# Anvarjon Soliev

Anvarjon Soliev (born 5 February 1978) is a retired Uzbekistani football striker and football coach.

## Early life

He was born in Turakurgan of Namangan region.

## Career
### Navbahor Namangan

Firstly he played in Yoshlik football team. Then he continued in Navbahor Namangan. In 1998, he won with Navbahor Uzbek Cup. In 2001, he moved to Pakhtakor.

### Pakhtakor

Soliev played seven seasons for Pakhtakor, after he moved in 2008 to another rising capital club Kuruvchi. With Pakhtakor he won 6 times champion of Uzbekistan and 5 Uzbek Cup titles, before leaving the club.

### Bunyodkor

In his first season for Bunyodkor Soliev scored 12 goals in league matches. He is currently top scorer of the club in Uzbek League with 46 goals (as of 21 November 2012), followed by Rivaldo and Server Djeparov. With 16 goals Soliev is one of the leading all-time topscorers of AFC Champions League, having scored eight of them for Bunyodkor.
On 18 July 2013 he moved back to Pakhtakor Tashkent.
As of the end of the 2015 Uzbek League season he won his eighth championship title with Pakhtakor. With 12 Uzbek League championships and nine Uzbek Cups, Soliev is the all-time most honoured player among Uzbekistani players. Soliev won his Uzbekistan champion titles playing for three clubs.
He is a member of Gennadi Krasnitsky club of Uzbek top scorers with over 100 goals, scoring (as of 22 November 2015) 228 goals in the league, cup, AFC Champions League and in official games for the national team.

## Managing career

In the middle of 2016 he retired as a player and started his managing career, as assistant coach in Pakhtakor-2. In December 2016 he joined the Navbahor Namangan coaching staff.

## International

He played for the Uzbekistan national football team, and played 48 matches and scored eight goals after his debut in 2001.

## Honours
### Club
#### Navbahor

* Uzbek League (1): 1996
* Uzbek Cup (1): 1998

#### Pakhtakor

* Uzbek League (8): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2014, 2015
* Uzbek Cup (6): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
* CIS cup: 2007
* AFC Champions League semi-final (2): 2003, 2004

#### Bunyodkor

* Uzbek League (3): 2008, 2009, 2011
* Uzbek Cup (2): 2008, 2012
* AFC Champions League semi-final (2): 2008, 2012

### Individual

* Uzbekistan Player of the Year 3rd: 2005
* Uzbek League Top Scorer: 2005 (29 goals)
* Gennadi Krasnitsky club: 228 goals (as of 22 November 2015)

## Player statistics
### Goals for Senior National Team

| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 20 August 2003 | Riga, Latvia | Latvia | 0–3 | Won | Friendly |
| 2 | 6 November 2003 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Hong Kong | 4–1 | Won | 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| 3 | 18 February 2004 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Iraq | 1–1 | Draw | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 4 | 9 February 2005 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Saudi Arabia | 1–1 | Draw | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 5 | 17 August 2005 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Kuwait | 3–2 | Won | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 6 | 16 August 2006 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Hong Kong | 2–2 | Draw | 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| 7 | 9 March 2007 | Shymkent, Kazakhstan | Kyrgyzstan | 6–0 | Won | Friendly |
| 8 | 28 March 2009 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Qatar | 4–0 | Won | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |