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Wikipedia / Anvarjon Soliev

Anvarjon Soliev (born 5 February 1978) is a retired Uzbekistani football striker and football coach.

Early life

He was born in Turakurgan of Namangan region.

Career

Navbahor Namangan

Firstly he played in Yoshlik football team. Then he continued in Navbahor Namangan. In 1998, he won with Navbahor Uzbek Cup. In 2001, he moved to Pakhtakor.

Pakhtakor

Soliev played seven seasons for Pakhtakor, after he moved in 2008 to another rising capital club Kuruvchi. With Pakhtakor he won 6 times champion of Uzbekistan and 5 Uzbek Cup titles, before leaving the club.

Bunyodkor

In his first season for Bunyodkor Soliev scored 12 goals in league matches. He is currently top scorer of the club in Uzbek League with 46 goals (as of 21 November 2012), followed by Rivaldo and Server Djeparov. With 16 goals Soliev is one of the leading all-time topscorers of AFC Champions League, having scored eight of them for Bunyodkor.

On 18 July 2013 he moved back to Pakhtakor Tashkent.

As of the end of the 2015 Uzbek League season he won his eighth championship title with Pakhtakor. With 12 Uzbek League championships and nine Uzbek Cups, Soliev is the all-time most honoured player among Uzbekistani players. Soliev won his Uzbekistan champion titles playing for three clubs.

He is a member of Gennadi Krasnitsky club of Uzbek top scorers with over 100 goals, scoring (as of 22 November 2015) 228 goals in the league, cup, AFC Champions League and in official games for the national team.

Managing career

In the middle of 2016 he retired as a player and started his managing career, as assistant coach in Pakhtakor-2. In December 2016 he joined the Navbahor Namangan coaching staff.

International

He played for the Uzbekistan national football team, and played 48 matches and scored eight goals after his debut in 2001.

Honours

Club

  1. Navbahor

  2. Uzbek League (1): 1996

  3. Uzbek Cup (1): 1998

  4. Pakhtakor

  5. Uzbek League (8): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2014, 2015

  6. Uzbek Cup (6): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

  7. CIS cup: 2007

  8. AFC Champions League semi-final (2): 2003, 2004

  9. Bunyodkor

  10. Uzbek League (3): 2008, 2009, 2011

  11. Uzbek Cup (2): 2008, 2012

  12. AFC Champions League semi-final (2): 2008, 2012

Individual

Player statistics

Goals for Senior National Team

#

Date

Venue

Opponent

Score

Result

Competition

1

20 August 2003

Riga, Latvia

0–3

Won

Friendly

2

6 November 2003

Tashkent, Uzbekistan

4–1

Won

2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification

3

18 February 2004

Tashkent, Uzbekistan

1–1

Draw

2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

4

9 February 2005

Tashkent, Uzbekistan

1–1

Draw

2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

5

17 August 2005

Tashkent, Uzbekistan

3–2

Won

2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

6

16 August 2006

Tashkent, Uzbekistan

2–2

Draw

2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification

7

9 March 2007

Shymkent, Kazakhstan

6–0

Won

Friendly

8

28 March 2009

Tashkent, Uzbekistan

4–0

Won

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

References