Vüqar Asgarov (; born 14 May 1985 in

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) is an

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who currently plays for

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. He also holds

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n citizenship.

Career

Vüqar Asgarov was born in Azerbaijan, but moved to Latvia in an early age. Vüqar Asgarov began his career in Liepājas Metalurgs system and there he played until 2008. Later he played for Latvian First League clubs

FK Jelgava FK Jelgava is a Latvian football club that is based in Jelgava. The club plays its home-matches at the Zemgales Olimpiskais Sporta Centrs stadium with capacity of 1,560 people. In 2021, the club dissolved its professional team, which was abso ...

and

FC Jūrmala FC Jūrmala was a Latvian association football, football club from Jūrmala, founded in 2008. They last played in the Latvian First League. The home ground was Sloka Stadium in Jūrmala with capacity of 5,000 people. Until 2015, FC Jūrmala was o ...

. In 2010, Äsgärov joined another Latvian First League side

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and after scoring a goal against Metalurgs in Latvian Cup, he was invited to join them. After three years with Liepājas Metalurgs, he left Latvia and signed for Azerbaijani club

a two-year contract. In December 2013, Äsgärov left Sumgayit, and whilst looking for a new club trained with his old club Liepājas Metalurgs In June 2014, Asgarov signed for newly promoted

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side Araz-Naxçıvan.

International career

Asgarov made his debut for

national team on 24 February 2012 against

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Asgarov, Vugar 1985 births Living people Men's association football forwards Azerbaijani men's footballers 21st-century Azerbaijani sportsmen Azerbaijani expatriate men's footballers Azerbaijan men's international footballers Footballers from Sumgait FK Jelgava players FC Jūrmala players FK Liepājas Metalurgs players Zira FK players BFC Daugavpils players FK Liepāja players Sumgayit FK players AFA Olaine players Araz-Naxçıvan PFK players Latvian Higher League players Azerbaijan Premier League players Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia Azerbaijani expatriate sportspeople in Latvia