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.

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

Height

178 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Awards & achievements

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

Motto

Private

• 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

Tags

• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.