Viktor Yegorovich Zubarev (Russian: Виктор Егорович Зубарев) (10 April 1973 – 18 October 2004) was a football forward from Kazakhstan. He was nicknamed Uncle Stepan (дядя Стёпа).^[1]

He played for Batyr, Irtysh and Esil Bogatyr in his native country, for Arsenal Tula and Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod in Russia, and for Apollon Limassol in Cyprus.

Zubarev was called up by coach Serik Berdalin to represent the national team in a match against Pakistan for the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. He scored his first hat-trick in this match, which Kazakhstan won 7–0. He would go on to score 12 goals in 18 caps, being the second top scorer of the national team, only surpassed by Ruslan Baltiev.

Zubarev died of drug overdose in his apartment in Omsk.^[2]

As of match played 15 July 2014

International goals

All his scored goals are shown in the box below, with the Score and Result column listing Kazakhstan's goal tally first.^[4]

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#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	1997-06-11	Lahore, Pakistan	Pakistan	5–0	7–0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
2				6–0
3				7–0
4	1997-10-04	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Japan	1–1	1–1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
5	1998-12-03	Sisaket, Thailand	Laos	1–0	5–0	1998 Asian Games
6				3–0
7				4–0
8				5–0
9	1998-12-08	Bangkok, Thailand	Thailand	1–1	1–1	1998 Asian Games
10	1998-12-10	Bangkok, Thailand	Qatar	1–0	2–0	1998 Asian Games
11	2000-04-08	Doha, Qatar	Pakistan	1–0	4–0	2000 AFC ACQ
12				2–0

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