Afran Ismayilov (Azerbaijani: Əfran İsmayılov, born on 8 October 1988) is an Azerbaijani professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Azerbaijan Premier League side Kapaz.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Afran Amit oglu İsmayılov | ||
| Date of birth | 8 October 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Baku, Azerbaijan SSR | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Kapaz | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2013 | Qarabağ | 100 | (13) |
| 2009 | → Turan Tovuz (loan) | 10 | (2) |
| 2013–2014 | Baku | 17 | (8) |
| 2014 | Khazar Lankaran | 11 | (1) |
| 2015 | Keşla | 10 | (3) |
| 2015–2018 | Qarabağ | 63 | (9) |
| 2018–2019 | Sumgayit | 20 | (3) |
| 2019–2020 | Keşla | 15 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Sabail | 34 | (3) |
| 2022– | Kapaz | 4 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2008–2010 | Azerbaijan U21 | 6 | (0) |
| 2010–2018 | Azerbaijan | 38 | (5) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 September 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 October 2017 | |||
Early years
editIsmayilov was born in Baku, Azerbaijan, started playing football at age 8 and attended Neftchi Baku football school under Rovshan Gasimov.
Career
editClub
editIsmayilov began his career at the FK Qarabağ academy in 2004 after being chosen as one of three talents among 1200 amateur players.[1] He was one of key players for FK Qarabağ's good performances in club's 2010–11 UEFA Europa League qualification campaign, having scored 5 goals against opponents.[2]
In July 2014, Ismayilov moved to Khazar Lankaran along with Rauf Aliyev.[3] After six months with Khazar, Ismayilov signed a six-month deal with Inter Baku.[4]
On 24 May 2018, Qarabağ announced that Ismayilov had been released by the club following expiration of his contract.[5]
On 11 June 2018, Ismayilov signed one-year contract with Sumgayit FK.[6]
On 13 August 2019, Ismayilov signed a one-year contract with Keşla FK.[7] On 29 June, Keşla announced Ismayilov's contract hadn't been renewed and he'd left the club.[8]
International
editIsmayilov is a part of the Azerbaijan U-21 side that is competing in the 2011 European Under-21 Championship qualification.[9]
In 2010, he was called up for the Azerbaijan national football team and scored his first goal on his debut in friendly match against Jordan national football team in Amman.[10]
Career statistics
editClub
edit| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Qarabağ | 2006–07 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 7 | 0 | - | - | - | 7 | 0 | |||||
| 2007–08 | 6 | 0 | - | - | - | 6 | 0 | |||||||
| 2008–09 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| 2009–10 | 27 | 5 | - | 4 | 0 | - | 31 | 5 | ||||||
| 2010–11 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 6 | 5 | - | 18 | 6 | ||||
| 2011–12 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 1 | - | 5 | 0 | - | 34 | 7 | ||||
| 2012–13 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | 27 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 100 | 13 | - | - | 15 | 5 | - | - | 115 | 18 | ||||
| Turan-Tovuz (loan) | 2008–09 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 10 | 2 | - | – | – | 10 | 2 | |||||
| Baku | 2013–14 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 17 | 8 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 17 | 8 | |||
| Khazar Lankaran | 2014–15 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 11 | 1 | |||
| Inter Baku | 2014–15 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 13 | 4 | |||
| Qarabağ | 2015–16 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 29 | 6 | 5 | 0 | - | 9 | 1 | - | 43 | 7 | ||
| 2016–17 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 0 | - | 9 | 0 | - | 36 | 1 | ||||
| 2017–18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 8 | 1 | - | 24 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 63 | 9 | 14 | 1 | - | - | 26 | 2 | - | - | 103 | 12 | ||
| Career total | 211 | 28 | 26 | 4 | - | - | 41 | 7 | - | - | 278 | 39 | ||
International
edit| Azerbaijan national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 7 | 0 |
| 2012 | 4 | 0 |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 8 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5 | 1 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 38 | 5 |
Statistics accurate as of match played 30 January 2018[12]
International goals
edit- Scores and results list Azerbaijan's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 25 February 2010 | King Abdullah Stadium, Amman, Jordan |  Jordan |
2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly | ||||||||
| 2. | 29 May 2016 | Sportplatz Bad Erlach, Bad Erlach, Austria |  Macedonia |
1–2 | 1–3 | Friendly | ||||||||
| 3. | 4 September 2017 | Bakcell Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan |  San Marino |
1–0 | 5–1 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | ||||||||
| 4. | 3–0 | |||||||||||||
| 5. | 5 October 2017 | Baku Olympic Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan |  Czech Republic |
1–1 | 1–2 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | ||||||||
| Correct as of 5 October 2017[13] | ||||||||||||||
Honours
editQarabağ
References
edit- ^ "Əfran İsmayılovla bağlı maraqlı faktlar açıqlandı". qol.az. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
- ^ "Əfran İsmayılov: həm Avropanın, həm də Azərbaycanın bombardiri" (in Azerbaijani). Qol.az. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
- ^ "Хазар собрал сливки сборной Азербайджана". azerifootball.com. Azerifootball. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
- ^ Первый трансфер года: Афран Исмайлов перешел в Интер. azerifootball.com (in Russian). Azerifootball. 1 January 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ "Qarabağ FK-dan bildiriş". qarabagh.com/ (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ FK. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ^ ""Sumqayıt" FK Əfran İsmayılovu heyətinə cəlb edib". sumqayitpfc.az (in Azerbaijani). Sumgayit FK. 11 June 2018. Archived from the original on 26 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
- ^ "Əfran İsmayılov Keşlə FK-da". keshlafc.az/ (in Azerbaijani). Keşla FK. 13 August 2019. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ "Keşlə 5 futbolçu ilə yolları ayırdı". keshlafc.az/ (in Azerbaijani). Keşla FK. 29 June 2020. Archived from the original on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- ^ "U-21 проводит тренировки в Антальи". AFFA.az. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
- ^ В Аммане сборная Азербайджана по футболу обыграла Иорданию Archived 27 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ^ "Ə.İsmayılov". soccerway.com/. Soccerway. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ a b "Əfran İsmayılov". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ Football PLAYER: Əfran İsmayılov
External links
edit- Afran Ismayilov at Soccerway
- Profile on official club website
- Afran Ismayilov at National-Football-Teams.com
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