Career
He was nicknamed Uncle Stepan (дядя Стёпа). 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. 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.
International goals
All his scored goals are shown in the box below, with the Score and Result column listing Denmark"s goal tally first.
Zubarev died of an overdose in his apartment in Omsk.