Kurban Berdyev

Kurban Berdyev is the kind of figure I find quietly compelling. Born in Ashgabat and forged in the Soviet game as a player, he reinvented himself into a manager that FourFourTwo ranked 36th in the world in 2017, ahead of Brendan Rodgers. That a coach from Turkmenistan reached such standing says a lot about substance over fashionable pedigree. Still working, now in charge at Azerbaijan's Turan Tovuz, he clearly coaches because the craft holds him. I have a soft spot for people who redraw the football map through results rather than reputation, and Berdyev is a textbook example of exactly that.

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Name (English)

Kurban Berdyev

Name (Japanese)

グルバン・ベルディエフ

Reading

ぐるばん・べるでぃえふ

Born

August 25, 1952 (age 74)

Origin

Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Height

178 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Dragon

Awards & achievements

• Master of Sport of the USSR
• Order of Friendship
• Order of Al-Fakhr

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurban%20Berdyev
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AB%E3%83%90%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A8%E3%83%95
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q368902

Tags

• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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