Pavel Vaqif oglu Pashayev ( az, Pavel Vaqif oğlu Paşayev, uk, Павло Вагіфович Пашаєв; born 4 January 1988) is a

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Azerbaijani

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who plays as a

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. He was raised in Ukraine to parents of Azerbaijani descent, and originally represented various Ukrainian youth teams and the national team on 2 occasions, before switching to the

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Career

Pashayev was the product of the Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Youth school system. He was loaned from

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Football Club Dnipro ( uk, Футбо́льний Клуб «Дніпро́», ) was a Ukrainian football club based in Dnipro. The club was owned by the Privat Group that also owns BC Dnipro and Budivelnyk Kyiv. In 2018 FC Dnipro was forced in ...

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at the end of the 2008–09 summer transfer window until the end of 2008. He was recalled back to Dnipro in January 2009. On 25 July 2014 Pashayev signed with

Metalurh Zaporizhya MFC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia ( uk, Футбо́льний клуб «Металу́рг» Запорі́жжя ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Zaporizhzhia. Reestablished in 2017, it is a " phoenix club" of the original Soviet ...

. On 18 February 2016 Pashayev signed with Gabala FK. On 17 July 2017 Pashayev signed with

FC Oleksandriya Football Club Oleksandriya ( uk, Футбольний клуб Олександрія), commonly known as Oleksandriya, is a Ukrainian professional football club based in the city of Oleksandriya, Kirovohrad Oblast. Founded in 1948, the club pla ...

International career

On 2 February 2009, Pavel Pashayev was called up to the Ukraine team for the first time in his career, for friendlies against

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and

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. He debuted on 10 February against

. Since he only played for

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in friendlies, he was still eligible to join the

. He made his first appearance for

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in a 2–1 friendly win over

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on 17 November 2015.

Personal life

His twin brother,

Maksym Pashayev Maksym Vahifovych Pashayev ( uk, Максим Вагіфович Пашаєв; 4 January 1988 – 12 December 2008) was a professional Ukrainian football defender of Azerbaijani origin who played for Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the Ukrainian Prem ...

played as a defender for

, but died after a car accident in December 2008.

Club statistics

International

''Statistics accurate as of match played 16 November 2019''

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* * * 1988 births Living people People from Krasnyi Luch Citizens of Azerbaijan through descent Azerbaijani footballers Azerbaijan international footballers Azerbaijani expatriate footballers Ukrainian footballers Ukraine international footballers Ukraine under-21 international footballers Ukrainian people of Azerbaijani descent Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian First League players Expatriate footballers in Ukraine Azerbaijani expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Azerbaijan Premier League players FC Dnipro players FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih players FC Karpaty Lviv players FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia players Gabala FC players FC Stal Kamianske players FC Oleksandriya players FC VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka players Ukrainian twins Twin sportspeople Dual internationalists (football) Association football defenders Ukraine youth international footballers Sportspeople from Luhansk Oblast {{Azerbaijan-footy-bio-stub