Tymerlan Rustamovych Huseynov (, ; born 24 January 1968) is a Ukrainian former footballer who is now sporting director of FC Dniester Ovidiopol. He was the Ukrainian Premier League's top goalscorer in the 1993–94 and 1995–96 seasons (both with Chornomorets Odesa) scoring 18 and 20 goals respectively, and scored 8 goals in 14 internationals.
Playing career Huseynov was born in Buynaksk, Dagestan ASSR, Soviet Union, now within Dagestan, Russia, to a Kumyk father and Ukrainian mother. In 1970 Huseynov with his family moved to Pervomaysk, Ukrainian SSR.
Huseynov holds many firsts in Ukrainian soccer history, including being the first player to score 100 goals in official matches in Ukraine. He is also one of the all-time leading scorers in the Ukrainian Premier League with 85 goals in 215 matches. Though long retired from the national side and with only 14 caps to show for four years of service (between 1993 and 1997), Huseynov is the #10 all-time scorer (as of 31 January 2012) in the Ukraine national team's history with 8 goals.
Coaching career After retiring from playing Huseynov began coaching at the last club he played, Signal, an amateur club from Odesa. He coached them from 2004 to 2007, winning the Odesa Oblast Cup in the process. In February 2007 he was hired as an assistant coach with FC Dniester Ovidiopol. In 2008, he moved into the administrative side of the club, becoming Dniester's sporting director.
Career statistics Club ClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsZorya1985289----289198631810--328SKA Kyiv198762----62CSKA Moscow1987121----121198810----10Zorya19894818----48181990361210--3712Metalurh Z1991140----140Zorya1992151121--17121992–9327841--319Chornomorets1993–94331882--41201994–952912722138151995–963320105139211996–9728930403591997–9827652--3281998–992913----29131999-0023110--2412000–0120----20Spartak Sumy2000–01153----1532001–0216820--188CareerTotal453159358112499169
International goals №DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition113 November 1994Republican Stadium, Kyiv, UkraineUEFA Euro 1996 qualifying226 April 1995Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn, EstoniaUEFA Euro 1996 qualifying36 September 1995Žalgiris Stadium, Vilnius, LithuaniaUEFA Euro 1996 qualifying46 September 1995Žalgiris Stadium, Vilnius, LithuaniaUEFA Euro 1996 qualifying511 October 1995Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana, SloveniaUEFA Euro 1996 qualifying69 April 1996Stadionul Republican, Chișinău, MoldovaFriendly match79 April 1996Stadionul Republican, Chișinău, MoldovaFriendly match81 May 1996Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium, Samsun, TurkeyFriendly match
Honours
Club Zorya Luhansk Soviet Second League: 1986
Chornomorets Odesa Ukrainian Cup: 1994 Ukrainian Premier League runner-up: 1994–95, 1995–96; third place: 1993–94
Individual Ukrainian Premier League Top Scorer: 1993–94, 1995–96
References
External links
Khokhlyuk, V. Huseynov Tymerlan Rustamovych (Гусейнов Тимерлан Рустамович). Luhansk Our Football.