Maksim Borisoviç Medvedev (russian: Максим Борисович Медведев; born 29 September 1989) is an Azerbaijani professional
footballer
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who plays as a
right-back
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for and
captains
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both
Azerbaijan Premier League club
Qarabağ and the
Azerbaijan national team.
Medvedev has
spent his entire career at Qarabağ since becoming a professional player in 2006 and is the most capped player in the history of the club. He has won the
Azerbaijan Premier League eight times and
Azerbaijan Cup five times with Qarabağ. Medvedev made his debut for the Azerbaijani national team at the age of 19 and is the second most capped player in the history of the national team. Primarily as a right-back, he can also be utilized as a left-back or
centre-back.
Club career
Born in
Baku,
Azerbaijan SSR (present-day Azerbaijan), Medvedev was a product of the
Qarabağ youth system.
International career
Medvedev made his
Azerbaijan U21 national team debut in 2008, having previously played for
U17 and
U19 teams.
He became a regular starter for the
senior national team during
World Cup 2010
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qualifying games after
Qarabağ FK's successful
Europa League
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campaign in 2009.
"Qarabağ"ın yeni simvolu: MAKS
On 3 June 2016, Medvedev lead the Azerbaijan national team against Canada as a team captain. He scored his first international goal on 8 October 2016 against Norway
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, securing a 1–0 victory for his team. After the retirement of Rashad Sadyghov ans Kamran Aghayev
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from the national team, Medvedev was selected as the new team captain in early 2019. He has led the team as captain in 28 games.
Career statistics
Club
International
Honours
;Qarabağ
* Azerbaijan Premier League: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22
* Azerbaijan Cup: 2008–09, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2021–22
;Individual
* Azerbaijani Footballer of the Year runner-up: 2016, 2018
References
External links
Maksim Medvedyev profile on Qarabagh.com
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1989 births
Living people
Footballers from Baku
Azerbaijani footballers
Azerbaijan international footballers
Association football defenders
Qarabağ FK players
Azerbaijan Premier League players
Azerbaijani people of Russian descent