Gurban Gurbanov

Gurban Gurbanov
Gurbanov in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-04-13) 13 April 1972
Place of birth Ashaghy Tala, Zagatala District, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Qarabağ (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1991 Daşqın Zaqatala 54 (23)
1991–1992 Mertskhali Ozurgeti 17 (4)
1992–1993 Daşqın Zaqatala 39 (24)
1993–1995 Turan Tovuz 54 (21)
1995–1996 Kür Nur 12 (3)
1996–1998 Neftçi 43 (43)
1998 Dynamo Stavropol 37 (18)
1999 Baltika Kaliningrad 14 (1)
1999–2001 Fakel Voronezh 37 (10)
2001 Neftçi 14 (9)
2002 Fakel Voronezh 28 (7)
2003 Volgar Astrakhan 21 (0)
2004–2005 Neftçi 23 (10)
2005–2006 Inter Baku 3 (1)
Total 396 (174)
International career
1992–2005 Azerbaijan 68 (14)
Managerial career
2006–2007 Neftçi
2008– Qarabağ
2017–2018 Azerbaijan

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* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gurban Osman oghlu Gurbanov (Azerbaijani: Qurban Osman oğlu Qurbanov; born 13 April 1972) is an Azerbaijani professional football manager and former player who manages Azerbaijan Premier League club Qarabağ.

In his playing days, he was a forward. Starting out with his local club Kür Nur in 1988, Gurbanov enjoyed a decorated 18-year career. He scored 178 goals in 399 league matches. With 14 goals in 68 matches, he used to be the Azerbaijan national team's all-time leading goalscorer in international matches until Emin Mahmudov broke his record in 2025.

After coaching Neftçi from 2006 to 2007, Gurbanov became the manager of Qarabağ in 2008. From 2017 to 2018, he was simultaneously the manager of the Azerbaijan national team. Gurbanov has won a total of 22 trophies in his career: five as a player and 17 as a manager.

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