Rustam Akhmedzade

Rustam Alamovych Akhmedzade (Azerbaijani: Rüstəm Aləm oğlu Əhmədzadə; Ukrainian: Рустам Аламович Ахмедзаде; born 25 December 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Zira FK, on loan from Qarabağ in the Azerbaijan Premier League.[1] Born in Ukraine, he represents the Azerbaijan national team.

Rustam Akhmedzade
Rustam Akhmedzade, 2022
Personal information
Full name Rustam Alamovych Akhmedzade
Date of birth (2000-12-25) 25 December 2000
Place of birth Burtyn, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Zira
Number 11
Youth career
2011–2017 Zirka Kyiv
2017–2018 Oleksandriya
2018–2019 Kolos Kovalivka
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Kolos Kovalivka 0 (0)
2020 → Podillya Khmelnytskyi (loan) 0 (0)
2020–2022 Mynai 38 (3)
2022– Qarabağ 6 (0)
2022– → Zira (loan) 42 (2)
International career‡
2021– Azerbaijan 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 November 2022

Career

Rustam Akhmedzade was born in Khmelnytskyi oblast, and at the age of 6 he moved to Kyiv. There he studied football at the FC Zirka Kyiv. After graduation, he moved to Oleksandriya, where he played in the U-19 team at the age of 16-17. And then he moved to Kolos in January 2018.

In February 2020 he signed a half-year on loan deal with the Ukrainian Second League Podillya Khmelnytskyi,[2] and in July 2020, Akhmedzade signed a contract with FC Mynai.[3]

Akhmedzade made his Ukrainian First League debut for Mynai in a 2–1 home victory against Metalurh Zaporizhya on 19 July 2020.[4] He scored his first goal for Mynai in the Ukrainian First League match against Avanhard in a 2–0 away victory on 7 August 2020.[5]

On 15 December 2021, Akhmedzade signed for Qarabağ on a contract until 30 June 2026.[6]

International career

Akhmedzade was born in Khmelnytskyi oblast, Ukraine, to a father from Azerbaijan, and a Ukrainian mother.[3] He was called up to the Azerbaijan national team in May 2021.[7] He debuted with Azerbaijan in a 2–1 friendly win over Belarus on 2 June 2021.[8]

Honours

Mynai

References
  1. "Rustam Akhmedzade". soccerway.com.
  2. "ФК "Поділля" та ФК "Колос" Ковалівка уклали договір про оренду гравців…". Podillya Khmelnytskyi Official Website. 13 August 2020.
  3. "Рустам Ахмедзаде: "Давно спостерігав за "Минаєм", тому радий опинитися тут"". FC Mynai. 7 August 2020.
  4. "MINAI VS. METALURH ZAPORIZHYA 2 - 1". Soccerway. 19 July 2020.
  5. "Перемагаємо у Краматорську! Ми за крок від медалей Першої ліги!". FC Mynai. 7 August 2020.
  6. "Rüstəm Əhmədzadə "Qarabağ"ımızda!". qarabagh.com/ (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ FK. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  7. "Rüstəm Əhmədzadə". Official Website of the AFFA. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  8. "Match Report of Belarus vs Azerbaijan - 2021-06-02 - FIFA Friendlies - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com.
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