Rafael Safarov

Rafael Surenovich Safarov (Russian: Рафаэль Суренович Сафаров; 8 November 1947 – 26 May 2019) was a Russian football coach and a player.

Rafael Safarov

Safarov in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Rafael Surenovich Safarov
Date of birth	(1947-11-08)8 November 1947
Place of birth	Tbilisi, Georgian SSR
Date of death	26 May 2019(2019-05-26) (aged 71)
Place of death	Moscow, Russia
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Defender/Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1964	FC Dinamo Tbilisi	0	(0)
1965	FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi	3	(3)
1966–1967	FC Ararat Yerevan	13	(0)
1967	FC Dinamo Batumi	13	(2)
1970	FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi	13	(0)
1971	FC Ararat Yerevan	1	(0)
1972	FC Shakhtar Horlivka
1972–1973	FC Lori
1974–1976	FC Dynamo Makhachkala	45	(4)
Managerial career
1982	FC Dynamo Makhachkala (assistant)
1987–1994	RSDYuShOR-2 Makhachkala
1995	FC Anzhi Makhachkala
1996–2016	RSDYuShOR-2 Makhachkala
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Safarov died of a long-illness in Moscow on 26 May 2019 at the age of 71.^[1]