Ruslan Gurbanov ( az, Ruslan İldar oğlu Qurbanov; russian: Руслан Илдарович Курбанов; born 12 September 1991) is an Azerbaijani

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striker.

Career

Club

Gurbanov was born in 1991 in Stavropol, Russia at a Lezgi family. He played for Dynamo Stavropol and Rostov during his junior career. In 2008, he started playing for the reserve team of FC Rostov. During the next two seasons, he also played on loan for

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and Taganrog. After being released by Rostov, Qurbanov moved to Azerbaijan where he signed a contract with the most titled local club Neftchi Baku. He played 6 matches in his first professional season and became the champion of

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. Between 2011 and 2013, Qurbanov spent two seasons playing on loan for

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where he played 53 games and scored 9 goals. After his return to Neftchi, he became the winner of Azerbaijani Cup in 2013–14 season. He had a brief spell at Croatian football club

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where he played 5 matches for the senior team, and a match for the reserve team. Ruslan Qurbanov returned to Neftchi once again in 2015, and became the regular player of the starting squad during the 2015–16 season. He made a total of 30 appearances in the Premier League during the season, in which he scored 13 goals and became the most goal scoring Azeri player of the league. On 31 August 2016, Qurbanov signed a two-year contract with Gabala FK, leaving Gabala on 31 May 2018. On 11 June 2018, Qurbanov signed with

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. On 16 June 2020, Keşla announced that they had Qurbanov's contract with the club had not been extended and he had left the club. On 19 July 2020, Gurbanov signed a two-year contract with Zira FK.

International

He called up for Azerbaijan at 2015.

Career statistics

Club

International

''Statistics accurate as of match played 20 November 2018''

International goals

Honours

;Neftchi Baku *

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(1): 2013–14

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* 1991 births People from Stavropol Living people Azerbaijani men's footballers Men's association football forwards Azerbaijan men's international footballers Azerbaijan Premier League players Croatian Football League players Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus Azerbaijani expatriate men's footballers FC Rostov players FC Nika Krasny Sulin players FC Taganrog players Neftçi PFK players Sumgayit FK players HNK Hajduk Split players Gabala SC players Sabail FK players Shamakhi FK players Zira FK players FC Slavia Mozyr players Expatriate men's footballers in Russia {{Azerbaijan-footy-bio-stub