Viktor Zubarev

Viktor Yegorovich Zubarev (10 April 1973 – 18 October 2004) was a football forward from Kazakhstan. He was nicknamed Uncle Stepan (дядя Стёпа).

Career He played for Batyr, Irtysh and Esil Bogatyr in his native country, for Arsenal Tula and Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod in Russia, and for Apollon Limassol in Cyprus.

International team Zubarev was called up by coach Serik Berdalin to represent the national team in a match against Pakistan for the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. He scored his first hat-trick in this match, which Kazakhstan won 7–0. He would go on to score 12 goals in 18 caps, being the second top scorer of the national team, only surpassed by Ruslan Baltiev.

Death Zubarev died of drug overdose in his apartment in Omsk.

Career statistics

International

International goals All his scored goals are shown in the box below, with the Score and Result column listing Kazakhstan's goal tally first. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 1997-06-11 Lahore, Pakistan 5–0 7–0 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification 2 6–0 3 7–0 4 1997-10-04 Almaty, Kazakhstan 1–1 1–1 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification 5 1998-12-03 Sisaket, Thailand 1–0 5–0 1998 Asian Games 6 3–0 7 4–0 8 5–0 9 1998-12-08 Bangkok, Thailand 1–1 1–1 1998 Asian Games 10 1998-12-10 Bangkok, Thailand 1–0 2–0 1998 Asian Games 11 2000-04-08 Doha, Qatar 1–0 4–0 2000 AFC ACQ 12 2–0

Honours Club Irtysh Pavlodar Top Division/Super League (4): 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003 Kazakhstan Cup (1): 1997–98 Apollon Limassol Cypriot Cup (1): 2000–01

Personal GOAL Journal "Best Player of the year": 1999 Cypriot Cup Winner: 2001