Ravshanbek Bekovich Yunusov ( February 14, 1946 , UzSSR , USSR - November 24, 2016 , Tashkent , Uzbekistan [1] ) is a Soviet football player who played as a defender . He played 90 matches and scored 3 goals in the Soviet Major League as part of Pakhtakor .
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| Full name | Ravshanbek Bekovich Yunusov | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 14, 1946 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Died | November 24, 2016 (70 years old) Tashkent , Uzbekistan | ||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  the USSR | ||||||||||||||||||
| Position | defender | ||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Pupil of the Tashkent youth school "Spartak", where he studied since 1956 with coach Maruf Akbarov. At a junior age, he played for the Tashkent team "Dimitrovets", also played for the youth team of the Uzbek SSR .
In 1966 he transferred to the main team of the republic - Tashkent “ Pakhtakor ”. He made his debut in the Premier League on August 30, 1966 in the game against Yerevan “ Ararat ” (4: 1) [2] , left in the starting lineup and played the entire match. After this game, the footballer entrenched in Pakhtakor and took part in 12 meetings until the end of the season. On April 10, 1968, he scored his first goal in the major league of the championship of the Soviet Union against the Dynamo Moscow, which was defended by Lev Yashin [3] . In the middle of the 1970 season, he lost his place in the lineup and a year later left the team. In total in the major league he played 90 matches and scored 3 goals.
After leaving Pakhtakor, he played in the second league for the Yangiarik team, later renamed Khanki .
After the end of his playing career, he switched to coaching and administrative work. In recent years, before retiring, he was the head of the Tashkent sports complex Istiklol. In the 2000s, he coached a team of Pakhtakor veterans.
In 2014–2016 he was an aksakal (the head of local self-government) of the makhalla in the Yakkasaray district of Tashkent .
He was married, the father of five daughters.
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Links
- Profile on FootballFacts.ru
- Pakhtakor legend and his daughters want to equip Tashkent courtyard