Zaur Qubad oglu Tagizade ( az, Zaur Qubad oğlu Tağızadə, born 21 February 1979 in Baku,

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) is a retired

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of t ...

i footballer. He has made 40 appearances for the

Azerbaijan national football team The Azerbaijan national football team ( az, Azərbaycan milli futbol komandası) is the national football team of Azerbaijan and is controlled by Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan. It represents Azerbaijan in international foot ...

Early life

Tagizade began playing football in 1990 at the age of 11. His first coach was Neftchi Baku former defender Vyacheslav Semiglazov. During 1995–98 years he played for the Kur Nur,

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

Lelle SK Lelle is a small borough (') in Kehtna Parish, Rapla County, in central Estonia. It has a station on the Tallinn - Viljandi railway line operated by Elron, and until December 2018 was the junction with the former branch to Pärnu. As of 2011 C ...

and

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ic IA Akranes.Zaur Tağızadə: "Portuqaliya ilə oyundan sonra cərimə olundum"

Club career

He came back to

in 1998 and signed his first professional contract with

Shafa Baku Shafa Baku FK ( az, Şəfa Bakı Futbol Klubu), was an Azerbaijani football club from Baku. They were founded in 1998, and were promoted to the Top League the same year. In 2001 the club won the Azerbaijan Cup, beating Neftchi Baku 2–1 in t ...

. At that time, he also played for Azerbaijan U17, Azerbaijan U19, Azerbaijan U21 and

. After the short Flora Tallinn career he played for

MOIK Baku MOIK Baku is an Azerbaijani football club, based in Baku. MOIK was originally built around the same concept of military sports club as CSKA Moscow, CSKA Sofia. History The club was established under name OIK ( az, Ordu İdman Klubu; en, Sports ...

and Neftchi Baku, won two times Azerbaijan Cup and Azerbaijan Premier League. He retired football in 2010 because of numerous injuries.

International career

For

, Tagizade is

capped In sport, a cap is a player's appearance in a game at international level. The term dates from the practice in the United Kingdom of awarding a cap to every player in an international match of rugby football and association football. In the ea ...

40 times, scoring 6 goal. He made his national team debut on 4 June 1997 against

friendly match An exhibition game (also known as a friendly, a scrimmage, a demonstration, a preseason game, a warmup match, or a preparation match, depending at least in part on the sport) is a sporting event whose prize money and impact on the player's or ...

. He scored his first goal on 5 June 1999 against

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in a

UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Qualifying for the UEFA Euro 2000 final tournament, took place throughout 1998 and 1999. Forty-nine teams were divided into nine groups. All teams played against each other, within their groups, on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each group ...

International goals

Honors

Neftchi Baku * Azerbaijan Premier League: 2003–04, 2004–05 * Azerbaijan Cup: 2000–01, 2003–04 * CIS Cup : Winners: 2006 : Runners-up: 2005

Individual

* Azerbaijan

Player of the Year Several sports leagues honour their best player with an award called Player of the Year (POY) . In the United States, this type of award is usually called a Most Valuable Player award. Association football In association football, this award is he ...

: 2001

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tagizade, Zaur Living people 1979 births Azerbaijani men's footballers Azerbaijani expatriate men's footballers Azerbaijan men's international footballers FC Flora players Expatriate men's footballers in Estonia Expatriate men's footballers in Iceland MOIK Baku players Footballers from Baku Men's association football wingers Neftçi PFK players Meistriliiga players Esiliiga players Azerbaijani expatriate sportspeople in Estonia Azerbaijani expatriate sportspeople in Iceland