Ulugbek Bakayev (, ) (born 28 November 1978) is a former Uzbekistani footballer and current manager of FC Sogdiana Jizzakh. Career Bakayev played spent most of his career with Kazakhstan football clubs. Playing in the Kazakhstan Premier League, he scored a total of 111 goals (as of 12 July 2014) and became the league's top scorer four times . From 2012 to 2014 he played for Irtysh Pavlodar. In 2012, he became best goal scorer of League with 14 goals and was named Footballer of the Year in Kazakhstan. In August 2014 he signed a contract with his former club FK Buxoro. On 26 January 2017, he became head coach of FK Buxoro. International Bakayev was a member of the Uzbekistan national football team. At the 2011 Asian Cup he scored two goals against Jordan in a 2–1 win to put Uzbekistan into the semi-finals. On 29 May 2014 in Tashkent, he played his farewell match for national team against Oman. Honours Club Bunyodkor Uzbek League: 2008 Uzbek Cup: 2008 Tobol Kazakhstan Premier League: 2010 Kazakhstan Cup: 2007 Zhetysu Kazakhstan Premier League runner-up: 2011 Irtysh Pavlodar Kazakhstan Premier League runner-up: 2012 Kazakhstan Cup: 2012 National team AFC Asian Cup 4th place: 2011 Individual Kazakhstan Premier League Top Scorer (4): 2004, 2010, 2011, 2012 Kazakhstan Premier League Best Player (Almaz award) (2): 2011, 2012 Kazakhstani Footballer of the Year: 2012 References External links Ulugbek Bakaev at Footballdatabase 1978 births Living people People from Bukhara Uzbekistani footballers Uzbekistani expatriate footballers Uzbekistan international footballers PFC CSKA Moscow players FC Moscow players Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan Expatriate footballers in Russia Expatriate footballers in the United Arab Emirates FC Bunyodkor players FC Tobol players Dubai CSC players Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in Russia 2007 AFC Asian Cup players 2011 AFC Asian Cup players Russian Premier League players Buxoro FK players FK Dinamo Samarqand players FC Irtysh Pavlodar players FC Zhetysu players Kazakhstan Premier League players UAE Pro League players Association football forwards Uzbekistan Super League players FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk players Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates