Makhmud Gurbanov ( az, Mahmud Qurbanov; born 10 May 1973) is a

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 ...

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 ...

from

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 ...

. He has won Azerbaijani championship record 12 times with six different teams. He started his career in

FC Kapaz Kapaz PFK ( az, Kəpəz Peşəkar Futbol Klubu, ), is an Azerbaijani football club based in Ganja, which competes in the Azerbaijan Premier League, the highest tier of Azerbaijan football. The club was founded as Toxucu in 1959. They have won the ...

, and has since played for PFC Neftchi, Kapaz (second spell) and

FK Shamkir Shamkir Football Club ( az, Şəmkir Futbol Klubu), is an Azerbaijani football club based in Şəmkir, that currently plays in the Azerbaijan First Division. The club is one of the most oldest and most successful clubs in Azerbaijan's football hi ...

before he played abroad with Iranian team

Foolad FC Foolad Khuzestan Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال فولاد خوزستان, ''Bāshgāh-e Futbāl-e Fulād-e Khuzestān'') is an Iranian football club, based in Ahwaz, Khuzestan that plays in Persian Gulf Pro League. Foolad F.C. wa ...

and Ukrainian team

FC Tavriya Simferopol Sports Club Tavriya ( uk, Спортивний клуб "Таврія") was a Ukrainian football club from Simferopol. Tavriya was a member of the Ukrainian Premier League from its founding and won the first Ukrainian Premier League making them ...

. He later rejoined PFC Neftchi. He then signed with

FC 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 ...

, where he played until he joined Sumgayit FC.

National team statistics

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International Goals

Honours

Individual

Azerbaijani Footballer of the Year Azerbaijani Footballer of the Year is an annual title awarded to the best Azerbaijani football player of the year. The award has been given since 1991, and the winner is elected by authorized journalists from the leading Azerbaijani sport media. ...

(1): 2007.

References

External links

Profile on FK Baku Official Site
* * 1973 births Living people Azerbaijani footballers Azerbaijan international footballers Azerbaijani expatriate footballers Azerbaijani Shia Muslims Ukrainian Premier League players Foolad FC players Expatriate footballers in Iran Expatriate footballers in Ukraine Azerbaijani expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine SC Tavriya Simferopol players Shamakhi FK players Khazar Lankaran FK players FC Baku players Sportspeople from Ganja, Azerbaijan Sumgayit FK players FK Shamkir players Association football midfielders {{Azerbaijan-footy-bio-stub