Ulugbek Bakayev

Ulugbek Bakayev (, ; born 28 November 1978) is an Uzbekistani football coach and a former player who is the manager of Bukhara.

Club 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 career Bakayev was a member of the Uzbekistan national 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 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

Uzbekistan AFC Asian Cup 4th place: 2011

Individual Kazakhstan Premier League top scorer: 2004, 2010, 2011, 2012 Kazakhstan Premier League Best Player (Almaz award): 2011, 2012 Kazakhstani Footballer of the Year: 2012