Emin Mahmudov

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Emin Mahmudov
Mahmudov with Spartak Moscow in 2011
Personal information
Full name Emin Cəbrayıl oğlu Mahmudov
Date of birth (1992-04-27) 27 April 1992 (age 31)[1]
Place of birth Saatly, Azerbaijan
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Neftchi Baku
Number 8
Youth career
2007–2010
Saturn
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010
Saturn Ramenskoye
21 (1)
2011–2014 Spartak Moscow 13 (0)
2012Tom Tomsk (loan) 8 (0)
2013
Krylia Sovetov
(loan)
12 (0)
2014–2016
Krylia Sovetov
6 (0)
2015–2016Mordovia (loan) 18 (0)
2016–2017 Boavista 12 (1)
2017– Neftchi Baku 169 (39)
International career
2009–2010 Russia U18 6 (3)
2010–2011 Russia U19 9 (3)
2011–2012 Russia U20 4 (1)
2012–2014 Russia U21 15 (2)
2016– Azerbaijan 43 (13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:46, 17 November 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 November 2023

Emin Mahmudov (born 27 April 1992) is an Azerbaijani professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for and captains both Azerbaijan Premier League club Neftchi Baku and the Azerbaijan national team. He was selected as the player of the year in Azerbaijan in 2021 and 2022.

Club career

Saturn Ramenskoye

Mahmudov was born in

Saturn Ramenskoye. During the 2010 season, he became the player of the senior team. Mahmudov made his debut in Russian Premier League on 24 April 2010, in a match against Dinamo Moscow, at the age of 17.[2]
He scored his first goal at the senior level against Anzhi on 20 November. Mahmudov played a total of 22 matches during his first season in the Premier League.

Spartak Moscow

After the dissolution of Saturn, Mahmudov signed a long-term contract with

Krylia Sovetov and also played for the reserve team of Spartak.[5]

Krylia Sovetov

After a one-year loan, Krylia Sovetov purchased Mahmudov from Spartak on 31 January 2014, for €250,000. The same season Krylia got relegated from the Premier League.

Russian Football National League
and won the promotion to Premier League again. He missed most of that season due to a fractured leg injury that he received in September 2014.

Mahmudov made his comeback to the Russian Premier League on 9 August 2015, during the game against his previous team Spartak Moscow. On 31 August, it was announced that he would play on loan at

Mordovia Saransk until the end of the 2015–16 season.[7]
Mahmudov made his debut for Mordovia on 20 September and soon became one of the regular members of the starting squad.

Boavista

On 21 July 2016, Mahmudov signed a two-year contract with

Sporting Lisbon on 26 November 2016.[9][10] On 23 December 2016, Mahmudov scored his first goal for the club, away against Nacional, in Primeira Liga.[11][12]

Neftchi Baku

On 18 September 2017,

Gabala on 19 November 2017.[15][16] On 17 June 2018, Mahmudov a new contract with Neftçi PFK until the end of the 2019/20 season.[17] In summer of 2019, after the departure of Ruslan Abishov
, he became the new captain of club.

After finishing the league with second place for two years in a row, Mahmudov greatly contributed to Neftchi's championship in the 2020–21 season of the Azerbaijan Premier League. Due to his performance at both Neftchi and the national team, he was selected as the player of the year in Azerbaijan during the vote at the end of 2021.[18]

International career

As a dual citizen of Azerbaijan and Russia, Emin was eligible to play for both countries. Mahmudov played for Azerbaijani youth national teams until 2007,[19] and played for all youth levels of Russian national team until 2014. Mahmudov twice became the champion of Commonwealth of Independent States Cup in 2012 and 2013 with the Russian under-21 team.

Mahmudov decided to play for the Azerbaijan national football team in 2016. He made his debut in a 1–0 win over San Marino in the 2018 World Cup qualification.[20]

In 2021, Mahmudov set multiple new records for the national team by becoming the first player to score 7 international goals in a single year and 4 goals in a single qualification event, as part of the 2022 World Cup qualification tournament.

He is currently the second highest goal scorer in the history of the national team with 13 goals.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 16 November 2023[21]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Saturn Ramenskoye
2010 Russian Premier League 21 1 1 0 22 1
Spartak Moscow 2010 Russian Premier League 0 0 2 0 2 0
2011–12 Russian Premier League 12 0 2 0 14 0
2012–13 Russian Premier League 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 13 0 4 0 17 0
Tom Tomsk (loan) 2011–12 Russian Premier League 8 0 0 0 8 0
Krylia Sovetov
(loan)
2012–13 Russian Premier League 0 0 0 0 2[a] 0 2 0
Krylia Sovetov Samara 2013–14 Russian Premier League 12 0 0 0 12 0
2014–15
Russian Football National League
5 0 0 0 5 0
2015–16 Russian Premier League 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 18 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
Mordovia Saransk (loan) 2015–16 Russian Premier League 18 0 1 0 19 0
Boavista 2016–17 Primeira Liga 12 1 0 0 12 1
Neftchi Baku 2017–18 Azerbaijan Premier League 22 1 5 1 27 2
2018-19 Azerbaijan Premier League 26 8 0 0 1[b] 1 27 9
2019-20 Azerbaijan Premier League 19 3 1 0 6[b] 3 26 6
2020-21 Azerbaijan Premier League 23 4 2 0 2[b] 0 27 4
2021-22 Azerbaijan Premier League 27 5 4 1 8[c] 4 39 10
2022-23 Azerbaijan Premier League 36 17 5 2 4[d] 0 45 19
2023-24 Azerbaijan Premier League 12 0 0 0 4[d] 1 16 1
Total 165 38 17 4 0 0 25 9 207 51
Career total 255 40 23 4 2 0 25 9 305 53
  1. ^ Appearances in Russian Premier League Play-Off
  2. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Two appearances, one goal in UEFA Europa League; two appearances, one goal in UEFA Europa Conference League; four appearances, two goals in UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 16 November 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Azerbaijan 2016 2 0
2017 0 0
2018 7 1
2019 5 0
2021 12 7
2022 10 1
2023 7 4
Total 43 13
Scores and results list Azerbaijan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mahmudov goal.
List of international goals scored by Emin Mahmudov[22]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 9 June 2018 Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia  Latvia 3–0 3–1
Friendly
2 30 March 2021 Baku Olympic Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan  Serbia 1–1 1–2 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 27 May 2021
Bahçeşehir Okulları Stadium, Alanya
, Turkey
 Turkey 1–0 1–2 Friendly
4 1 September 2021 Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg  Luxembourg 1–2 1–2 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 4 September 2021 Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland  Republic of Ireland 1–0 1–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 12 October 2021
Belgrad
, Serbia
 Serbia 1–1 1–3 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
7 14 November 2021 Baku Olympic Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan  Qatar 1–1 "2–2 Friendly
8 2–1
9 16 November 2022
Chişinău
, Moldova
 Moldova 1–0 2–1 Friendly
10 24 March 2023 Raiffeisen Arena, Linz, Austria  Austria 1–2 1–4 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
11 12 September 2023 Dalga Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan  Jordan 1–0 2–1 Friendly
12 16 November 2023 Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan  Sweden 1–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
13 3–0

Honours

Neftchi Baku

Krylia Sovetov

  • 2014–15

Russia U21

Individual

References

  1. ^ UEFA.com. "Emin Makhmudov - Azerbaijan - European Qualifiers". UEFA.com. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Game report by RFPL". Archived from the original on 27 April 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
  3. ^ Махмудов подписал контракт со «Спартаком»
  4. ^ РФПЛ: Эмин Махмудов — Спартак Archived 11 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Махмудов возвращается
  6. ^ «СПАРТАК» И «КРЫЛЬЯ» ДОГОВОРИЛИСЬ О ПЕРЕХОДЕ МАХМУДОВА
  7. FC Krylia Sovetov Samara
    . 1 September 2015.
  8. ^ ЭМИН МАХМУДОВ - ИГРОК ПОРТУГАЛЬСКОЙ "БОАВИШТЫ"! (in Russian). Football-agent.ru. 21 July 2016. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016.
  9. ^ "ЭМИН МАХМУДОВ ДЕБЮТИРОВАЛ ЗА "БОАВИШТУ" В ИГРЕ ПРОТИВ "СПОРТИНГА"". football-agent.ru. Archived from the original on 23 December 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  10. ^ "Emin Mahmudov "Boavişta"da debüt etdi". cbcsport.tv. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  11. ^ "Махмудов впервые вышел в стартовом составе Боавишты и забил первый гол". azerisport.com.
  12. ^ "Первый гол Эмина Махмудова в чемпионате Португалии". haqqin.az.
  13. ^ ""Neftçi" Emin Mahmudovla müqavilə bağladı". neftchipfk.com (in Azerbaijani). Neftchi Baku. 18 September 2017.
  14. ^ "QABALA VS. NEFTÇI 2 - 1". Soccerway. 24 September 2017.
  15. ^ "NEFTÇI VS. QABALA 2 - 3". Soccerway. 19 November 2017.
  16. ^ "Neftçi 2-3 Qəbələ". PFL. 19 November 2017.
  17. ^ "Emin Mahmudovla müqavilə yenilənib" (in Azerbaijani). Neftçi PFK. 17 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  18. ^ "Azərbaycanda ilin futbolçusu bəlli olub". www.report.az. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  19. ^ Хавбек «Спартака» Махмудов выбирает между сборными России и Азербайджана
  20. ^ "FIFA". Archived from the original on 28 July 2015.
  21. ^ Emin Makhmudov at Soccerway
  22. ^ "Mahmudov, Emin". National Football Teams. Retrieved 10 June 2018.

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