Mirhuseyn Seyidov ( az, Mirhüseyn Seyidov; born 10 August 1992) is an Azerbaijani

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Career

Club

Neftchi Baku

Seyidov started his football career in his early years in Sharur where he was born and raised. He came to

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when he was 15 years old. In 2007, after 6-month training in youth squad of

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Seyidov was invited to Neftchi Baku by prominent football coach Islam Kerimov. Seyidov scored a long distance goal in the away match against Slovenian

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in the second qualification round of the 2014-15 UEFA Europa League which ended 0-2 for Neftchi Baku.

Keshla

On 30 November 2017, Keshla FK confirmed that they had terminated Seyidov's contract due to suspicion of manipulating matches. The following day, 1 December 2017, Seyidov was banned from all footballing activities by the AFFA.

International

Seyidov made his Azerbaijan under-17 debut in 2007 against Russia in

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qualifiers. His European debut with Neftchi was in 2011 against

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second qualifying round.

Career statistics

Club

Profile
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Honours

;Neftchi Baku *

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: (3) 2010-11, 2011–12, 2012–13 *

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: (2) 2012-13, 2013–14

References

1992 births Living people Azerbaijani men's footballers Azerbaijan men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders People from Sharur Sportspeople involved in betting scandals Neftçi PFK players Azerbaijan men's under-21 international footballers {{Azerbaijan-footy-bio-stub