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Kurban Berdyev

グルバン・ベルディエフ　/　ぐるばん・べるでぃえふ

Association football player from Turkmenistan

August 25, 1952 (age 73)　・　Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

association football player
association football coach

My Take

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.

Overview

Kurban Bekiyevich Berdyev (Turkmen: Gurban Bekiýewiç Berdiýew, Russian: Курбан Бекиевич Бердыев; born 25 August 1952) is a Turkmen-Russian football manager, and a former Soviet footballer who is in charge of the Azerbaijani club Turan Tovuz. In 2017 he was included among top 50 managers in the world by fourfourtwo.com, at the 36th place, ahead of Brendan Rodgers.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

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 73)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Virgo / Dragon
Origin: Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Blood type: Private
Height: 178 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player / association football coach

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

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

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

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

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