Said Yusupovich Seyidov (; ; born 22 January 1962) is a Turkmen football coach and a former Soviet footballer. Current head coach of FC Ahal. Playing career Seýidow was born in Ashgabat. 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 midfielder. 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 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 Ýokary Liga. Under his leadership, FС Kopetdag won the 2018 Turkmenistan Cup. On 6 August 2019, Seýidow was appointed manager of FC Ashgabat. In July 2020, he left the club by mutual consent. On 19 August 2020, he signed a contract with Ýokary Liga club FC Ahal. On 31 March 2022, Seýidow became the manager of Turkmenistan national team. Honours FK Köpetdag Aşgabat Turkmenistan First League (1): 2015 Turkmenistan Cup (1): 2018 References External links 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