Ruslan Abishov ( Azerbaijani: Ruslan Ibrahim oğlu Abışov; born 10 October 1987) is an Azerbaijani professional

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who plays as a defender for Azerbaijan Premier League club Zira.

Career

Club

Abishov can be considered as product of the Neftchi Baku youth system. He has spent most of his career in Neftchi. He became the winner of Azerbaijan Premier League in

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, 2011–12 seasons in Neftchi, then he was transferred to Khazar Lankaran. On 26 February 2013 he signed a contract with

Rubin Kazan FC Rubin Kazan (russian: Футбо́льный клуб Руби́н Каза́нь, ''Futbolny klub Rubin Kazan'' , Tatar: Рубин Казан) is a Russian professional football club based in the city of Kazan. They play in the second-tier ...

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On 24 June 2014, Abishov joined Azerbaijan Premier League side

Gabala FK Gabala Football Club ( az, Qəbələ Futbol Klubu ), also spelled Qabala, is an Azerbaijani association football club representing Qabala in the Azerbaijan Premier League since 2006. Gabala has been the runner up in the Premier League three time ...

on a six-month loan deal, before signing a six-month contract with the club in following the completion of the loan deal. On 14 September 2015, Abishov re-signed for Gabala follow complications to his registration at

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 ...

. Following the conclusion of the 2015–16 season, Abishov left Gabala having turned down a new contract with the club. On 29 June 2016, Abishov signed a one-year contract with

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. On 12 January 2017, Abıshov signed a six-month contract with Neftchi Baku. Abishov extended his contract in summer of 2017 and captained the team during the 2017–18 season when Neftchi claimed bronze medals in the season, highest league result since 2013. On 10 June 2019, Neftchi released Abishov from his contract by mutual consent. On 13 June 2019, Abishov signed a two-year contract with Sabah FC. On 26 June 2021,

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, announced the signing of Abishov.

International

Abıshov made his debut for

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on 5 September 2009 against

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in 2010 WC qualification. He scored his first goal on 18 November 2009 against

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in a

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Career statistics

Club

International

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International goals

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, Baku,

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Honours

Club

; Neftchi Baku * Azerbaijan Premier League: (2)

, 2011–12

International

; Azerbaijan U23 *

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Individual

* The best midfielder of Azerbaijan (1): 2010 * The best defender of Azerbaijan (1): 2011 * Azerbaijani Footballer of the Year (1): 2012

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Abishov, Ruslan 1987 births Living people Footballers from Baku Azerbaijani footballers Azerbaijani expatriate footballers Azerbaijan international footballers Azerbaijan Premier League players Khazar Lankaran FK players FC Rubin Kazan players Gabala FC players Shamakhi FK players Sabah FC (Azerbaijan) players Azerbaijani expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate footballers in Russia Russian Premier League players Association football defenders Neftçi PFK players