| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Arsen Georgievich Avakov | ||
| Date of birth | 28 May 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Dushanbe, Tajik SSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1992 | Pomir Dushanbe | 7 | (0) |
| 1992–1994 | Temp Shepetivka | 48 | (7) |
| 1994–1996 | Torpedo Zaporizhzhia | 48 | (25) |
| 1996–2000 | Torpedo Moscow | 72 | (13) |
| 1996 | → Torpedo-Luzhniki-d | 5 | (8) |
| 1997 | → Shinnik Yaroslavl (loan) | 17 | (4) |
| 1999 | → Lokomotiv Nizhniy Novgorod (loan) | 28 | (13) |
| 2001–2002 | Uralan Elista | 53 | (16) |
| Total | 278 | (84) | |
| International career | |||
| 1992–1999 | Tajikistan [1] | 10 | (5) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2014–2018 | TSK Simferopol (team director) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Arsen Georgievich Avakov (born 28 May 1971) is a former Tajikistani football player. He is of Armenian descent. Arsen won the top scorer award in the Ukrainian Premier League in 1995 while playing for FC Torpedo Zaporizhia, the first foreign player in history of the Ukrainian Premier League to do so.
Avakov began his playing career with FC Pamir Dushanbe in the Soviet Top League, before moving to clubs in Ukraine. He finished his career with FC Torpedo Moscow, FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod and FC Uralan Elista in the Russian Premier League. [2]
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 8 May 1996 | Dushanbe, Tajikistan |  Uzbekistan | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| 2. | 1 June 1997 | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |  Vietnam | 0–3 | 0–4 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3. | 22 June 1997 | Dushanbe, Tajikistan |  Turkmenistan | 1–0 | 5–0 | |
| 4. | 3–0 | |||||
| 5. | 4–0 | |||||
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