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My Take
What grabs me about Timur Kapadze is the arc from player to nation-builder. Born in Fergana, Uzbekistan in 1981, he gave the national team years on the pitch, then came back as a coach and did something no one before him had managed: guiding Uzbekistan to its first-ever World Cup, the 2026 edition. That's not a footnote, it's history. I find it telling that he's now in charge at Navbahor Namangan too, staying rooted in the domestic game rather than chasing a glamour move abroad. To me he reads as a builder, the type who quietly raises a whole footballing culture.
Overview
Timur Takhirovich Kapadze (Uzbek: Temur Kapadze; Russian: Тимур Тахирович Кападзе; Georgian: თემურ კაპაძე; born 5 September 1981) is an Uzbek professional football coach and former player. He is the current head coach of Uzbekistan Super League club Navbahor Namangan. He guided the Uzbekistan national team as head coach to a historic first ever qualification to the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Timur Kapadze
- Name (Japanese)
- ティムル・カパーゼ
- Reading
- てぃむる・かぱーぜ
- Born
- September 5, 1981 (age 44)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Rooster
- Origin
- Fergana, Fergana Region, Uzbekistan
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 185 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · Association football coach — see all →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.