Mirabdulla Abbasov ( az, Mirabdulla Abbasov; born 27 April 1995) is an

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who plays as a

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for Sabail and

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. He was selected as the footballer of the year in Azerbaijan in 2018.

Career

Mirabdulla Abbasov was born in 1995 in Baku, Azerbaijan. His older brother Mirsahib Abbasov is a football player as well. Mirabdulla played in the academy of Neftchi Baku and made his professional debut on 5 May 2015 in a game against

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. In 2016, he was loaned out to the Latvian Higher League team

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and Azerbaijani Premier League team

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. He became a regular player in the main team of Neftchi during the 2017–2018 season and earned 25 caps. At the end of the season, he extended his contract with Neftchi for another year until the end of 2018–2019 season. On 25 June 2019, Abbasov had joined Sabail on a season-long loan deal.

International

He made his debut for

on 17 November 2018 in a

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game against Faroe Islands.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

International

; Azerbaijan U23 * Islamic Solidarity Games: (1)

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Individual

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(1): 2018

References

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* 1995 births Living people Azerbaijani men's footballers Azerbaijan men's international footballers Azerbaijani expatriate men's footballers Azerbaijan Premier League players Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia Footballers from Baku Neftçi PFK players BFC Daugavpils players Sumgayit FK players Sabail FK players Men's association football forwards Azerbaijani expatriate sportspeople in Latvia Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Azerbaijan {{Azerbaijan-footy-bio-stub