Kamran Aghayev ( az, Kamran Ağayev; born on 9 February 1986) is a retired Azerbaijani football

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. During his professional career, Agayev played in national leagues of Azerbaijan, Turkey, Portugal and Czech Republic. He was also a member of

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and is the third most-capped player in the history of the team with 79 games. Widely recognized as one of the best goalkeepers in the history of Azerbaijan, he was selected as the

Azerbaijani Footballer of the Year Azerbaijani Footballer of the Year is an annual title awarded to the best Azerbaijani football player of the year. The award has been given since 1991, and the winner is elected by authorized journalists from the leading Azerbaijani sport media. ...

in 2008 and goalkeeper of the year in 2009, 2011 and 2012. He announced his retirement from football in January 2022.

Club career

Early career

Agayev began playing football during his school years under his father for local club named ''Bərəkət''.Kamran Aghayev: Həyatı
At the young age of just 15, he debuted for Azerbaijani U-17, after he was spotted by one of national coaches. After his impressive performances for youth team, he joined

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and won his first big trophy under

Vagif Sadygov Vagif Sadygov (born 1 April 1959, Azerbaijani: ''Vaqif Sadıqov'') is an Azerbaijani football manager. Life and career Sadygov started playing football as a midfielder for Araz Nakhichevan. His club career included spells with Neftchi Baku ...

in 2001.

Professional career

In 2004, he was signed by

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, serving two years in the club, then purchased by Khazar Lankaran. During the 2006–07 season, his performances proved to be instrumental, where club won

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and

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. In his first season in the

, Agayev confirmed his performances, firmly ensuring a place in the starting lineup, his performances being praised by many football pundits. During 6 seasons spent at Khazar Lankaran, Agayev became national champion, two time national league runner-up, three time Azerbaijani Cup winner and CIS Cup champion. He was also the captain of Khazar Lankaran. On 31 January 2014, Agayev signed an 18-month contract with

Gabala FC Gabala Football Club ( az, Qəbələ Futbol Klubu ), also spelled Qabala, is an Azerbaijani association football club representing Qabala in the Azerbaijan Premier League since 2006. Gabala has been the runner up in the Premier League three times ...

. A year later, on 1 February 2015, Agayev was released by Gabala. He later played for Kayserispor and

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in Turkey and

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in Azerbaijani championship. On 12 September 2016, Aghayev signed with

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side Boavista, until June 2017, making his debut on against

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on 25 September 2016. His early days at the club were marked by some inconsistency, with both good and bad performances. He took some unfortunate goals, but did manage to pull off a few impressive exhibitions, securing important results for the team. He also quickly bonded with the Boavista fans, often staying in the pitch after the end of the match and taking time to thank the fans for their support. On 28 July 2017 Aghayev signed a one-year contract with Czech First League side

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. He made his Czech First League debut for

against Slavia Prague in Eden Arena on 27 August 2017. On 17 January 2018, Keşla FK announced the signing of Aghayev on a six-month contract. On 25 August 2020, Agayev signed for

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on a contract until the end of the 2020–21 season. On 11 January 2022, Agayev announced his retirement from football.

International career

Agayev has saved ten of the thirteen penalties he faced in matches for

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, furthering his reputation as an excellent penalty stopper.

Career statistics

Club

International

''Statistics accurate as of match played 17 November 2018''

Honours

Club

; Khazar Lankaran *

** ''Winner'' (1): 2006–07 *

** ''Winner'' (3): 2006–07, 2007–08,

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CIS Cup The Commonwealth of Independent States Cup (russian: Кубок чемпионов Содружества, Кубок Содружества, Кубок чемпионов содружества стран СНГ и Балтии) is a defunct ann ...

** ''Winner'' (1): 2008 ; Kayserispor *

TFF First League The TFF 1. Lig, officially known as Spor Toto 1. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the second level of the Turkish football league system. The league was founded in 2001 as the ''Turkish Second League Category A'' after the reorganization of the ...

** ''Winner'' (1): 2014–15 ; Keşla *

** ''Winner'' (1): 2017–18

Individual

(1): 2008.Камран Агаев назван лучшим футболистом Азербайджана.

References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Aghayev, Kamran 1986 births Living people Association football goalkeepers Azerbaijani footballers Azerbaijan youth international footballers Azerbaijan international footballers Azerbaijani expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Turkey Azerbaijani expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Portugal Azerbaijani expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate footballers in the Czech Republic Turan-Tovuz IK players Khazar Lankaran FK players FC Baku players Gabala FC players Kayserispor footballers Karşıyaka S.K. footballers Shamakhi FK players Sabail FK players Boavista F.C. players FK Mladá Boleslav players Azerbaijan Premier League players TFF First League players Primeira Liga players Czech First League players People from Shabran