Said Yusupovich Seyidov (russian: Саид Юсупович Сеидов; tk, Said Ýusupowiç Seýidow; born 22 January 1962) is a Turkmen football

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and a former Soviet footballer. Current head coach of

FC Ahal Ahal Änew Football Club ( tk, Ahal Änew Futbol Kluby), or simply Ahal FC, is a Turkmen professional association football club based in the Änew, Ahal Province. Founded in 1989, the club played its first-ever top flight season in 1992. The ...

Playing career

Seýidow was born in

Ashgabat Ashgabat or Asgabat ( tk, Aşgabat, ; fa, عشق‌آباد, translit='Ešqābād, formerly named Poltoratsk ( rus, Полтора́цк, p=pəltɐˈratsk) between 1919 and 1927), is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan. It lie ...

. He started his career in the FC Kolkhozchi Ashgabat. Later he played for the club from the Uzbek SSR for FC Zvezda Jizzakh, as well as for the clubs from the Turkmen SSR: FC Kopetdag, FC Ahal, FC Nebitchi, FC Nisa and FC Turan. For most of his soccer career he played as a

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Managing career

In 1996-1998 he was the head coach of FC Buzmeyin. In 1999-2000 he worked as a senior coach at FC Galkan Ashgabat. In 2000–2004, he was a senior coach at FC Nisa Ashgabat. In 2002 he worked with Youth national football team of Turkmenistan as a senior coach. In 2003-2004 he was a senior coach at National football team of Turkmenistan. For reaching the finals of the Asian Championship in China, he was awarded the title of Honored Football Coach of Turkmenistan. 2005-2006 he worked as coach in FC Navbahor Namangan (Uzbekistan). 2006 - FC Shurtan (Guzar, Uzbekistan) - coach. 2007—2010 Academy of FC "Mashal" (Mubarek, Uzbekistan) - head coach. 2010 - FC "Nasaf" (Karshi, Uzbekistan) - coach of the reserve team. 2011-2012 FC Shurtan (Guzar, Uzbekistan) - senior coach. 2014 FC "Bukhara" (Uzbekistan) - acting head coach. For four years he worked as the head coach of

FK Köpetdag Aşgabat Football Club Köpetdag ( tk, Köpetdag Futbol Kluby) is a Turkmen professional football club based in Ashgabat, currently playing in the Ýokary Liga. Their home stadium is Köpetdag Stadium which can hold 26,000 people. Köpetdag traditional ...

in the period 2015–2019. In the first year of work, the team won the First league of Turkmenistan and got a place to play in the

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. Under his leadership, FС Kopetdag won the

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. On 6 August 2019, Seýidow was appointed manager of

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. In July 2020, he left the club by mutual consent. On 19 August 2020, he signed a contract with

club

. On 31 March 2022, Seýidow became the manager of Turkmenistan national team.Саид Сеидов назначен главным тренером сборной Туркменистана по футболу
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Honours

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* Turkmenistan First League (1): 2015 *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Seyidow, Said Soviet footballers Turkmenistan footballers Living people Turkmenistan football managers Sportspeople from Ashgabat Turkmenistan national football team managers Association football midfielders FC Sogdiana Jizzakh players FC Nisa Aşgabat players FK Köpetdag Aşgabat players FC Ahal players Uzbekistan Super League players FC Nisa Aşgabat managers FK Köpetdag Aşgabat managers PFK Nurafshon managers Turkmenistan expatriate sportspeople in Uzbekistan 1962 births