Vüqar Asgarov ( az, Vüqar Əsgərov; born 14 May 1985 in

Sumgayit Sumgait (; az, Sumqayıt, ) is a city in Azerbaijan, located near the Caspian Sea, on the Absheron Peninsula, about away from the capital Baku. The city has a population of around 345,300, making it the second largest city in Azerbaijan after Bak ...

) is an Azerbaijani

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second striker who currently plays for SK Super Nova. He also holds

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

n citizenship.

Career

Vüqar Asgarov was born in Azerbaijan, but moved to Latvia in an early age. Vüqar Asgarov began his career in Liepājas Metalurgs system and there he played until 2008. Later he played for Latvian First League clubs FK Jelgava and

FC Jūrmala FC Jūrmala is a Latvian association football, football club that is based in Jūrmala. They play in the Latvian First League. Club plays its home matches at the Slokas Stadium in Jūrmala with capacity of 5,000 people. Until 2015 FC Jūrmala was ...

. In 2010, Äsgärov joined another Latvian First League side

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and after scoring a goal against Metalurgs in Latvian Cup, he was invited to join them. After three years with Liepājas Metalurgs, he left Latvia and signed for Azerbaijani club

a two-year contract. In December 2013, Äsgärov left Sumgayit, and whilst looking for a new club trained with his old club Liepājas Metalurgs In June 2014, Asgarov signed for newly promoted

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side Araz-Naxçıvan.

International career

Asgarov made his debut for Azerbaijan national team on 24 February 2012 against Singapore.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Asgarov, Vugar 1985 births Living people Men's association football forwards Azerbaijani men's footballers Azerbaijani expatriate men's footballers Azerbaijan men's international footballers People from Sumgait FK Jelgava players FC Jūrmala players FK Liepājas Metalurgs players Zira FK players BFC Daugavpils players FK Liepāja players Sumgayit FK players AFA Olaine players Araz-Naxçıvan PFK players Latvian Higher League players Azerbaijan Premier League players Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia Azerbaijani expatriate sportspeople in Latvia