Zaur Qubad oglu Tagizade ( az, Zaur Qubad oğlu Tağızadə, born 21 February 1979 in

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, Soviet Union) is a retired Azerbaijani footballer. He has made 40 appearances for the Azerbaijan national football team.

Early life

Tagizade began playing football in 1990 at the age of 11. His first coach was Neftchi Baku former defender Vyacheslav Semiglazov. During 1995–98 years he played for the Kur Nur, Estonian Lelle SK and Icelandic

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.Zaur Tağızadə: "Portuqaliya ilə oyundan sonra cərimə olundum"

Club career

He came back to Azerbaijan in 1998 and signed his first professional contract with

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. At that time, he also played for Azerbaijan U17, Azerbaijan U19, Azerbaijan U21 and Azerbaijan national football team. After the short Flora Tallinn career he played for MOIK Baku,

and Neftchi Baku, won two times

Azerbaijan Cup The Azerbaijan Cup is a major association football competition in Azerbaijan. In its original form, it started in 1936, when Azerbaijan was a republic of the Soviet Union and it was not disputed by Azerbaijani teams in the Soviet league pyramid. ...

and

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. He retired football in 2010 because of numerous injuries.

International career

For Azerbaijan, Tagizade is capped 40 times, scoring 6 goal. He made his national team debut on 4 June 1997 against Estonia in friendly match. He scored his first goal on 5 June 1999 against Liechtenstein in a UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying.

International goals

Honors

Neftchi Baku *

: 2003–04, 2004–05 *

: 2000–01, 2003–04 *

CIS Cup The Commonwealth of Independent States Cup (russian: Кубок чемпионов Содружества, Кубок Содружества, Кубок чемпионов содружества стран СНГ и Балтии) is a defunct ann ...

: Winners:

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: Runners-up:

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Individual

* Azerbaijan Player of the Year: 2001

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tagizade, Zaur Living people 1979 births Azerbaijani men's footballers Azerbaijani expatriate men's footballers Azerbaijan men's international footballers FC Flora players Expatriate men's footballers in Estonia Expatriate men's footballers in Iceland MOIK Baku players Footballers from Baku Men's association football wingers Neftçi PFK players Meistriliiga players Esiliiga players Azerbaijani expatriate sportspeople in Estonia Azerbaijani expatriate sportspeople in Iceland