Igor Taran (russian: Игорь Таран) (born 29 December 1983 in G'uzor) is an

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 cou ...

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who plays as a

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. He currently plays for

Neftchi Fergana FC Neftchi Fergana ( uz, Neftchi Fargʻona futbol klubi, Uzbek Cyrillic: Нефтчи Фарғона футбол клуби) is an Uzbek football club based in Fergana. They play in the top division in Uzbekistani football and are multiple ch ...

Club career

He started his career at Shurtan Guzar before moving to

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in 2007 where he played for two seasons. In 2009, he returned to his former club Shurtan Guzar. On 4 January 2013 Bunyodkor officially announced the signing of Igor Taran. In 2015, he moved back to Shurtan Guzar, after playing one season for

Nasaf Qarshi Football Club Nasaf Qarshi ( uz, Futbol Klubi Nasaf Qarshi) is a professional football club based in Qarshi (Qashqadaryo Region), Uzbekistan. Founded in 1986, the club competes in the Uzbekistan Super League. History Name changes * 1985–1991: ...

in 2013.

International career

He made his debut for the

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on 11 August 2010 in a friendly match against

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, which ended in a 1–0 win for Albania.

Honours

;Bunyodkor *

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 ...

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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 ...

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* * 1983 births Living people Uzbekistani men's footballers Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games Uzbekistani people of Russian descent Men's association football forwards Asian Games competitors for Uzbekistan Uzbekistan men's international footballers FK Andijon players FC Shurtan Guzar players FC Bunyodkor players FC Nasaf players FK Kokand 1912 players FK Neftchi Farg'ona players Uzbekistan Super League players {{Uzbekistan-footy-forward-stub