Eldar Shakhbazovych Kuliyev (; born 24 March 2002) is a Ukrainian professional

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of Azerbaijani origin who plays for Zira in the

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Club career

Born in

Kyiv Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

, Kuliyev is a product of the different Ukrainian sportive school systems. He made his debut for

Mariupol Mariupol is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is situated on the northern coast (Pryazovia) of the Sea of Azov, at the mouth of the Kalmius, Kalmius River. Prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it was the tenth-largest city in the coun ...

in the

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as a substituted player in the drawing away match against Inhulets Petrove on 25 October 2020. On 11 February 2023,

club Zira announced the signing of Kuliyev to a three-and-a-half-year contract, from Mynai.

International career

On 6 March 2024, Kuliyev was called up by

Ruslan Rotan Ruslan Petrovych Rotan (; born 29 October 1981) is a Ukrainian former professional footballer and current manager of Polissya Zhytomyr. He was a member of the Ukraine national team. Club career Rotan's career started off for Dnipro in the 19 ...

to the Ukraine Olympic football team preliminary squad as a preparation to the

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* * 2002 births Living people Footballers from Kyiv Ukrainian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Ukrainian people of Azerbaijani descent FC Mariupol players FC Mynai players Ukrainian Premier League players Ukraine men's under-21 international footballers Ukraine men's under-23 international footballers {{Ukraine-footy-midfielder-2000s-stub