Berdyev Kurban Bekievich is a famous Soviet football player, today he is a coach. He became famous for being able to reach the Russian Premier League for football with Kazan Rubin and then win it twice. Now Berdyev Kurban Bekievich is training “Rostov” (a football club from Rostov-on-Don), with whom he sensationally won silver medals in the Russian championship last season. Fans of the mentor describe him as a calm, restrained person who enthusiastically surrenders to work.
Biography
On August 25, 1952, Berdyev Kurban Bekievich was born. Nationality is Turkmen. Many believe that he is a Tatar, but this is not so. Ashgabat became the birthplace. He always speaks warmly of his homeland, although he built his football career in another country.
In Ashkhbad, Berdyev graduated from the university and began playing for the little-known Kolkhozchi team.
Football career
In the 80th year, Kurban Bekievich Berdyev ended up in the Rostselmash football club, where he managed to appear on the field several times. A year later, he moved to Kairat from Alma-Ata. Here the midfielder was waiting for success. Berdyev, together with the team, managed to enter the USSR top division. However, he failed to sparkle in the games of the prestigious league of the country. The team’s mentor preferred the 33-year-old player to a younger midfielder. Kurban Bekievich himself was still full of energy and wanted to play, but he had to end his football career.
Trainer
Kurban Bekievich Berdyev, being a young player, was remembered by mentors and journalists as a very thoughtful and serious person. These qualities predetermined a further career. In Moscow, he entered coaching courses, and then began to train the teams of Kazakhstan. Very soon, his successes were noticed by the leadership of the Turkish club Genclerbirliga. The team was in a difficult situation, was close to relegation to the lower division. A few months of work - and the Turkish outsider climbed to the top of the standings. But Berdyev Kurban Bekievich could not gain a foothold in the coaching staff for a long time. The reason was overstated management requirements.
Then he coached clubs from Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, but could not fully demonstrate mastery. Serious success came after moving to Russia. In 2000, he received the “Crystal” from Smolensk, who was the main contender for a departure from the First League, and finished the season in 5th place.
"Ruby"
A year later, Berdyev Kurban Bekievich moved to Kazan, where he headed Rubin. The club was then little known, and the main dream of the fans was to enter the Premier League. Already in 2002, Rubin began the season in the camp of the debutants of the prestigious division. In 2003, Kazan won bronze medals, which surprised many football fans.
In place of a mentor, Berdyev had a hard time. The football club did not have normal fields, hotels or even training facilities. Thanks to the efforts of the mentor, the infrastructure gradually appeared, and Kazan turned into a football city. Berdyev rendered invaluable assistance in building children's academies, in which students were required to not only have a good game, but also study for “four” and “five”.
Discipline became the basis of Rubin under Kurban Bekievich. Victories were achieved by team efforts, and not by individual skills of individual players. In 2008, Kazan finally won the gold of the Russian championship, and a year later they repeated the success. In addition, under his leadership, the club won the Cup and the Super Bowl of the country. Games in Eurocups were also distinguished by vivid performances and memorable victories.
In early 2014, the leadership decided to dismiss Berdyev from the post of mentor.
Rostov
The football club was in a bind. Located on the last line in the table and had zero chance of getting out of the relegation zone. Mentor managed to save the club from being lowered. The 2015/16 season was the best for Rostov, who became the country's vice champion, beating many favorites.
At the end of the summer of 2016, information appeared that Berdyev would leave the team camp. Many metropolitan clubs, as well as the Russian team, claimed to be a specialist. However, he began the season with Rostov, with whom he managed to enter the group stage of the Champions League. Fans hope that Berdyev will not leave his post and help the team achieve success in the European arena. Opponents of the club from Rostov got the grandees of world football, so the players and the coach will have a hard time.