Ramil Teymurovich Sheydayev ( az, Ramil Teymur oğlu Şeydayev; russian: Рамиль Теймурович Шейдаев; born 15 March 1996) is an

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professional footballer who plays for Qarabağ and the Azerbaijan national football team.

Early and personal life

He was born in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

to an

father and a Russian mother.

Club career

Zenit St. Petersburg

He made his professional debut in the

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for

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on 19 April 2014 in a game against

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. He made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Zenit St. Petersburg on 26 October 2014 in a game against FC Mordovia Saransk. He left Zenit on 5 July 2016.

Trabzonspor

On 12 July 2016, he signed a four-year contract with Trabzonspor. Sheydayev made his

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debut for Trabzonspor in a 1–0 away victory against Kayserispor on 5 December 2016. He scored his first goal for Trabzonspor in the Turkish Cup match against Ardahanspor in a 6–0 home victory on 21 September 2016. He left Trabzonspor on 9 August 2018.

Loan to Žilina

On 11 February 2017, it was announced that Sheydayev had joined Slovak club Žilina on loan for 1.5 years. On 26 February 2017, Sheydayev made his Žilina debut in a 4–1 home victory against Zlaté Moravce, in which he played the full 90 minutes. He scored his first goal for Žilina in the Slovak Super Liga match against Tatran Prešov in a 3–0 home victory on 2 April 2017. Ramil also played for Žilina B a total of five games and scored five goals in the Slovakia 2. Liga. Sheydayev made his European debut in 2017 against Danish

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in the second qualification round of the

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Loan to Qarabağ

On 31 August 2017, Qarabağ announced the signing of Sheydayev on a season-long loan deal. Sheydayev made his

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debut for Qarabağ in a 2–0 home victory against Kapaz on 17 September 2017. He scored his first goal for Qarabağ in the

match against Kapaz in a 1–0 away victory on 14 April 2018. Ramil Sheydayev made his debut for the UEFA Champions League group stage game in a 1–1 away draw against Atlético Madrid in Wanda Metropolitano on 31 October 2017.

Krylia Sovetov Samara

On 17 August 2018, Sheydayev signed one-year contract with Krylia Sovetov Samara. He made his Russian Premier League debut with Krylia Sovetov on 19 August 2018 as a substitute for Vladimir Poluyakhtov in a game against Lokomotiv Moscow. He opened the 2019 calendar year part of the season by scoring in 3 games in a row, as Krylia acquired 7 points, including a goal on his 23rd birthday against

FC Anzhi Makhachkala Football Club Anzhi Makhachkala (russian: link=no, Футбо́льный клуб «Анжи́» Махачкала́, ), known simply as FC Anji, was a Russian professional Association football, football club based in the Dagestani capital of ...

Dynamo Moscow

On 2 July 2019, he signed a one-year contract with

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. Dynamo terminated his contract on 9 January 2020.

Sabah

On 17 February 2020, Sheydayev signed for

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on a contract until the end of the 2019–20 season. On 1 August 2020, He extended his contract with

, until June 2021. Sheydayev left Sabah in June 2021 when his contract expired.

Qarabağ

On 1 July 2021, Qarabağ announced the signing of Sheydayev on a two-year contract.

International career

Russian national youth teams

Sheydayev won the 2013 UEFA European Under-17 Championship with Russia, scoring two goals in the semifinal penalty shootout against Sweden and one more in the final penalty shootout against Italy. He also participated in the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Later he represented

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at the

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, where Russia came in second place, and he was selected for the team of the tournament.

Azerbaijan

Sheydayev was called up and played for the Azerbaijan national football team in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 1-0 win over

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. On 8 October 2017, he scored his first senior international goal for the Azerbaijan national football team, in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification against

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. He is currently ranked as the second highest all-time goalscorer in the history of the national team with 9 goals (tied with Emin Makhmudov and Vagif Javadov).

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Azerbaijan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sheydayev goal''.

Honours

Zenit Saint Petersburg * Russian Premier League: 2014–15 MŠK Žilina *

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Qarabağ FK *

: 2017-18, 2021–22 * Azerbaijan Cup: 2021–22 Russia U17 * UEFA European Under-17 Championship:

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References

External links

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Profile by FC Krylia SovetovVideo about career of Ramil Sheydayev
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sheydayev, Ramil 1996 births Living people Footballers from Saint Petersburg Association football forwards Citizens of Azerbaijan through descent Azerbaijani footballers Azerbaijan international footballers Azerbaijani expatriate footballers Russian footballers Russia youth international footballers Russia under-21 international footballers Russian sportspeople of Azerbaijani descent Russian Premier League players Süper Lig players Slovak Super Liga players Azerbaijan Premier League players FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players FC Rubin Kazan players Trabzonspor footballers MŠK Žilina players Qarabağ FK players PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players FC Dynamo Moscow players Sabah FC (Azerbaijan) players Expatriate footballers in Turkey Azerbaijani expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Slovakia FC Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg players