Afran Ismayilov

Afran Ismayilov
Personal information
Full name Afran Amit oglu İsmayılov
Date of birth (1988-10-08) 8 October 1988 (age 36)
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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 September 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 October 2017

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.

Early years

Ismayilov was born in Baku, Azerbaijan, started playing football at age 8 and attended Neftchi Baku football school under Rovshan Gasimov.

Career

Club

Ismayilov 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

Ismayilov 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

Club

As of match played 12 May 2018[11][12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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

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

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

Qarabağ

References

  1. ^ "Əfran İsmayılovla bağlı maraqlı faktlar açıqlandı". qol.az. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  2. ^ "Əfran İsmayılov: həm Avropanın, həm də Azərbaycanın bombardiri" (in Azerbaijani). Qol.az. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
  3. ^ "Хазар собрал сливки сборной Азербайджана". azerifootball.com. Azerifootball. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  4. ^ Первый трансфер года: Афран Исмайлов перешел в Интер. azerifootball.com (in Russian). Azerifootball. 1 January 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Qarabağ FK-dan bildiriş". qarabagh.com/ (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ FK. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  6. ^ ""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.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "U-21 проводит тренировки в Антальи". AFFA.az. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
  10. ^ В Аммане сборная Азербайджана по футболу обыграла Иорданию Archived 27 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  11. ^ "Ə.İsmayılov". soccerway.com/. Soccerway. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  12. ^ a b "Əfran İsmayılov". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  13. ^ Football PLAYER: Əfran İsmayılov


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