Elvin Yunuszade (; born 22 August 1992) is an Azerbaijani professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a defender, most recently for Gabala in the

Azerbaijan First League The Azerbaijan First League () is the second highest professional division in Azerbaijani professional football. The league is run by AFFA. The winner promotes to Premier Division. History Due to the dissolution of the Soviet Union, all Azerbai ...

Club career

Yunuszade was born in

Qazax Qazax (; ) is a city in and the capital of the Gazakh District of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 20,900. Gazakh is a city and administrative district in the west of Azerbaijan, the "western gate" of Azerbaijan. History Early history I ...

. On 24 May 2018,

Qarabağ FK Qarabağ Futbol Klubu () is an Azerbaijani professional football club that competes in the Azerbaijan Premier League, the top flight of Azerbaijani football. The club originates from Aghdam in the Karabakh ( Azerbaijani: ''Qarabağ'') region, ...

announced that Yunuszade had been released by the club following expiration of his contract. On 9 January 2019, Sabail announced the singing of Yunuszade. On 21 December 2019, Yunuszade left Sabail by mutual consent. On 9 February 2020, Yunuszade signed contract with

NK Čelik Zenica Nogometni klub Čelik Zenica () is a professional football club based in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The name ''Čelik'' means ''Steel'' in Bosnian, and it symbolizes the strength and power of the club in an industrial city well known for s ...

until the end of the 2019–20 season. On 10 August 2020, Yunuszade signed contract with

KF Shkupi FC Shkupi (, ) is a professional association football, football football team, club based in Municipality of Čair, Čair, Skopje, North Macedonia. The club plays in the Macedonian First Football League, which is the top tier of football in Nort ...

until the end of the 2020–21 season. On 14 August 2024, Gabala announced the signing of free-agent Yunuszade to a one-year contract. On 27 June 2025, Gabala announced that Yunuszade's contract hadn't been renewed and that he had left the club after playing 22 games.

International career

Yunuszade made his debut for the Azerbaijan national team on 5 March 2014, scoring the winning goal in the 1–0 victory over

Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...

in a

friendly match An exhibition game (also known as a friendly, scrimmage, demonstration, training match, pre-season game, warmup match, or preparation match, depending at least in part on the sport) is a sport, sporting event whose prize money and impact on th ...

Career statistics

Club

International

''Statistics accurate as of match played 16 November 2014'' :''Scores and results list Azerbaijan's goal tally first.''

Honours

Neftchi Baku *

Azerbaijan Premier League The Azerbaijan Premier League (), also known as Misli Premyer Liqası for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Azerbaijan and the highest level of the Azerbaijani football league system. It is contested by twelve ...

: 2011–12,

2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sp ...

Azerbaijan Cup The Azerbaijan Cup () is a major association football competition in Azerbaijan. In its original form, it started in 1936, when Azerbaijan was a republic of the Soviet Union and it was not disputed by Azerbaijani teams in the Soviet league pyramid ...

Qarabağ *

: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18 *

: 2015-16

References

External links

nkcelik.ba
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yunuszade, Elvin 1992 births Living people People from Qazax Men's association football defenders Azerbaijani men's footballers 21st-century Azerbaijani sportsmen Azerbaijani expatriate men's footballers Azerbaijan Premier League players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Macedonian First Football League players Expatriate men's footballers in North Macedonia Simurq PIK players Qarabağ FK players Neftçi PFK players Sabah FC (Azerbaijan) players Sabail FK players NK Čelik Zenica players KF Shkupi players Azerbaijan men's under-21 international footballers Azerbaijan men's international footballers