Rustam Akramov

Rustam Akramov (11 August 1948 – 15 February 2022) was an Uzbek football coach. He coached the Uzbekistan national team from 1992 to 1994 and then the India national team from 1995 to 1997.^[1][2]

Rustam Akramov

Personal information
Full name	Rustam Akramovich Akramov
Date of birth	(1948-08-11)11 August 1948
Place of birth	Yangibozor, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Date of death	15 February 2022(2022-02-15) (aged 73)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1967–1970	Politodel Tashkent
1970–1973	Pakhtakor Tashkent
Managerial career
1974–1976	CSKA Moscow (assistant)
1990–1991	USM Alger
1992	Algeria (assistant)
1992–1994	Uzbekistan
1994	Pakhtakor Tashkent
1995–1997	India
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

In February 2015, while serving as technical director for Uzbekistan football, he was rebuked by the Uzbekistan Football Federation for "unsportsmanlike conduct" of his players.^[3]

Akramov died on 15 February 2022, at the age of 73.^[4]

Honours

Manager

India

• SAFF Championship runner-up: 1995^{[citation needed]}
• South Asian Games Gold medal: 1995^{[citation needed]}