Elman Tagaýew (born June 2, 1989 in

Kyzyl-Arvat Gyzylarbat (formerly Serdar and Kyzyl-Arvat or Gyzylarbat and Farāva) is a city subordinate to a district in Turkmenistan, located north-west of the capital, Ashgabat on the M37 highway to the Caspian Sea. The population of Gyzylarbat is 50,000 ...

) is a

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professional

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of Azerbaijani descent, who last played for

FC Ahal Ahal Änew Football Club ( tk, Ahal Änew Futbol Kluby), or simply Ahal FC, is a Turkmen professional association football club based in the Änew, Ahal Province. Founded in 1989, the club played its first-ever top flight season in 1992. The c ...

Biography

Tagaýew was born in

Ashgabat Ashgabat or Asgabat ( tk, Aşgabat, ; fa, عشق‌آباد, translit='Ešqābād, formerly named Poltoratsk ( rus, Полтора́цк, p=pəltɐˈratsk) between 1919 and 1927), is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies ...

Turkmenistan Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the sout ...

to an Azerbaijani family. He began playing football at eight years old. In 2014, he married his wife Arina. In 2015, they had two twin sons named Alan and Ali.

Career

Club

Tagaýew started his career at

Aşgabat Ashgabat or Asgabat ( tk, Aşgabat, ; fa, عشق‌آباد, translit='Ešqābād, formerly named Poltoratsk ( rus, Полтора́цк, p=pəltɐˈratsk) between 1919 and 1927), is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies ...

before going on trial with

Khazar Lankaran Khazar Lankaran FK ( tly, Xəzər Lankon Futboli Klub, script=Latn, az, Xəzər Lənkəran Futbol Klubu) is an Azerbaijani football club based in Lankaran that last played in the Azerbaijan Premier League during the 2015–16 season. Since the ...

in early 2012. During his trial with Khazar Lankaran he appeared as a substitute, and scored, against

. Khazar declined to sign Tagaýew due to the players attitude during a game. Tagaýew went on to sign for AZAL in the summer of 2012, but only made 8 appearances before leaving in March 2013. In June 2017, Tagayev signed a one-year contract with newly-promoted

Azerbaijan Premier League The Azerbaijan Premier League ( az, Azərbaycan Premyer Liqası) is a professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Azerbaijan football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is conteste ...

team

Səbail FK Sabail FK ( az, Səbail Futbol Klubu, ) is an Azerbaijani football club based in Baku. The club participates in the Azerbaijan Premier League. History The club was established in 2016 and immediately joined the Azerbaijan First Division. Afte ...

. Tagayev was released by

Sabail FK Sabail FK ( az, Səbail Futbol Klubu, ) is an Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the bo ...

at the end of the 2017–18 season.

International

Elman Tagaýew played for the

Turkmenistan national under-23 football team The Turkmenistan national U-23 football team represents Turkmenistan in international U-23 football competitions. It is controlled by the Football Association of Turkmenistan and is a member of the Asian Football Confederation. The side has never ...

at the

2010 Asian Games The 2010 Asian Games (), officially known as the XVI Asian Games () and also known as Guangzhou 2010 (), was a regional multi-sport event celebrated from November 12 to November 27, 2010 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, although several events ...

in Guangzhou. Tagaýew's first international goal came against

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

in the

2012 AFC Challenge Cup The 2012 AFC Challenge Cup was the fourth edition of the tournament, an international football competition for Asian Football Confederation (AFC) member nations that are mainly categorized as "emerging countries" in the defunct Vision Asia progra ...

group stage. As part of the national team of Turkmenistan, he became the finalist of the

Career statistics

Club

International

''Statistics accurate as of match played 26 March 2017''

International goals

Honours

Turkmenistan *

AFC Challenge Cup The AFC Challenge Cup was an international football competition for Asian Football Confederation (AFC) member countries that was categorized as "emerging countries" in the "Vision Asia" programme. "Vision Asia", created by former AFC president, ...

runner-up:

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Individual *

Football Federation of Turkmenistan The Football Federation of Turkmenistan ( tm, Türkmenistanyň Futbol Federasiýasy; TFF) is the governing body of football in Turkmenistan. History The Federation was founded in 1992 and in 1994 was admitted to FIFA, which registers all the m ...

Footballer of the Year: 2021 * Ýokary Liga Top Goalscorer: 2021 (10 goals)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tagayew, Elman 1989 births Living people Turkmenistan men's footballers Turkmenistan men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Turkmenistan FC Aşgabat players Shuvalan FK players FK Andijon players Sabail FK players Azerbaijan Premier League players Navbahor Namangan players Uzbekistan Super League players Ahal FK players Altyn Asyr FK players