Pavel Vaqif oglu Pashayev (, ; born 4 January 1988) is a

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who plays as a

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. Born in Ukraine, he originally represented Ukraine internationally before switching to represent the Azerbaijan national team.

Career

Pashayev was the product of the Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Youth school system. He was loaned from

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at the end of the 2008–09 summer transfer window until the end of 2008. He was recalled back to Dnipro in January 2009. On 25 July 2014 Pashayev signed with Metalurh Zaporizhya. On 18 February 2016 Pashayev signed with

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. On 17 July 2017 Pashayev signed with

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International career

On 2 February 2009, Pavel Pashayev was called up to the Ukraine team for the first time in his career, for friendlies against

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and

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. He debuted on 10 February against

. Since he only played for

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in friendlies, he was still eligible to join the

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. He made his first appearance for

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in a 2–1 friendly win over

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on 17 November 2015.

Personal life

His twin brother, Maksym Pashayev played as a defender for

, but died after a car accident in December 2008.

Club statistics

International

''Statistics accurate as of match played 16 November 2019''

References

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* * * 1988 births Living people People from Krasnyi Luch Azerbaijani men's footballers 21st-century Azerbaijani sportsmen Azerbaijan men's international footballers Azerbaijani expatriate men's footballers Ukrainian men's footballers Ukraine men's international footballers Ukraine men's under-21 international footballers Ukrainian people of Azerbaijani descent Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian First League players Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Azerbaijani expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Azerbaijan Premier League players FC Dnipro players FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih players FC Karpaty Lviv players FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia players Gabala SC players FC Stal Kamianske players FC Oleksandriya players FC VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka players Ukrainian twins Dual internationalists (men's football) Men's association football defenders Ukraine men's youth international footballers Footballers from Luhansk Oblast 21st-century Ukrainian sportsmen {{Azerbaijan-footy-bio-stub