Jafar Irismetov

Jafar Irismetov (Джафар Ирисметов) (born 23 August 1976) is a former Uzbekistan footballer and coach.

Playing career
On 29 December 2012 IFFHS published list of The World's most successful Top Division Goal Scorer among the still active Players. Jafar Irismetov ranked 8th in list, scoring 240 goals in 441 matches in his career.

After 2012 season played for Navbahor Namangan he decided to finish his playing career. Early in 2013 he announced to play beach soccer and participated in 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification of (AFC) for Uzbekistan. He scored 5 goals in tournament. On 23 March 2015 in 2015 AFC Beach Soccer Championship in Qatar, Irismetov scored a hat-trick in the group stage match against UAE, which ended with a 6–5 win for the Uzbek side.

International
He played 36 matches and scored 15 goals for the Uzbekistan between 1997 and 2007.

Managing career
Irismetov started managing career in 2014. In January 2014 he was named as head coach of NBU Osiyo, club in Uzbekistan First League. On 31 May 2014 he resigned his post and left the club.

In January 2016 he joined coaching stuff of Oqtepa.

Club

 * Dustlik
 * Uzbek League (1): 2000
 * Uzbek Cup (1): 2000


 * Spartak Moscow
 * Russian Football Premier League (1): 2001
 * Commonwealth of Independent States Cup (1): 2001


 * Pakhtakor
 * Uzbek League (1): 2003


 * Kayrat Almaty
 * Kazakhstan Premier League (1): 2004


 * Almaty
 * Kazakhstan Cup (1): 2006

Liaoning FC
 * China League One: 2009

Individual

 * Uzbekistan Footballer of the Year: 2000
 * Uzbekistan Footballer of the Year 2nd: 1997
 * Uzbek League Top Scorer (3): 1996, 1997, 2000
 * CIS Cup top goalscorer: 2001 (shared)
 * Kazakhstan Premier League Top Scorer (2): 2006, 2007
 * Gennadi Krasnitsky club member: 203 goals