Personal information | |||
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Full name | Valeriy Yuldashevich Tursunov | ||
Date of birth | 3 August 1954 | ||
Place of birth | Tajikistan | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1974–1988 | CSKA-Pamir | ||
1990 | Austria Klagenfurt | ||
Managerial career | |||
1989–1991 | CSKA-Pamir | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Valeriy Yuldashevich Tursunov (Russian: Валерий Турсунов; born 3 August 1954) is a Tajikistani former football manager and footballer.
Tursunov played for Tajikistani side CSKA-Pamir, where he was regarded as one of the club's most important players.[2]
Tursunov mainly operated as a striker and was described as "nimble, mobile and technical".[3]
Tursunov was nicknamed the "Tajikistani Pele" after Brazil international Pele.[4]