Shahin Khadakerim oglu Diniyev ( az, Şahin Xudakərim oğlu Diniyev, russian: Шахин Диниев; born 12 July 1966),Azerifootball.com - News Archive "Shakhin Diniyev will be the new coach of Azerbaijan national team" 7 December 2005 (retrieved 17 September 2006)
is an

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football manager.

Life and career

Diniyev played football as a

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. His club career included spells in the

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, and later

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, and finally back to

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, where he ended his career with Dynamo Baku.UEFA.com - Shakhin Diniyev 08/01/2006 (retrieved 17 September 2006)
/ref> He competed 16 times for the Azerbaijani national team, gaining no international caps with the USSR before independence. Following a period as a youth coach, Diniyev moved into club management, first with

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and then Kapaz PFC. Diniyev's sons are also professional footballers with

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currently playing for Zira, and Joshgun for

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Azerbaijan national team career

In November 2005, he impressed the AFFA sufficiently to be awarded with the national team job, promising to restructure the squad with an emphasis on youth and to help turn Azerbaijan into a credible force within

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competition. Replacing Vagif Sadygov, Diniyev's first game in charge was a friendly against

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in BakuFIFA - Azerbaijan - Result Details (retrieved 17 September 2006)
/ref> at the Tofig Bakhramov Stadium; the result was 0-0, a minor success against stronger opposition. In further friendlies, a shock 1–1 draw against

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and another 0–0 draw against

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followed. Diniyev was soon to witness his first defeat as Azerbaijan coach: in August 2006 he watched his team succumb to a 6–0 defeat against Ukraine, this time in

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. This game was the final friendly match before qualification for the

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began. (See

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.) Under Diniyev, the Azerbaijan squad has given debuts to not only young players but also some naturalised foreigners, such as

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,Azerifootball.com - News Archive "Leandro Gomes to play for Azerbaijan" 4 September 2006 (retrieved 17 September 2006)
who was born in

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.FK Baku
- Official Website - Squad (retrieved 17 September 2006)

Career statistics

International

''Statistics accurate as of 20 October 2015''

Managerial

Notes and references

External links

Azerbaycan Futbol Federasiyaları Assosiasiyası
- English language version also available * {{DEFAULTSORT:Diniyev, Shahin 1966 births Living people People from Beylagan District Soviet footballers Azerbaijani footballers Azerbaijan men's international footballers Azerbaijani expatriate footballers Energetik FK players FC Fakel Voronezh players Liga Leumit players Hapoel Tayibe F.C. players Beitar Tel Aviv F.C. players Expatriate footballers in Israel Azerbaijan national football team managers Azerbaijani expatriate football managers Azerbaijani football managers FC Akhmat Grozny managers Russian Premier League managers Expatriate football managers in Russia Qarabağ FK managers Men's association football midfielders FC Akhmat Grozny players Azerbaijani expatriate sportspeople in Israel Ravan Baku FK managers