Ramiz Mamedov (; ; born 21 August 1972) is a retired

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and

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n football player of Azerbaijani descent, best known as a defender for Spartak Moscow in the 1990s.

Club career

Mamedov's career as player started in 1991 and finished in 2003, during this time he played for Spartak Moscow, Arsenal Tula, Krylia Sovetov,

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, SK Sturm Graz, Volgar-Gazprom and Luch-Energiya.

International career

As a member of the Russia national under-21 football team, Mamedov competed at the 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship in France. They were defeated in the quarter-final by the

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. On 17 August 1994, he was called up for the first time to the Russia national football team in a friendly against

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Club statistics

Honours

Club

Spartak Moscow *

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1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

, 1993,

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, 1996, 1997 * Soviet Cup: 1991–92 * Russian Cup: 1993–94, 1997–98 * CIS Cup: 1993 Dynamo Kyiv * Ukrainian Premier League: 1999–00 * Ukrainian Cup: 1999–00

Individual

*'' Sport-Express'' Best right defender of

: 1994, 1995 *Mamedov became the first five-time champion of Russia Premier League (1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997) *Mamedov became the first player to become the champion of Russia and Ukraine, with teams of Spartak Moscow and Dynamo Kyiv.

References

External links

RussiaTeam biography and profile

Video about career of Ramiz MamedovBiography at Krylia Sovetov's website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mamedov, Ramiz 1972 births Living people Soviet men's footballers Russian men's footballers Russian sportspeople of Azerbaijani descent Russia men's international footballers Russia men's under-21 international footballers Russian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Russian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in Austria FC Spartak Moscow players PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players FC Dynamo Kyiv players SK Sturm Graz players FC Luch Vladivostok players FC Volgar Astrakhan players Russian Premier League players Ukrainian Premier League players Austrian Football Bundesliga players FC Arsenal Tula players FC Lokomotiv Moscow players Men's association football defenders FC Sokol Saratov players FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv players 20th-century Russian sportsmen