Ramil Teymurovich Sheydayev ( az, Ramil Teymur oğlu Şeydayev; russian: Рамиль Теймурович Шейдаев; born 15 March 1996) is an Azerbaijani professional

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who plays for Qarabağ and the

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Early and personal life

He was born in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

to an Azerbaijani father and a

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mother.

Club career

Zenit St. Petersburg

He made his professional debut in the Russian Professional Football League for FC Zenit-2 St. Petersburg on 19 April 2014 in a game against Znamya Truda. He made his

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debut for

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on 26 October 2014 in a game against

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. He left Zenit on 5 July 2016.

Trabzonspor

On 12 July 2016, he signed a four-year contract with

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. Sheydayev made his

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debut for

in a 1–0 away victory against

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on 5 December 2016. He scored his first goal for

in the

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match against Ardahanspor in a 6–0 home victory on 21 September 2016. He left

on 9 August 2018.

Loan to Žilina

On 11 February 2017, it was announced that Sheydayev had joined Slovak club

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on loan for 1.5 years. On 26 February 2017, Sheydayev made his Žilina debut in a 4–1 home victory against

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, in which he played the full 90 minutes. He scored his first goal for

in the

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match against Tatran Prešov in a 3–0 home victory on 2 April 2017. Ramil also played for Žilina B a total of five games and scored five goals in the Slovakia 2. Liga. Sheydayev made his European debut in 2017 against Danish

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in the second qualification round of the

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in Štadión pod Dubňom.

Loan to Qarabağ

On 31 August 2017, Qarabağ announced the signing of Sheydayev on a season-long loan deal. Sheydayev made his Azerbaijan Premier League debut for Qarabağ in a 2–0 home victory against

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on 17 September 2017. He scored his first goal for Qarabağ in the Azerbaijan Premier League match against

in a 1–0 away victory on 14 April 2018. Ramil Sheydayev made his debut for the UEFA Champions League group stage game in a 1–1 away draw against Atlético Madrid in

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on 31 October 2017.

Krylia Sovetov Samara

On 17 August 2018, Sheydayev signed one-year contract with Krylia Sovetov Samara. He made his

debut with Krylia Sovetov on 19 August 2018 as a substitute for Vladimir Poluyakhtov in a game against

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. He opened the 2019 calendar year part of the season by scoring in 3 games in a row, as Krylia acquired 7 points, including a goal on his 23rd birthday against

FC Anzhi Makhachkala Football Club Anzhi Makhachkala (russian: link=no, Футбо́льный клуб «Анжи́» Махачкала́, ), known simply as FC Anji, was a Russian professional football club based in the Dagestani capital of Makhachkala. Founde ...

Dynamo Moscow

On 2 July 2019, he signed a one-year contract with

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. Dynamo terminated his contract on 9 January 2020.

Sabah

On 17 February 2020, Sheydayev signed for

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on a contract until the end of the 2019–20 season. On 1 August 2020, He extended his contract with

, until June 2021. Sheydayev left Sabah in June 2021 when his contract expired.

Qarabağ

On 1 July 2021, Qarabağ announced the signing of Sheydayev on a two-year contract.

International career

Russian national youth teams

Sheydayev won the

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with Russia, scoring two goals in the semifinal penalty shootout against Sweden and one more in the final penalty shootout against Italy. He also participated in the

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. Later he represented Russia national under-19 football team at the

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, where Russia came in second place, and he was selected for the team of the tournament.

Azerbaijan

Sheydayev was called up and played for the

in a

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1-0 win over

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. On 8 October 2017, he scored his first senior international goal for the

, in a

against

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in Kaiserslautern. He is currently ranked as the second highest all-time goalscorer in the history of the national team with 9 goals (tied with Emin Makhmudov and

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Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Azerbaijan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sheydayev goal''.

Honours

Zenit Saint Petersburg *

: 2014–15 MŠK Žilina *

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Qarabağ FK * Azerbaijan Premier League: 2017-18, 2021–22 * Azerbaijan Cup: 2021–22 Russia U17 *

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References

External links

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Profile by FC Krylia SovetovVideo about career of Ramil Sheydayev
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sheydayev, Ramil 1996 births Living people Footballers from Saint Petersburg Association football forwards Citizens of Azerbaijan through descent Azerbaijani footballers Azerbaijan international footballers Azerbaijani expatriate footballers Russian footballers Russia youth international footballers Russia under-21 international footballers Russian sportspeople of Azerbaijani descent Russian Premier League players Süper Lig players Slovak Super Liga players Azerbaijan Premier League players FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players FC Rubin Kazan players Trabzonspor footballers MŠK Žilina players Qarabağ FK players PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players FC Dynamo Moscow players Sabah FC (Azerbaijan) players Expatriate footballers in Turkey Azerbaijani expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Slovakia FC Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg players