Meklis Koshaliyev

Meklis Beyshenovich Koshaliyev is a former football coach and technical director of the Football Federation of Kyrgyzstan.

Meklis Koshaliyev

Personal information
Full name	Meklis Beyshenovich Koshaliev
Date of birth	30 November 1951
Place of birth	Talas, Kyrgyz SSR
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
19??–1975	Kyrgyzstan State Institute of Physical Culture
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1976–1981	FC Alga Bishkek
1981–1986	Alay Osh
Managerial career
1986–1991	FC Alga Bishkek
1992–1996	Kyrgyzstan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Beyshenovich and the family name is Koshaliyev.

Meklis received the honorary title of Honored Worker of Physical Culture and Sports in the Kyrgyz Republic.^[1]

Career

Meklis graduated from the Kyrgyzstan State Institute of Physical Culture in 1975, and from 1976 played for FC Alga Bishkek, before moving to Alay Osh in 1981. From 1992 to 1996 he was the manager of the Kyrgyzstan national football team. Currently, he is head of the specialized youth department of the Football Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic.^[2]

He took part in a youth football conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia attended by 85 delegates from 45 countries.^[3]

The coach conjectures that Kyrgyz football would improve in the future because of the youth system.^[4]

Individual awards

• Kyrgyzstan Honored Worker of Physical Culture and Sports