Eshgin Guliyev (born 11 December 1990) 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 boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

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midfielder A midfielder is an 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 central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

who plays for

Shuvalan Şüvəlan is a settlement and municipality in Baku, Azerbaijan. It has a population of 14,992. The population origin comes mostly from a settlement of Qala, Azerbaijan. History According to the old generation, an ancient times people in ...

in the

Azerbaijan First Division The Azerbaijan First Division ( az, Azərbaycan Birinci Divizionu) is the second highest professional division in Azerbaijani professional football (soccer), football. The division is run by Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan, AFFA. ...

Playing career

Guliyev played for Neftchi Baku in the

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. He has appeared in four matches for the

Azerbaijan national under-21 football team The Azerbaijan national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of the Azerbaijan and is controlled by the AFFA. UEFA U-21 record * 1978 - 1991: part of USSR * 1992 - 1994: did not participate * 1996: 6th of 6 in quali ...

, including qualifiers for the 2009 U-21 Championship. In the match against

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, on 5 September 2009, he scored an

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, which ended up deciding the match, as Azerbaijan lost 1–0. Guliyev held the number 23 shirt in 2008, until the following season when he was awarded the number 6.

References

External links

Profile on Neftchi Baku Official Site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Guliyev, Eshgin Azerbaijani men's footballers Men's association football midfielders 1990 births Living people Sumgayit FK players Shuvalan FK players People from Gardabani Sportspeople from Kvemo Kartli Neftçi PFK players Azerbaijan men's youth international footballers Azerbaijan men's under-21 international footballers Azerbaijan men's international footballers