Yuriy Vazgenovich Sarkisyan ( hy, Յուրի Վազգենի Սարգսյան, russian: Юрий Вазгенович Саркисян; born 30 May 1947) is an Uzbekistani

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and former

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of Armenian descent. He is the first Armenian to lead a national team into an international tournament.

Playing career

He started his footballer career in 1968, at Metallurg from

Olmaliq Olmaliq ( uz, Olmaliq / Олмалиқ, russian: Алмалык, Almalyk) is a district-level city (2021 pop 133,400) in the Tashkent Region of central Uzbekistan, approximately 65 km east of Tashkent. It is located at latitude 40° 50' 41N; ...

. From 1970 to 1973, he played for ''Avtomobilist

Termez Termez ( uz, Termiz/Термиз; fa, ترمذ ''Termez, Tirmiz''; ar, ترمذ ''Tirmidh''; russian: Термез; Ancient Greek: ''Tàrmita'', ''Thàrmis'', ) is the capital of Surxondaryo Region in southern Uzbekistan. Administratively, it is ...

''. His last player station was

Neftyanik 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 c ...

where he later began his managing career. In his footballer career, he completed 14 seasons and 10 times became top scorer of teams he played. With 241 goals, he is a member of

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 ...

Managing career

In 1987, he became manager of

Neftchi Farg'ona 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 c ...

. Since 1990, he is ''Merited Trainer of Uzbekistan''. From 1992 to 1995, Sarkisyan won with

five times

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 ...

. From July 2000 to February 2000, he was coach of

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 Uzbe ...

. He was named by

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five times as

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, more than any other uzbek coach ever. On 16 May 2013, Sarkisyan was sacked as ''Neftchi'' coach after club's poor result in recent league matches. He worked at the club for last 26 years. Sarkisyan was named in uzbek mass media ''Uzbek Ferguson'' for long years managing work in

Honours

Manager

Soviet Second League The Soviet Second League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу (вторая лига), Soviet football championship (Second League)) was the third highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet First League. The leagu ...

, East conference (1): 1990 *

(5): 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2001 *

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 ...

(2): 1994, 1996 *

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3rd:

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Individual

Uzbekistan Football Coach of the Year The Uzbekistan Football Coach of the Year (Uzbek:''Yilning eng yaxshi murabbiyi'' or ''Йилнинг энг яхши мураббийи'') is a yearly award organized by the Uzbekistan Football Association and given to the Uzbek football coach who ...

(5): 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006 *

member

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sarkisyan, Yuriy 1947 births Ethnic Armenian sportspeople Soviet footballers Armenian footballers Uzbekistani footballers Living people Footballers from Yerevan FK Neftchi Farg'ona players Uzbekistan national football team managers FC Neftchi Farg'ona managers Uzbekistani people of Armenian descent Men's association football forwards Armenian football managers Soviet Armenians