Server Djeparov

Early career

He began his football career with Navbahor Namangan in 1997 at the age of 15.

Navbahor Namangan

He started his professional career with Navbahor Namangan in 2000, scoring 7 goals in 46 matches.

Pakhtakor

In 2002, he was transferred to Pakhtakor Tashkent, where he scored 34 goals in 96 matches. From 2002 to 2007 he won six Uzbek League championships and six Uzbek Cups.

Bunyodkor

In 2008, he was transferred to Bunyodkor. Djeparov scored 19 goals for the team in his first season, which made him the top goalscorer of the club and the 2008 Uzbek League. His team won its first ever Uzbek League title that year. For his instrumental role in Bunyodkor and the Uzbekistan national football team, he was awarded the Asian Footballer of the Year. As a part of an agreement with the Asian Football Confederation, Djeparov was offered to a month in trial with Premier League giants Chelsea. However, Bunyodkor's matches in the Uzbek League championship and the Asian Champions League meant that he was unable to attend. Anyway, this season is often described as the best season of his career.

FC Seoul

In July 2010, Djeparov was loaned out to FC Seoul of the K League 1 until the end of season on his own request. He scored his K League 1 debut goal in a 2–0 victory against Incheon United on October 2, 2010. In all, he contributed 1 goal and 7 assists in 16 matches in the K League 1 that season, playing an instrumental role in Seoul's…

Djeparov was named the head coach of Uzbekistan U-14 on 28 January 2020. Seven months later, he became the assistant coach of Uzbekistan.

Djeparov has made 128 appearances and scored 25 goals for the senior Uzbekistan national team since May 2002 until September 2017. In 2011, he became the captain of the Uzbekistan and posted 2 goals and 2 assists in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, leading his side to its first ever semifinals in the cup.

Djeparov is of Crimean Tatar ethnicity and speaks fluent Russian, as well as comprehensible English, but only barely speaks Uzbek. He has a son, Raul Djeparov, born June 18, 2007 in Tashkent. Raul was named after Real Madrid legend Raúl. He was part of the Bunyodkor Academy. Since the beginning of 2026 he has been playing for FK Oqtepa Toshkent, and on July 18, 2026, he signed a contract with PFC Dynamo Samarkand. A few years before, his daughter Veronika was born.