Northern Ireland v Azerbaijan Offical Match Programme

AZERBAIJAN PLAYERS TOWATCH

THE SKIPPER Most capped player in the history of Azerbaijan football, the highly rated PMFIVS W[IITIV GER EPWS TPE] EW E WXSTTIV SV MR QMHƤIPH ,I LEW TPE]IH JSV Qarabagh since 2011 after a season with Turkish side Kocaelispor where he was nicknamed ‘The Terminator’ by the fans. Has also had three spells with Neftchi Baku. Made his international debut in October 2001 against Sweden during 2002 *-*% ;SVPH 'YT UYEPMƤGEXMSR 7EH]KSZ [EW ETTSMRXIH %^IVFEMNERŭW ZMGI captain under Carlos Alberto Torres, deputising in the absence of regular captain Gurban Gurbanov, but following the retirement of Gurbanov he was named as full-time captain in March 2004, a role he has held ever since. Played his 100th match against Kazakhstan in a friendly in Turkey in March PEWX ]IEV FIGSQMRK XLI ƤVWX TPE]IV XS VIEGL E GIRXYV] SJ GETW JSV LMW GSYRXV] 4PE]IH MR EPP )YVS UYEPMƤIVW In 2006, as a result of missing the registration deadline for Azerbaijani football club side Neftchi Baku, Sadygov played basketball for local club BK NTD. a solid defence which has been the basis of the team’s success so far. Made his international debut against Wales in Cardiff in September 2008 MR E ;' UYEPMƤIV EJXIV FIMRK GEPPIH YT F] XLIR %^IVFEMNER GSEGL &IVXM Vogts. Wales won the match 1-0. Has played 56 times for the national team ERHɄTPE]IH MR RMRI )YVS UYEPMƤIVW GSRGIHMRK KSEPW Played his 44th international in Azerbaijan’s 2-0 home victory in the WC 2014 UYEPMƤIV EKEMRWX 2SVXLIVR -VIPERH MR 3GXSFIV MR RELIABLE 8LI ŭ ű HIJIRHIV TPE]WɄEPSRKWMHI WOMTTIV 6EWLEH 7EH]KSZ MR XLI GIRXVI right of the back four for both club and country. A youth player with Qarabagh, LI KVEHYEXIH XS XLI VIWIVZI XIEQ ERH XLIR XLI ƤVWX XIEQ MR [LIVI LI has been a regular ever since. 1EHI LMW WIRMSV MRXIVREXMSREP HIFYX MR 3GXSFIV MR E ;' UYEPMƤIV E[E] XS 0MIGLXIRWXIMR [SR 4PE]IH MR %^IVFEMNERŭW ;' UYEPMƤIV against Northern Ireland at Windsor Park in November 2012 and was on the FIRGL JSV XLI VIXYVR KEQI MR &EOY QSRXLW PEXIV 4PE]IH MRɄWM\ )YVS UYEPMƤIVW :MGI GETXEMR SJ XLI XIEQ 7GSVIH XLI KSEP [LMGL FIEX 2SV[E] PEWX QSRXL -X [EW LMW ƤVWX MRXIVREXMSREP goal - on his 37th appearance. He scored with a right foot shot from the centre of the penalty area following a pass from striker Aghabala Ramazanov after a set piece. THE KEEPER 8LI ŭ ű OIITIV LEW TPE]IH MR EPP XLVII UYEPMƤIVW JSV ;' OIITMRK XLVII GPIER WLIIXW Ʉ7MKRIH JSV 4SVXYKYIWI WMHI &SEZMWXE SR 7ITXIQFIV from Inter Baku. Also played in Turkey with Kayserispor (2014-15), winning TVSQSXMSR XS XLI XST HMZMWMSR ERH XLIR [MXL /EVWM]EOE JSV XLI ƤVWX LEPJ SJ PEWX WIEWSR 4SWWIWWIW I\GIPPIRX VIEGXMSRW ERH GSQQERHW LMW EVIE 4PE]W FILMRH

KAMRAN AGHAYEV GOALKEEPER

'PYF Boavista

%KI 30

'ETW 62

Goals 0

RASHAD SADYGOV DEFENDER

'PYF Qarabagh

%KI 34

'ETW 105

Goals 4

MAKSIM MEDVEDEV DEFENDER

'PYF Qarabagh

%KI 27

'ETW 38

Goals 1

34

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