Elhad Naziri ( az, Elhad Nəziri; born 29 December 1992) is an Azerbaijani former international

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who played as a defender.

Football career

Elhad Naziri was born in Baku, Azerbaijan. He played for

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's and Neftchi Baku youth teams. He started his professional career in 2011 with Lokomotiv Bilajary, a club from the

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. His second club was Milsami in

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where he would play six matches. He was transferred to

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in 2013. In August 2013 Naziri signed for

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from Petrolul Ploiești. Before the end of August, he would see his contract cancelled, and he would on to sign a one-year deal with fellow

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side

Inter Baku Shamakhi FK ( az, Şamaxı Futbol Klubu, ) is an Azerbaijani professional football club based in Shamakhi, that currently competes in the Azerbaijan Premier League. The club has won the Premier League title twice. History Early years (1997–20 ...

. Naziri was made a free agent when Araz-Naxçıvan folded and withdrew from the

on 17 November 2014. Naziri signed with Metalul Reșița on 26 February 2016.

International career

He made his national team debut on 14 November 2012 against

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in a

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Career statistics

Honours

Club

; Petrolul Ploiești *

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(1):

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; Neftchala *

(1): 2014–15

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