Said Seýidow

Said Yusupovich Seyidov (Саид Юсупович Сеидов; Said Ýusupowiç Seýidow; born 22 January 1962) is a Turkmen football coach and a former Soviet footballer. Current head coach of FC Ahal.

Playing career
Seýidow was born in Ashgabat. He started his career in the FC Kolkhozchi Ashgabat. Later he played for the club from the Uzbek SSR for FC Zvezda Jizzakh, as well as for the clubs from the Turkmen SSR: FC Kopetdag, FC Ahal, FC Nebitchi, FC Nisa and FC Turan. For most of his soccer career he played as a midfielder.

Managing career
In 1996-1998 he was the head coach of FC Buzmeyin.

In 2002 he worked with Youth national football team of Turkmenistan as a senior coach.

In 2003-2004 he was a senior coach at National football team of Turkmenistan. For reaching the finals of the Asian Championship in China, he was awarded the title of Honored Football Coach of Turkmenistan.

2005-2006 he worked as coach in FC Navbahor Namangan (Uzbekistan).

2006 - FC Shurtan (Guzar, Uzbekistan) - coach.

2007—2010 Academy of FC "Mashal" (Mubarek, Uzbekistan) - head coach.

2010 - FC "Nasaf" (Karshi, Uzbekistan) - coach of the reserve team.

2011-2012 FC Shurtan (Guzar, Uzbekistan) - senior coach.

2014 FC "Bukhara" (Uzbekistan) - acting head coach.

For four years he worked as the head coach of FK Köpetdag Aşgabat in the period 2015–2019. In the first year of work, the team won the First league of Turkmenistan and got a place to play in the Ýokary Liga. Under his leadership, FС Kopetdag won the 2018 Turkmenistan Cup.

On 6 August 2019, Seýidow was appointed manager of FC Ashgabat. In July 2020, he left the club by mutual consent.

On 19 August 2020, he signed a contract with Ýokary Liga club FC Ahal.

On 31 March 2022, Seýidow became the manager of Turkmenistan national team.

Honours

 * FK Köpetdag Aşgabat
 * Turkmenistan First League (1): 2015
 * Turkmenistan Cup (1): 2018