Vagif Sadygov (born 1 April 1959, Azerbaijani: ''Vaqif Sadıqov'') is an Azerbaijani football manager.

Life and career

Sadygov started playing football as a midfielder for Araz Nakhichevan. His club career included spells with Neftchi Baku, Khazar

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. After end of his career, he moved into management, first with Neftchi Baku in 1993, then with ANS Pivani Baki.Echo-Az.com - News Archive "Interview with V.Sadygov" 28 August 2002
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in 1996, which then led him to manage

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in 1997. After unsuccessful results, he dismissed in 1998, but returned in 2005 to replace the Brazilian

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, Genclerbirliyi Sumgayit,

Achievements

Azerbaijan Cup The Azerbaijan Cup is a major association football competition in Azerbaijan. In its original form, it started in 1936, when Azerbaijan was a republic of the Soviet Union and it was not disputed by Azerbaijani teams in the Soviet league pyramid. ...

**Winner: 2 (1995, 2001) *Azerbaijan Supercup **Winner: 1 (1995) *

Azerbaijan First Division The Azerbaijan First Division ( az, Azərbaycan Birinci Divizionu) is the second highest professional division in Azerbaijani professional football (soccer), football. The division is run by Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan, AFFA. ...

**Winner: 1 (1996)

Notes and references

1959 births Living people Soviet footballers Azerbaijani footballers Azerbaijani football managers Azerbaijan national football team managers Azerbaijani expatriate football managers Footballers from Baku Neftçi PFK players Soviet Top League players Association football midfielders Soviet Azerbaijani people Expatriate football managers in Russia Expatriate football managers in Iran Azerbaijani expatriate sportspeople in Iran Azerbaijani expatriate sportspeople in Russia {{Azerbaijan-footy-bio-stub