Amir Agayev ( he, אמיר עגייב / אמיר עגאייב, az, Əmir Ağayev; born February 10, 1992) is an

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

er who plays as an

attacking midfielder A midfielder is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As #Cent ...

for

Liga Leumit Liga Leumit ( he, ליגה לאומית, lit. ''National League'') is the second division of the Israeli Football League, and below its Premier League. Structure There are 16 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the two lowest-place ...

club

Sektzia Ness Ziona Sektzia Ness Ziona ( he, סקציית כדורגל נס-ציונה, ''Sektziyat Kaduregel Nes Tziona'', lit. ''Football Section Ness Ziona'') are a football club from the Israeli city of Ness Ziona. They currently play in the Israeli Premier Leag ...

Early and personal life

Agayev was born in

Rishon LeZion Rishon LeZion ( he, רִאשׁוֹן לְצִיּוֹן , ''lit.'' First to Zion, Arabic: راشون لتسيون) is a city in Israel, located along the central Israeli coastal plain south of Tel Aviv. It is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan ar ...

, to a family of

Mizrahi Jews Mizrahi Jews ( he, יהודי המִזְרָח), also known as ''Mizrahim'' () or ''Mizrachi'' () and alternatively referred to as Oriental Jews or ''Edot HaMizrach'' (, ), are a grouping of Jewish communities comprising those who remained i ...

( Azerbaijani-Jewish) descent. He married his girlfriend Sivan Agayev in August 2015.

Club career

On 31 January 2019, Agayev signed a 1.5 year contract with

Sumgayit FK Sumgayit FK ( az, "Sumqayıt" futbol klubu, ) is an Azerbaijani football club based in Sumgayit that plays in the Azerbaijan Premier League. History The club was founded in 2010 as Sumgayit FK. In May 2011, the team secured their promotion to ...

. On 14 August 2020, Agayev signed a 1+1 year contract with

Atromitos Atromitos (Greek: Ατρόμητος, "fearless") may refer to: * Atromitos F.C., a football team based in Peristeri, Athens, Greece * Atromitos Piraeus, a football team based in Piraeus, Athens, Greece * Atromitos Yeroskipou, a football team curr ...

. On 13 September 2020, He made his debut in the

Super League Greece The Super League Greece 1 ( el, Ελληνική Σούπερ Λιγκ 1), or Super League 1, is the highest professional association football league in Greece. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced ''Alpha Ethniki'' at the top of ...

for

match against

Volos Volos ( el, Βόλος ) is a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about north of Athens and south of Thessaloniki. It is the sixth most populous city of Greece, and the capital of the Magnesia regional unit ...

International career

He has been an Israel national youth between 2010–2011. He was part of the Israel under-21 between 2013–2014. On 22 August 2020, Agayev was called up by the senior Azerbaijan national team for a training camp in its capital city of

Baku Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world a ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Agayev, Amir 1992 births Israeli Mizrahi Jews Jewish men's footballers Living people Israeli men's footballers Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. players AC Omonia players Beitar Jerusalem F.C. players Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. players Sumgayit FK players Atromitos F.C. players F.C. Ashdod players Maccabi Bnei Reineh F.C. players Sektzia Ness Ziona F.C. players Israeli Premier League players Liga Leumit players Cypriot First Division players Azerbaijan Premier League players Super League Greece players Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Greece Footballers from Rishon LeZion Israeli people of Azerbaijani-Jewish descent Azerbaijani people of Jewish descent Israel men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football midfielders