| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Server Resatovich Djeparov | ||
| Date of birth | 3 October 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Chirchiq, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Al-Shabab | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997-2000 | Navbahor Namangan | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2000–2001 | Navbahor Namangan | 46 | (7) |
| 2002–2007 | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 96 | (34) |
| 2008–2010 | Bunyodkor | 46 | (38) |
| 2008–2009 | → Chelsea (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | FC Seoul | 31 | (1) |
| 2011– | Al-Shabab | 6 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2002– | Uzbekistan | 80 | (17) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 December 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Server Djeparov (Uzbek: Server Jeparov, Uzbek Cyrillic: Сервер Жепаров, Russian: Сервер Джепаров; born 3 October 1982) is an Uzbekistani professional football midfielder who currently plays for Al-Shabab. He has won the Asian Footballer of the Year awards twice, first in 2008 and the other in 2011.
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He was born on 3 October 1982 in Chirchiq, Uzbek SSR. He began his football career with Navbahor Namangan in 1997 at the age of 15.
He was the top scorer of the Uzbekistani league in the 2008 season with 19 goals, 7 of those coming from the penalty-spot.
He was awarded the Asian Footballer of the Year in 2008, for his instrumental roles at FC Bunyodkor and with the Uzbekistan national football team.[1] As part of an agreement with the Asian Football Confederation, Djeparov was offered to spend a month on trial with Premier League giants Chelsea F.C.[2] but matches in the championship and the Asian Champions League for Bunyodkor meant he was unable to attend.[3]
He played a very important role in helping FC Bunyodkor to win the Uzbekistan league for the first time in their history. That season was described as his best season ever.[3]
Djeparov loaned to FC Seoul in K-League 2010 season. Djeparov scored his first K-League goal in the 2-0 victory against Incheon United on 2 October 2010. He posted 1 goal and 7 assists in 18 matches in the K-League
He came back to his hometown Chirchiq, Uzbekistan and did not know what club he was going to be at in the future. No announcements was made, and later he went to Dubai as part of the Uzbekistan national football team's preparation for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup.
Uzbekistan national football team came back to Uzbekistan at 30 January 2011. But Server Djeparov wasn't seen in the squad, according to the rumours, Djeparov came a day earlier, and then left to South Korea, it is not clear which Korean team he is going to play for the next season.
On 8 July 2011, Korean sports press issued that Djeparov transferred to Al-Shabab. Transfer fee was about €5,500,000[4][5] and contract years are for 3 years.
Djeparov has made 80 appearances and scored 17 goals for the senior Uzbekistan national football team since 2002.[6]
Goals for Senior National Team
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | AFC CL | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Navbahor Namangan | 2000 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 2 |
| 2001 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 5 | |
| Total | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 7 | |
| FC Pakhtakor | 2002 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 7 |
| 2003 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 6 | |
| 2004 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 11 | |
| 2005 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 10 | |
| 2006 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 18 | |
| 2007 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | - | 12 | |
| Total | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 64 | |
| FC Bunyodkor | 2008 | ? | 19 | ? | 1 | ? | ? | 10 | 1 | ? | 21 |
| 2009 | ? | 11 | ? | - | ? | ? | 9 | 2 | ? | 13 | |
| 2010 | 11 | 3 | ? | 1 | ? | ? | 7 | 0 | ? | 4 | |
| Total | ? | 33 | ? | 2 | ? | ? | 26 | 3 | ? | 38 | |
| FC Seoul | 2010 | 16 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 0 | - | - | 18 | 1 |
| 2011 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 0 | 22 | 1 | |
| Total | 31 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 40 | 2 | |
| Al-Shabab | 2011-12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Total | 48 | 68 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 83 | 111 | |
Player statistics.[7]
Server Djeparov speaks Russian fluently, but barely speaks Uzbek. Sometime in his K-League season Djeparov's first son was born and was named Raul. Few years before his first daughter was born named Veronica.
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