Azer Ilgar oghlu Aliyev (russian: Азер Илгар оглы Алиев; born 12 May 1994) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for

Azerbaijan Premier League The Azerbaijan Premier League ( az, Azərbaycan Premyer Liqası) is a professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Azerbaijan football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested ...

club Neftçi. While his primary position is

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, he also plays as

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. Born in

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, Aliyev grew up and started his career in

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. He plays for the Azerbaijan national team.

Club career

Aliyev made his debut in the

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for

FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk FK Yenisey Krasnoyarsk (ФК Енисей Красноярск) is a Russian football club based in Krasnoyarsk. The club plays in the Russian First League. History The club was founded in 1937 as ''Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk'' and spent one season ...

on 13 April 2013 in a game against

FC Sibir Novosibirsk FC Sibir Novosibirsk (russian: ФК «Сибирь» Новосибирск) was a Russian association football club based in Novosibirsk, playing at the Spartak Stadium. They played their first-ever season in the Russian Premier League in 2010 ...

. He made his

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debut with

FC Krylia Sovetov Samara PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara (russian: Профессиональный футбольный клуб «Крылья Советов» Самара) is a football club from Russia based in Samara. It returned to the Russian Premier League for the 2 ...

on 11 August 2018 as a substitute for Nadson in a game against

FC Rostov FC Rostov (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб Ростов) is a Russian professional football club based in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast. The club are members of the Russian Premier League, and play at the Rostov Arena. After the ...

. He was released from his Krylia Sovetov contract by mutual consent on 29 August 2018. On 31 August 2018, Aliyev signed with

FC Ufa FC Ufa (russian: ФК «Уфа», ba, Өфө, Öfö) is a Russian football club based in Ufa that will play in the second-tier Russian First League in the 2022–23 season. History During the summer of 2010, Rustem Khamitov, the second Pres ...

. On 25 December 2020, he was released by Ufa by mutual consent. On 30 June 2021, he returned to Ufa on a 1-year contract. On 27 January 2022, his contract was terminated by mutual consent. On the same day, he signed with Neftçi in Azerbaijan.

Career statistics

References

External links

Yenisey profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Aliyev, Azer 1994 births Living people People from Dmanisi Sportspeople from Kvemo Kartli Azerbaijani men's footballers Azerbaijan men's international footballers Men's footballers from Georgia (country) Georgian people of Azerbaijani descent Men's association football midfielders FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk players FC Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk players PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players FC Ufa players FC Tambov players Neftçi PFK players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Russian Second League players Russian men's footballers