Full name: Eduard Artyomovich Markarov
Date of birth: June 20, 1942, Baku, Azerbaijan SSR
Height: 164 cm.
Weight: 62-64 kg.
Position: Forward

Master of Sports of the CCCP (1963)
Honored Master of Sports of the USSR (1973)
Honored Coach of the Armenian SSR (1983)
Held 3 matches in the USSR national team (1966 - 1968)
Bronze medalist at the 1966 FIFA World Cup in England (4th place)
Bronze medalist of the USSR championship in 1966 ("Neftchi")
Silver medalist of the USSR championship in 1971 ("Ararat")
Champion of the USSR in 1973 ("Ararat")
Winner of the USSR Cup in 1973 and 1975 ("Ararat")
Top scorer of the season: 1962 (Trud newspaper editorial prize)
European Cup top scorer: 1974/75

The first and only time a Soviet football player scored 5 goals in one European Cup match

Footballer No. 3 CCCP in 1971 according to the annual poll of the weekly "Football"
In the lists of the 33 best football players of the USSR 3 times: 1971 - No. 3, 1973. - No. 2, 1975 - No. 3
Member of the Club of the best scorers of the USSR and Russia. G. Fedotova - scored 159 goals in official matches
Takes 6th place in the list of 100 best scorers of the USSR championship 1936-1991
Takes 7th place in the list of 100 best scorers of domestic championships (USSR and RF) 1936-2012. Scored 129 goals (88 for Neftchi and 41 for Ararat)
In 2012, Eduard Markarov entered the list of 33 best players in the history of the USSR and Russia (Encyclopedia "Legends of Russian Football")

Player Profile

“A goal is a miracle, it is the striker’s happiness. Can one miracle be more wonderful than another? Every goal is equally dear to me.”

Achievements as a player

HONORED MASTER OF SPORTS OF THE USSR

USSR TEAM 1966-1968

Command:

Bronze medalist at the 1966 FIFA World Cup in England

(4th place, "small bronze")

Personal:

PERFORMING AS A PART OF THE SOVIET TEAMS I SCORE FIVE GOALS

Speaking as part of the Soviet national teams, he scored five goals. In total, Eduard Markarov scored 207 goals. If we add here the balls scored by Eduard in unofficial matches of club teams and national teams, then his track record will include at least 300 goals.

"NEFTCHIAN" (NEFTCHI, BAKU) 1961-1970

Command:

Bronze medalist of the USSR championship: 1966

Personal:

Top scorer of the season: 1962 (Trud newspaper editorial prize)

TOTAL FOR "NEFTMAN" IN THE USSR CHAMPIONSHIPS OF 1961-1970 I HAD 251 MATCHES AND SCORE 88 GOALS

FOR THE WHOLE PERIOD OF THE GAME FOR "NEFTMAN" SCORE 128 GOALS, OF THEM:

USSR Championship - 88
USSR Cup - 8
All-Union tournament "Snowdrop" - 3 (1)
International friendly matches and test games - 29

Interesting statistics:

From 1965 to 1970 - captain of the Neftyanik
From 1961 to 1970 he played 251 matches for Neftyanik and scored 88 goals.
April 26, 1961 - the first match and the first goal in the Higher League of the USSR for "Neftyanik" at the Moscow stadium "Dynamo". On the 32nd minute, the forward scored the ball into the gates of the capital's "Torpedo", and the Baku team took the lead - 2:0, but still lost - 2:3. But let's not forget that the winners of the 1960 European Cup Valentin Ivanov and Slava Metreveli played in the ranks of the car factory
September 21, 1961 - Baku spectators saw Eduard for the first time as a Major League player on his field in the meeting "Oilman" - "Dynamo" - 2:2. True, he then failed to hit the gates of Lev Yashin
June 5, 1962 - managed to open an account with balls scored in his hometown, Neftyanik - Spartak (Moscow) - 2: 2. The game started just with Markarov's goal in the 2nd minute
May 31, 1962 - the first double in his performance was recorded in Tashkent, Neftyanik defeated Pakhtakor - 3: 1
May 19, 1966 - a hat-trick: the Baku team defeated Kutaisi "Torpedo" at home - 7:0
In 1964, he marked his 100th match with Neftyanik with two goals against Moldova.
Scored a goal between the legs of the great Lev Yashin

"ARARAT" (YEREVAN) 1971-1975

Command:

Personal:

No. 3 - 1971

No. 2 - 1973

No. 3 - 1975

1974/75 European Cup top scorer (Champions League): 5 goals
All-Union record in European cups: 5 goals in one match

Team Prizes:

IN TOTAL FOR ARARAT IN THE USSR CHAMPIONSHIPS OF 1971-1975 I HAD 119 MATCHES AND SCORE 41 GOALS

FOR THE WHOLE PERIOD OF THE PLAY FOR "ARARAT" HAS SCORE 109 GOALS, FROM THEM:

USSR Championship - 44 (3)
USSR Cup - 13 (1)
Quad Cups - 13 (1)
International friendly matches - 18 (1)
Control games - 23

Note: in parentheses are the goals scored in the penalty shoot-out.

Interesting statistics:

April 8, 1971 - marked his debut with a goal, in the 24th minute. He opened the scoring in the home match against Karpaty - 1:1
On May 19, 1971, the Hrazdan stadium was opened
May 2, 1971 - the first double for "Ararat" was made, in Tbilisi Yerevan upset local Dynamo players - 4:0
1973 and 1975 - two-time winner of the USSR Cup
Played in all three prestigious tournaments in Europe:

UEFA Cup (Europa League)1972/73

European Cup (Championship League) 1974/75

Cup Winners' Cup 1975/76

Markarovsky's courage was present in all cup matches - in 5 matches he scored 7 goals against opponents
In general, he showed phenomenal performance in European competition - 12 goals scored in 13 games (he scored one more goal in the penalty shoot-out)
Markarov has two notable achievements in European competition:

On October 2, 1974, he scored a hat-trick in a meeting with the Norwegian "Viking"

On September 17, 1975, he managed a record five goals in one match (with the Cypriot "Anorthosis") is an all-Union record in European cups. Overall result - 9:0

Together with Gerd Müller, he was recognized as the top scorer of the European Cup (Champions League):

Muller (Bayern) - 5 goals

Markarov (Ararat) - 5 goals

1972 - after the departure of Markarov from Neftchi, the team, the bronze champion of the USSR -1966, leaves the Higher League
1971 - with the arrival of Ararat, the team for the first time becomes the Silver medalist of the USSR Championship, then Champion of the USSR and two-time winner of the USSR Cup

HONORED COACH OF ARMENIA

"ARARAT" (YEREVAN)

Team Prizes:

JUNIOR TEAM OF THE USSR

Champion (gold) of the European Junior Championship in Hungary: 1990
Bronze medalist at the Junior World Championship in Portugal: 1991

MALATIA (YEREVAN)

FIRST TEAM OF ARMENIA

First coach of the first team of Armenia 1992-1994

"EREBUNI" (YEREVAN)

Bronze medalist of the Armenian Championship

OMENMEN (BEIRUT, LEBANON)

Silver medalist of the Lebanese Championship: 1998
Lebanese Cup finalist: 1999

In 1998, he led the Lebanese team "Omenmen", which occupied the bottom line and brought it to second place in a year

"MIKA" (YEREVAN)

Armenian Cup Winner: 2000
Armenian Cup Winner: 2001

"KILIKIA" (YEREVAN)

Coach 2008-2010

Achievements as a coach

Not a single yellow card in the entire career in the Higher League of the USSR and the USSR national team
With 159 goals, he is a member of the Grigory Fedotov Club, which unites Soviet and Russian football players who have scored 100 or more goals in their careers.
Entered the top ten players of Azerbaijan for 70 years
According to a poll conducted in 1992, Eduard Markarov was named the best Armenian football player of all time.
In 2011 he was awarded President of the Republic of Armenia with the medal "For Services to the Fatherland" 1st degree
Honorary Citizen of Fresno (USA): 1975
Throughout history, there have been only two Honored Masters of Sports in football in Armenia: Eduard Markarov and Harutyun Kegeyan
Irina Markarova also played in the Neftyanik club (albeit in a volleyball club), she was a bronze medalist of the USSR Championship -1966