Nikita Gorbunow

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Nikita Gorbunov

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|02|14}}

| birth_place = Aşgabat, Soviet Union{{Cite web|url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/people/soccer/nikita-gorbunow/53510/|title = Nikita Gorbunow - Soccer player profile & career statistics - Global Sports Archive}}

| height = {{height|m=1.90}}

| position = goalkeeper

| currentclub = Şagadam FK (goalkeeping coach)

| clubnumber =

| years1 = 2004–2013

| years4 = 2011–2014

| years5 = 2015

| years6 = 2016–2018

| years7 = 2018

| years8 = 2019

| years9 = 2019–2021{{cite web | url=https://turkmenportal.com/blog/50137 | title=Вратарь Горбунов завершил карьеру и вошёл в тренерский штаб "Шагадама" | Спорт }}

| clubs1 = Nisa Asgabat

| clubs4 = FC Balkan

| clubs5 = FC Ahal

| clubs6 = FC Altyn Asyr

| clubs7 = Şagadam FK

| clubs8 = Merw FK

| clubs9 = Şagadam FK

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| nationalyears1 = 2005–2019

| nationalteam1 = Turkmenistan

| nationalcaps1 = 7

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2022– | managerclubs1 = Şagadam (goalkeeping coach)

| club-update = 13 November 2022

| nationalteam-update = 13 November 2022

}}

Nikita Andreyevich Gorbunov ({{langx|tk|Nikita Andreýewiç Gorbunow}}; born February 14, 1984) is a Turkmenistani football coach of Russian descent and a former player who played as a goalkeeper. He working as an goalkeeping coach for Şagadam FK from 2022.{{cite web | url=https://turkmenportal.com/blog/50137 | title=Вратарь Горбунов завершил карьеру и вошёл в тренерский штаб "Шагадама" | Спорт }}

Early life

Nikita Gorbunov was born in Askhabad, Turkmen SSR in Russian family.

Club career

In 2013 with FC Balkan he won the AFC-President´s Cup 2013 in Malaysia.

In 2015, he moved to FC Ahal.{{cite web|title=AHAL FC v DORDOI|url=http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=8870&stageid=350&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary|website=the-afc.com|publisher=Asian Football Confederation|accessdate=9 February 2015|date=9 February 2015}} Since 2016 plays for FC Altyn Asyr.{{cite web|url=http://www.turkmenportal.com/blog/7572|title="Алтын асыр" заметно усилился в преддверии группового турнира Кубка АФК-Спорт-Turkmenportal.com|last=ihyzmatlary.com|date=|work=turkmenportal.com|accessdate=19 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923195042/https://turkmenportal.com/blog/7572|archive-date=23 September 2018|url-status=dead}}

The season of 2019 began in FC Merw. In the summer transfer window 2019 returned to Şagadam FK.[https://turkmenportal.com/blog/20849/v-turkmenistane-zakrylos-letnee-transfernoe-okno-dlya-klubov-vysshei-ligi В Туркменистане закрылось летнее трансферное окно для клубов Высшей лиги]

His last game was the 1–0 victory{{cite web | url=https://turkmenportal.com/blog/42720/shagadam-vo-vtoroi-raz-v-istorii-vyigral-kubok-turkmenistana-po-futbolu | title="Шагадам" во второй раз в истории выиграл Кубок Туркменистана по футболу | Спорт }} against FC Ahal on 22 December at 2021 Turkmenistan Cup final.{{cite web | url=https://turkmenportal.com/blog/50137 | title=Вратарь Горбунов завершил карьеру и вошёл в тренерский штаб "Шагадама" | Спорт }}