featured as one of the characters.

Honours

Club

;Pakhtakor *

6th:

1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...

Individual

Topscorer:

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...

, 22 goals *

Soviet First League The Soviet First League in football (russian: Первая лига СССР по футболу) was the second highest division of Soviet football,Evgeni Kazakov. The Soviet First Football League (Первая лига СССР по футбо ...

Topscorer: 1972, 34 goals *

member: 221 goals *

member: 106 goals

Manager

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champion:

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References

External links

Berador Abduraimov, Profile
at spartak.com, * {{DEFAULTSORT:Abduraimov, Berador 1943 births Soviet men's footballers Uzbekistani men's footballers Soviet Union men's youth international footballers Soviet football managers Soviet Top League players Soviet First League players Pakhtakor Tashkent FK players Pakhtakor Tashkent FK managers FK Andijan managers FK Dinamo Samarqand managers Uzbekistani football managers FC Spartak Moscow players PFC CSKA Moscow players Footballers from Tashkent Living people Men's association football forwards