Nadir Nabiyev ( az, Nadir Nəbiyev, born on 18 July 1980 in Tovuz,

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) is a retired

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player who played

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for the Azerbaijan national team and who last played for

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club

Turan Tovuz Turan Tovuz ( az, Turan Tovuz) is an Azerbaijani association football, football club based in Tovuz, Azerbaijan, Tovuz. The club won the Azerbaijan Premier League, Azerbaijan championship once, in 1994–1995. The club's home stadium is Tovuz City ...

Playing career

Club

International

Nabiyev earned 27

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over the four-year he played for the national team, scoring 3 times. His debut came in July 2002 in a

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against

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. His first two goals for Azerbaijan came on 14 December 2003 against the

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Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

Honours

Club

; Neftchi Baku *

: 2003–04. *

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: 2001–02 *

CIS Cup The Commonwealth of Independent States Cup (russian: Кубок чемпионов Содружества, Кубок Содружества, Кубок чемпионов содружества стран СНГ и Балтии) is a defunct ann ...

: 2006 ;

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 ...

* 2007–08

References

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* 1980 births Living people Azerbaijani men's footballers Azerbaijan men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Turan Tovuz players People from Tovuz Khazar Lankaran FK players Neftçi PFK players {{Azerbaijan-footy-bio-stub