Rustam Alamovych Akhmedzade (; ; born 25 December 2000) is a professional

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who plays as a

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. Born in Ukraine, he plays for the Azerbaijan national team.

Club career

Akhmedzade was born in

Khmelnytskyi Oblast Khmelnytskyi Oblast (), also known as Khmelnychchyna (), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in western Ukraine covering portions of the historical regions of western Podolia and southern Volhynia. The Capital (political) ...

, Ukraine to an Azerbaijani father and Ukrainian mother. At the age of 6, he moved to

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and played football for local side Zirka Kyiv before moving to

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at the age of 16. In 2018, he joined

FC Kolos Kovalivka FC Kolos Kovalivka () is a professional Ukrainian football club from the village of Kovalivka, Vasylkiv Raion, Kovalivka, Kyiv Oblast which competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, having been promoted from the Ukrainian First League on the 8 Ju ...

. In February 2020, Akhmedzade signed a half-year loan deal with the

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Podillya Khmelnytskyi, and in July 2020, Akhmedzade signed a contract with

FC Mynai FC Mynai () is a Ukrainian professional association football, football club from Mynai, a suburb of Uzhhorod in Zakarpattia Oblast. History The club was founded in 2015 by former customs officials in one of the Uzhhorod suburbs Mynai and played ...

. Akhmedzade made his

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debut for Mynai in a 2–1 home victory against

Metalurh Zaporizhya The Sports club "Metalurh Zaporizhzhia" (, ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Zaporizhzhia. Reestablished in 2017, it is a " phoenix club" of the original Soviet factory "team of masters" Metalurh that existed in 1935–2016 o ...

on 19 July 2020. He scored his first goal for Mynai in the

match against Avanhard in a 2–0 away victory on 7 August 2020. On 15 December 2021, Akhmedzade signed for Qarabağ on a contract until 30 June 2026. He was loaned to Zira in July 2022. On 18 July 2025, Akhmedzade's contract with Qarabağ was terminated by mutual agreement.

International career

Akhmedzade was eligible to represent either Ukraine or Azerbaijan at international level through his parents. He was first called up to the Azerbaijani national team in May 2021 and made his debut in a 2–1 friendly win over

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on 2 June 2021.

Honours

Mynai *

: 2019–20

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Akhmedzade, Rustam 2000 births Living people Azerbaijani men's footballers Azerbaijan men's international footballers Ukrainian men's footballers Azerbaijani people of Ukrainian descent Ukrainian people of Azerbaijani descent Men's association football forwards Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian First League players FC Kolos Kovalivka players FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi players FC Mynai players Footballers from Khmelnytskyi Oblast Qarabağ FK players Zira FK players