Jafar Irismetov

Jafar Irismetov (born 23 August 1976) is a former Uzbekistan footballer and coach.

Playing career On 29 December 2012 IFFHS published list of The World's most successful Top Division Goal Scorer among the still active Players. Jafar Irismetov ranked 8th in list, scoring 240 goals in 441 matches in his career.

After 2012 season played for Navbahor Namangan he decided to finish his playing career. Early in 2013 he announced to play beach soccer and participated in 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification of (AFC) for Uzbekistan. He scored 5 goals in tournament. On 23 March 2015 in 2015 AFC Beach Soccer Championship in Qatar, Irismetov scored a hat-trick in the group stage match against UAE, which ended with a 6–5 win for the Uzbek side.

International He played 36 matches and scored 15 goals for the Uzbekistan between 1997 and 2007.

Managing career Irismetov started managing career in 2014. In January 2014 he was named as head coach of NBU Osiyo, club in Uzbekistan First League. On 31 May 2014 he resigned his post and left the club.

In January 2016 he joined coaching stuff of Oqtepa.

Career statistics International

Scores and results list Uzbekistan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Irismetov goal.

Honours

Club Dustlik Uzbek League (1): 2000 Uzbek Cup (1): 2000

Spartak Moscow Russian Football Premier League (1): 2001 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup (1): 2001

Pakhtakor Uzbek League (1): 2003

Kayrat Almaty Kazakhstan Premier League (1): 2004

Almaty Kazakhstan Cup (1): 2006

Liaoning FC China League One: 2009

Individual Uzbekistan Footballer of the Year: 2000 Uzbekistan Footballer of the Year 2nd: 1997 Uzbek League Top Scorer (3): 1996, 1997, 2000 CIS Cup top goalscorer: 2001 (shared) Kazakhstan Premier League Top Scorer (2): 2006, 2007 Gennadi Krasnitsky club member: 203 goals