Ulugbek Bakayev (Uzbek: Улуғбек Бақоев, Ulug`bek Baqoyev, Russian: Улугбек Бакаев; born 28 November 1978) is an Uzbekistanifootball coach and a former player who is the manager of Bukhara.
Club career
Bakayev played spent most of his career with Kazakhstan football clubs. Playing in the Kazakhstan Premier League, he scored a total of 111 goals (as of 12 July 2014) and became the league's top scorer four times . From 2012 to 2014, he played for Irtysh Pavlodar. In 2012, he became best goal scorer of League with 14 goals and was named Footballer of the Year in Kazakhstan. In August 2014, he signed a contract with his former club FK Buxoro.[1] On 26 January 2017, he became head coach of FK Buxoro.