Arif Asadov ( az, Arif Gülağa oğlu Əsədov; born 18 August 1970) is an
Azerbaijan
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i professional
football
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coach and a former player. He is an assistant coach with the
Azerbaijan national football team
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.
Club career
He made his professional debut in the
Soviet Top League
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The professional top level ...
in 1988 for
Neftchi Baku .
Honours
*
Azerbaijan Premier League
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champion: 1992, 1996.
* Azerbaijan Premier League runner-up: 1997, 1998.
* Azerbaijan Premier League bronze: 1993, 1995.
Statistics
''Information correct as of 7 March 2014. Only competitive matches are counted.''
*Notes:
References
1970 births
Footballers from Baku
Living people
Soviet men's footballers
Azerbaijani men's footballers
Azerbaijan men's international footballers
Neftçi PFK managers
FC Spartak Vladikavkaz players
FC Tyumen players
FC Anzhi Makhachkala players
Azerbaijani expatriate men's footballers
Soviet Top League players
Russian Premier League players
Azerbaijan Premier League players
Soviet Azerbaijani people
Azerbaijani football managers
Men's association football defenders
Neftçi PFK players
Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
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