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Viktor Zubarev
Personal information
Full name	Viktor Yegorovich Zubarev
Date of birth	10 April 1973
Place of birth	Aksu, Soviet Union
Date of death	18 October 2004 (aged 31)
Place of death	Omsk, Russia
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1993–1996	Batyr
1997	Irtysh
1998	Arsenal Tula
1998	Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod
1999–2000	Irtysh
2000–2002	Apollon Limassol
2002–2003	Irtysh
2003–2004	Esil Bogatyr
Total
International career‡
1997–2002	Kazakhstan
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 February 2008; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 February 2008

Viktor Yegorovich Zubarev (Russian: Виктор Егорович Зубарев) (10 April 1973 – 18 October 2004) was a football forward from Kazakhstan. He was nicknamed Uncle Stepan (дядя Стёпа).^[1]

Career edit

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 edit

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 edit

Zubarev died of drug overdose in his apartment in Omsk.^[2]

Career statistics edit

As of match played 15 July 2014

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Batyr	1993	Kazakhstan Top Division	8	1			-		8	1
	1994		20	4			-		20	4
	1995		16	2			-		16	2
	1996		32	11			-		32	11
	Total		76	18			-	-	76	18
Irtysh Pavlodar	1997	Kazakhstan Top Division	23	10			-		23	10
Arsenal Tula	1998	Russian First Division	18	6			-		18	6
Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod	1998	Russian First Division	18	4			-		18	6
Irtysh Pavlodar	1999	Kazakhstan Top Division	27	22			-		27	22
	2000	Kazakhstan Top Division	10	3					10	3
	Total		37	25					37	25
Apollon Limassol	2000–01	Cypriot First Division	25	15			-		25	15
	2001–02	Cypriot First Division	17	8			4	2	21	10
	Total		42	23			4	2	42	23
Irtysh Pavlodar	2002	Kazakhstan Super League	29	8			-		29	8
	2003	Kazakhstan Super League	5	0			0	0	5	0
	Total		34	8			0	0	34	8
FC Kyzylzhar	2003	Kazakhstan Super League	13	7			-		13	7
	2004	Kazakhstan Super League	23	9			-		23	9
	Total		36	16			-	-	36	16
Career total			284	110			4	2	288	112

International edit

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Kazakhstan	1997	7	4
	1998	5	6
	2000	5	2
	2002	1	0
Total		18	12

^[3]

International goals edit

All his scored goals are shown in the box below, with the Score and Result column listing Kazakhstan's goal tally first.^[4]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	1997-06-11	Lahore, Pakistan	Pakistan	5–0	7–0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
2				6–0
3				7–0
4	1997-10-04	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Japan	1–1	1–1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
5	1998-12-03	Sisaket, Thailand	Laos	1–0	5–0	1998 Asian Games
6				3–0
7				4–0
8				5–0
9	1998-12-08	Bangkok, Thailand	Thailand	1–1	1–1	1998 Asian Games
10	1998-12-10	Bangkok, Thailand	Qatar	1–0	2–0	1998 Asian Games
11	2000-04-08	Doha, Qatar	Pakistan	1–0	4–0	2000 AFC ACQ
12	2000-04-08	Doha, Qatar	Pakistan	2–0	4–0	2000 AFC ACQ

Honours edit

Club edit

Irtysh Pavlodar

Top Division/Super League (4): 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003
Kazakhstan Cup (1): 1997-98

Apollon Limassol

Cypriot Cup (1): 2000–01

Personal edit

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

References edit

^ "ПАМЯТИ ВИКТОРА ЗУБАРЕВА". kaz-football.kz. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
^ "Дело о смерти известного казахстанского футболиста Олега ЛИТВИНЕНКО прекращено за отсутствием состава преступления". kaz-football.kz. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
^ "Viktor Zubarev". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
^ Football PLAYER: Viktor Zubarev