Timur Kapadze

Timur Kapadze
Kapadze in 2022
Personal information
Full name Timur Takhirovich Kapadze
Date of birth (1981-09-05) 5 September 1981
Place of birth Fergana, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Uzbekistan (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2001 Neftchi Fergana 14 (2)
2002–2007 Pakhtakor 152 (28)
2008–2010 Bunyodkor 70 (11)
2011 Incheon United 28 (4)
2012 Al Sharjah 9 (0)
2012–2015 Aktobe 69 (10)
2015–2017 Lokomotiv Tashkent 80 (11)
International career
2002–2015 Uzbekistan 119 (10)
Managerial career
2018 Uzbekistan (interim)
2021–2024 Olympic Tashkent
2021–2024 Uzbekistan U23
2024 Uzbekistan Olympic
2025– Uzbekistan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Timur Kapadze (Uzbek: Temur Kapadze; Russian: Тимур Тахирович Кападзе; Georgian: თემურ კაპაძე) is an Uzbekistani former professional football midfielder of Ahiska-Turkish descent. He is currently the head coach of the Uzbekistan national football team who he guided to a historic first ever qualification for the FIFA World Cup in 2026.