Namiq Ələsgərov

Namiq Ələsgərov
Personal information
Full name	Namiq Əvəz oğlu Ələsgərov
Date of birth	3 February 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	Çiləgir, Azerbaijan
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Sabah
Number	10
Youth career
	Baku
Senior career*
Years	Team
2012–2014	Baku
2014–2016	Qarabağ
2016	→ Kapaz (loan)
2017–2021	Neftçi
2021–2022	Bursaspor
2022–	Sabah
International career‡
2010–2011	Azerbaijan U17
2012–2013	Azerbaijan U19
2014–2016	Azerbaijan U21
2015–	Azerbaijan
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 May 2023

Namiq Əvəz oğlu Ələsgərov (born 3 February 1995) is an Azerbaijani professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Sabah and the Azerbaijan national team.

Career

Club

Ələsgərov is the product of the youth academy of FC Baku and made his debut for the senior team at the age of 17. During the summer of 2014, he transferred to Qarabağ. Despite a strong start, Ələsgərov suffered an injury in March 2015, leaving him out of the team until the end of 2015. In 2016, Namiq was loaned out to Kapaz.

Ələsgərov left Qarabağ on 26 December 2016,^[2] signing for Neftçi PFK the following day.^[3] On 28 July 2020, Ələsgərov extended his contract with Neftçi until the summer of 2022.^[4]

The 2020-2021 season became a breakthrough season for Namiq Ələsgərov as he became the top goal scorer of the Azerbaijani Premier League with 19 goals in 26 matches and helped Neftçi win its first league title since 2013.

International

On 28 March 2015 Ələsgərov made his senior international debut for Azerbaijan game against Malta.^[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 13 June 2021

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Baku	2011–12	Azerbaijan Premier League	1	0	0	0	-		-		1	0
	2012–13		3	0	0	0	-		-		3	0
	2013–14		15	2	0	0	-		-		15	2
Qarabağ	2014–15		18	1	0	0	5	0	-		23	1
	2015–16		0	0	0	0	0	0	-		0	0
	2016–17		8	0	0	0	3	0	-		11	0
Kapaz (loan)	2015–16		15	3	0	0	0	0	-		15	3
Neftçi Baku	2016–17		12	0	0	0	-		-		12	0
	2017–18		27	5	5	1	-		-		32	6
	2018–19		23	3	2	1	1	0	-		26	4
	2019–20		18	0	2	0	4	1	-		24	1
	2020–21		26	19	2	0	2	0	-		30	19
Career total			166	33	11	2	15	1	-	-	192	36

International

As of 13 June 2021^[6]

Azerbaijan
Year	Apps	Goals
2015	1	0
2016	5	0
2017	4	0
2018	4	0
2019	1	0
2020	4	0
2021	5	0
Total	24	0

Honours

Club

Baku^[1]

Azerbaijan Cup: 2011–12

Qarabağ^[1]

Neftçi^[1]

Azerbaijan Premier League: 2020–21

Individual

Azerbaijan Premier League top scorer: 2020–21^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Namiq Ələsgərov at Soccerway
^ ""Qarabağ"ımız Namiq Ələsgərovla yollarını ayırdı". qarabagh.com (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ FK. 27 December 2016. Archived from the original on 27 December 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
^ "Azərbaycan və Gürcüstan milli komandalarının futbolçuları "Neftçi"də". neftchipfk.com (in Azerbaijani). Neftchi Baku. 27 December 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
^ "Namik Ələskərovla müqavilənin müddəti artırıldı". neftchipfk.com/ (in Azerbaijani). Neftçi PFK. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
^ "Prosinečki prospers as Azerbaijan master Malta". uefa.com. UEFA. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
^ Namiq Ələsgərov at National-Football-Teams.com
^ "Summary - Premyer Liqa - Azerbaijan - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 23 September 2021.

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[:0-1] Namiq Ələsgərov at Soccerway

[2] ""Qarabağ"ımız Namiq Ələsgərovla yollarını ayırdı". qarabagh.com (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ FK. 27 December 2016. Archived from the original on 27 December 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.

[Neftchi_sign_2-3] "Azərbaycan və Gürcüstan milli komandalarının futbolçuları "Neftçi"də". neftchipfk.com (in Azerbaijani). Neftchi Baku. 27 December 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.

[4] "Namik Ələskərovla müqavilənin müddəti artırıldı". neftchipfk.com/ (in Azerbaijani). Neftçi PFK. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

[5] "Prosinečki prospers as Azerbaijan master Malta". uefa.com. UEFA. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.

[6] Namiq Ələsgərov at National-Football-Teams.com

[7] "Summary - Premyer Liqa - Azerbaijan - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 23 September 2021.

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Namiq Ələsgərov

Career

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Career statistics

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International

Honours

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References

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