Namiq Ələsgərov
Personal information
Full name Namiq Əvəz oğlu Ələsgərov
Date of birth (1995-02-03) 3 February 1995
Place of birth Çiləgir, Azerbaijan
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Sabah
Number 77
Youth career
Baku
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Baku 19 (2)
2014–2016 Qarabağ 26 (1)
2016Kapaz (loan) 15 (3)
2017–2021 Neftçi 106 (29)
2021–2022 Bursaspor 28 (6)
2022– Sabah 31 (3)
International career
2010–2011 Azerbaijan U17 6 (1)
2012–2013 Azerbaijan U19 5 (0)
2014–2016 Azerbaijan U21 5 (3)
2015– Azerbaijan 39 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 October 2023
‡ 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
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Baku 2011–12 Azerbaijan Premier League 1000--10
2012–13 3000--30
2013–14 15200--152
Qarabağ 2014–15 1810050-231
2015–16 000000-00
2016–17 800030-110
Kapaz (loan) 2015–16 1530000-153
Neftçi Baku 2016–17 12000--120
2017–18 27551--326
2018–19 2332110-264
2019–20 1802041-241
2020–21 26192020-3019
Career total 16633112151--19236

International

As of 13 June 2021[6]
Azerbaijan
YearAppsGoals
201510
201650
201740
201840
201910
202040
202150
Total240

Honours

Club

Baku[7]
Qarabağ[7]
Neftçi[7]

Individual

  • Azerbaijan Premier League top scorer: 2020–21[8]

References

  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.
  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. 1 2 3 Namiq Ələsgərov at Soccerway
  8. "Summary - Premyer Liqa - Azerbaijan - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2021-09-23.


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