# Viktor Zubarev

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).

## Career

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

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

Zubarev died of drug overdose in his apartment in Omsk.

## Career statistics

    As of match played 15 July 2014
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National Cup | National Cup | Continental | Continental | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Batyr | 1993 | Kazakhstan Top Division | 8 | 1 | | | - | - | 8 | 1 |
| Batyr | 1994 | Kazakhstan Top Division | 20 | 4 | | | - | - | 20 | 4 |
| Batyr | 1995 | Kazakhstan Top Division | 16 | 2 | | | - | - | 16 | 2 |
| Batyr | 1996 | Kazakhstan Top Division | 32 | 11 | | | - | - | 32 | 11 |
| Batyr | Total | 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 |
| Irtysh Pavlodar | 2000 | Kazakhstan Top Division | 10 | 3 | | | | | 10 | 3 |
| Irtysh Pavlodar | Total | Total | 37 | 25 | | | | | 37 | 25 |
| Apollon Limassol | 2000–01 | Cypriot First Division | 25 | 15 | | | - | - | 25 | 15 |
| Apollon Limassol | 2001–02 | Cypriot First Division | 17 | 8 | | | 4 | 2 | 21 | 10 |
| Apollon Limassol | Total | Total | 42 | 23 | | | 4 | 2 | 42 | 23 |
| Irtysh Pavlodar | 2002 | Kazakhstan Super League | 29 | 8 | | | - | - | 29 | 8 |
| Irtysh Pavlodar | 2003 | Kazakhstan Super League | 5 | 0 | | | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Irtysh Pavlodar | Total | Total | 34 | 8 | | | 0 | 0 | 34 | 8 |
| FC Kyzylzhar | 2003 | Kazakhstan Super League | 13 | 7 | | | - | - | 13 | 7 |
| FC Kyzylzhar | 2004 | Kazakhstan Super League | 23 | 9 | | | - | - | 23 | 9 |
| FC Kyzylzhar | Total | Total | 36 | 16 | | | - | - | 36 | 16 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 284 | 110 | | | 4 | 2 | 288 | 112 |

### International

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

### International goals

    All his scored goals are shown in the box below, with the Score and Result column listing Kazakhstan's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 1997-06-11 | Lahore, Pakistan | Pakistan | 5–0 | 7–0 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 1997-06-11 | Lahore, Pakistan | Pakistan | 6–0 | 7–0 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3 | 1997-06-11 | Lahore, Pakistan | Pakistan | 7–0 | 7–0 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 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 | 1998-12-03 | Sisaket, Thailand | Laos | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1998 Asian Games |
| 7 | 1998-12-03 | Sisaket, Thailand | Laos | 4–0 | 5–0 | 1998 Asian Games |
| 8 | 1998-12-03 | Sisaket, Thailand | Laos | 5–0 | 5–0 | 1998 Asian Games |
| 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
### Club
#### Irtysh Pavlodar

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

#### Apollon Limassol

* Cypriot Cup (1): 2000–01

### Personal

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