# Jafar Irismetov

Jafar Irismetov (Russian: 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.

## Career Statistics
### International

Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Uzbekistan | 1997 | 8 | 1 |
| Uzbekistan | 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| Uzbekistan | 1999 | 6 | 2 |
| Uzbekistan | 2000 | 4 | 2 |
| Uzbekistan | 2001 | 13 | 10 |
| Uzbekistan | 2007 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 36 | 15 |
    Scores and results list Uzbekistan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Irismetov goal.
List of international goals scored by Jafar Irismetov :
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 25 May 1997 | Pakhtakor Central Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Cambodia | 5–0 | 6–0 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 23 November 1999 | Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium, Al Ain, UAE | Sri Lanka | 1–0 | 6–0 | 2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| 3 | 23 November 1999 | Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium, Al Ain, UAE | Sri Lanka | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| 4 | 29 February 2000 | NBU Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Mongolia | 4–1 | 8–1 | Friendly |
| 5 | 3 September 2000 | Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai, China | Thailand | 1–4 | 2–4 | Friendly |
| 6 | 23 April 2001 | Pakhtakor Central Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Chinese Taipei | 1–0 | 7–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 7 | 23 April 2001 | Pakhtakor Central Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Chinese Taipei | 3–0 | 7–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 8 | 23 April 2001 | Pakhtakor Central Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Chinese Taipei | 6–0 | 7–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 9 | 23 April 2001 | Pakhtakor Central Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Chinese Taipei | 7–0 | 7–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 10 | 3 May 2001 | Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan | Turkmenistan | 2–0 | 5–2 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 11 | 5 May 2001 | Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan | Chinese Taipei | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 12 | 5 May 2001 | Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan | Chinese Taipei | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 13 | 26 August 2001 | Pakhtakor Central Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Qatar | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 14 | 8 September 2001 | Pakhtakor Central Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Oman | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 15 | 8 September 2001 | Pakhtakor Central Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Oman | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |

## Honours
### 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