Rustam Akramov

{{Short description|Uzbek football coach (1948–2022)}}

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| fullname = Rustam Akramovich Akramov

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1948|8|11}}

| birth_place = Yangibozor, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2022|2|15|1948|8|11}}

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| position =Midfielder

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| years1 = 1967–1970

| clubs1 =Politodel Tashkent

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| years2 = 1970–1973

| clubs2 =Pakhtakor Tashkent

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| manageryears1 = 1974–1976

| managerclubs1 = CSKA Moscow (assistant)

| manageryears2 = 1990–1991

| managerclubs2 = USM Alger

| manageryears3 = 1992

| managerclubs3 = Algeria (assistant)

| manageryears4 = 1992–1994

| managerclubs4 = Uzbekistan

| manageryears5 = 1994

| managerclubs5 = Pakhtakor Tashkent

| manageryears6 = 1995–1997

| managerclubs6 = India

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Rustam Akramov (11 August 1948 – 15 February 2022) was an Uzbek football coach. He coached the Uzbekistan national team from 1992 to 1994 and then the India national team from 1995 to 1997.{{cite web|title=Matches 1992|url=https://www.rsssf.org/intldetails/1992as.html|website=RSSSF|access-date=28 February 2015}}{{cite news|last1=Datta|first1=Nilanjan|title=India's U-16 boys have the right attitude: Rustam Akramov|url=http://www.sportskeeda.com/general-sports/indias-u-16-boys-have-the-right-attitude-rustam-akramov|access-date=28 February 2015|work=SportsKeeda|date=7 October 2011}}

In February 2015, while serving as technical director for Uzbekistan football, he was rebuked by the Uzbekistan Football Federation for "unsportsmanlike conduct" of his players.{{cite news|title=Tohir Shamsiddinov banned from 'all football-related activity' for one year|url=http://www.the-uff.com/en/news/sections/national/8183|access-date=28 February 2015|work=The Uzbekistan Football Federation|date=13 February 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216165245/http://www.the-uff.com/en/news/sections/national/8183|archive-date=16 February 2015}}

Akramov died on 15 February 2022, at the age of 73.[https://olympic.uz/ru/news/2102 Ушёл из жизни профессор узбекского футбола Рустам Акрамов] {{in lang|ru}}