Igor Shkvyrin

Igor Anatolyevich Shkvyrin (; born 29 April 1963) is an Uzbekistani former professional footballer who played for several clubs in Europe and Asia and for the Uzbekistan national team. He was most recently the head coach of Sogdiana Jizzakh.

Playing career Shkvyrin was born in Tashkent. He played several seasons in the Soviet Top League with Pakhtakor Tashkent and moved to Israel where he played for Hapoel Tel Aviv and Malaysia where he played for Pahang FA. With Pahang, he won the 1995 Liga Perdana. With Pakhtakor, he scored 51 goals in 67 league matches between 1989 and 1991. He scored totally 275 goals in career and is member of Club 200 of Berador Abduraimov.

In 1999–2000 season, Shkvyrin appeared in the National Football League with Mohun Bagan, and scored 11 goals. He emerged as the top scorer in the league that season. Later he moved to another Indian outfit Churchill Brothers and played in the 2000–01 season. He scored 12 goals for the Red Machine and won the Durand Cup in 2001.

The 1994 Asian Games gold medallist Shkvyrin returned to Uzbekistan at the end of the season, and would eventually rack up five separate stints for Pakhtakor Tashkent before finally hanging up his boots at the age of 38 in 2001.

International career Shkyrin made his debut for Uzbekistan on 17 June 1992 against Tajikistan in a 2–2 draw match, where he scored his first international Goal.

He made 31 appearances for the Uzbekistan national team and scored 20 goals between 1992 and 2000. He played in the 1994 Asian Games football tournament in Hiroshima, Japan (the first time Uzbekistan national team participated in an official football tournament following its independence from the Soviet Union, and the team won the gold medal).

Managerial career In 2002, Shkvyrin began managing career and worked in 2003–04 as assistant coach to Aleksandr Tarkhanov in FC Krylia Sovetov Samara. From 2005 to 2007 he was head coach of Uzbek League club Qizilqum Zarafshon. In 2007, he was appointed as assistant coach to Vadim Abramov for Uzbekistan U-23 national team and in 2008–2010 worked as co-trainer to Rauf Inileev and later Mirjalol Kasymov for Uzbekistan national team.

Since 2008 he is head coach of Olmaliq FK. In season 2009 Olmaliq finished fourth in the league and Shkvyrin was named Football coach of the Year.

Career statistics

International goals No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 17 June 1992 Dushanbe, Tajikistan 1–0 2–2 1992 Central Asian Cup 2. 1 October 1994 Hiroshima, Japan 3–0 4–1 1994 Asian Games 3. 4–0 4. 3 October 1994 3–0 5–0 5. 4–0 6. 7 October 1994 5–1 5–4 7. 11 October 1994 Miyoshi, Japan 1–0 3–0 8. 3–0 9. 16 October 1994 Hiroshima, Japan 1–0 4–2 10. 19 June 1996 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 4–0 5–0 1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification 11. 6 December 1996 Al Ain, UAE 1–0 2–0 1996 AFC Asian Cup 12. 24 August 1997 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 1–0 5–1 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification 13. 4–1 14. 25 October 1997 1–0 4–0 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification 15. 2–0 16. 5 December 1998 Chiang Mai, Thailand 2–0 15–0 1998 Asian Games 17. 3–0 18. 5–0 19. 7 December 1998 Bangkok, Thailand 2–0 4–0 20. 9 December 1998 1–0 2–0

Honours

As a player Pahang FA Malaysia Super League: 1995

Pakhtakor Tashkent Uzbek League: 1998; runner-up 2001 Uzbek Cup: 2001

Mohun Bagan National Football League (India): 1999–2000

Churchill Brothers Durand Cup: 2001

Uzbekistan Asian Games: 1994

Individual Soviet First League top scorer: 1990 (37 goals) National Football League (India) Golden Boot: 1999–2000 (11 goals) Uzbek League top scorer: 1998 (22 goals) Club 200 of Berador Abduraimov member: 275 goals Uzbekistan Player of the Year: 1994 Best Player and top scorer of Asian Games 1994: 8 goals (7 matches)

As a manager Uzbek League 4th place: 2009 Uzbekistan Football Coach of the Year: 2009 UzPFL Coach of the Month: March 2015