Afran Ismayilov

Afran Ismayilov (Azerbaijani: Əfran İsmayılov, born on 8 October 1988 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR) is an Azerbaijani football midfielder who plays for Azerbaijan Premier League side Sabail.

Afran Ismayilov
Personal information
Full name Afran Amit oglu İsmayılov
Date of birth (1988-10-08) 8 October 1988
Place of birth Baku, Azerbaijan SSR
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Right midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Sabail
Number 22
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2013 Qarabağ 100 (13)
2009 → Turan Tovuz (loan) 10 (2)
2013–2014 Baku 17 (8)
2014 Khazar Lankaran 11 (1)
2015 Keşla 10 (3)
2015–2018 Qarabağ 63 (9)
2018–2019 Sumgayit 20 (3)
2019–2020 Keşla 15 (0)
2020– Sabail 3 (1)
National team‡
2008–2010 Azerbaijan U21 6 (0)
2010– Azerbaijan 38 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 September 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 October 2017

Early years

Ismayilov was born in Baku, Azerbaijan, started playing football at age 8 and attended Neftchi Baku football school under Rovshan Gasimov.

Career

Club

Ismayilov began his career at the FK Qarabağ academy in 2004 after being chosen as one of three talents among 1200 amateur players.[1] He was one of key players for FK Qarabağ's good performances in club's 2010–11 UEFA Europa League qualification campaign, having scored 5 goals against opponents.[2]

In July 2014, Ismayilov moved to Khazar Lankaran along with Rauf Aliyev.[3] After six months with Khazar, Ismayilov signed a six-month deal with Inter Baku.[4]

On 24 May 2018, Qarabağ announced that Ismayilov had been released by the club following expiration of his contract.[5]

On 11 June 2018, Ismayilov signed one-year contract with Sumgayit FK.[6]

On 13 August 2019, Ismayilov signed a one-year contract with Keşla FK.[7] On 29 June, Keşla announced Ismayilov's contract hadn't been renewed and he'd left the club.[8]

International

Ismayilov is a part of the Azerbaijan U-21 side that is competing in the 2011 European Under-21 Championship qualification.[9]

In 2010, he was called up for the Azerbaijan national football team and scored his first goal on his debut in friendly match against Jordan national football team in Amman.[10]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 12 May 2018[11][12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Qarabağ 2006–07 Azerbaijan Premier League 70---70
2007–08 60---60
2008–09 10---10
2009–10 275-40-315
2010–11 12100-65-186
2011–12 25641-50-347
2012–13 22151---272
Total 10013--155--11518
Turan-Tovuz (loan) 2008–09 Azerbaijan Premier League 102-––102
Baku 2013–14 Azerbaijan Premier League 17800–––178
Khazar Lankaran 2014–15 Azerbaijan Premier League 11100–––111
Inter Baku 2014–15 Azerbaijan Premier League 10331–––134
Qarabağ 2015–16 Azerbaijan Premier League 29650-91-437
2016–17 21160-90-361
2017–18 13231-81-244
Total 639141--262--10312
Career total 21128264--417--27839

International
Azerbaijan national team
YearAppsGoals
201011
201170
201240
201350
201410
201580
201651
201763
201810
Total385

Statistics accurate as of match played 30 January 2018[12]

International goals
Scores and results list Azerbaijan's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.25 February 2010King Abdullah Stadium, Amman, Jordan Jordan2–02–0Friendly
2.29 May 2016Sportplatz Bad Erlach, Bad Erlach, Austria Macedonia1–21–3Friendly
3.4 September 2017Bakcell Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan San Marino1–05–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.3–0
5.5 October 2017Baku Olympic Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan Czech Republic1–11–22018 FIFA World Cup qualification
Correct as of 5 October 2017[13]

Honours
Qarabağ

References
  1. "Əfran İsmayılovla bağlı maraqlı faktlar açıqlandı". qol.az. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  2. "Əfran İsmayılov: həm Avropanın, həm də Azərbaycanın bombardiri" (in Azerbaijani). Qol.az. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
  3. "Хазар собрал сливки сборной Азербайджана". azerifootball.com. Azerifootball. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  4. Первый трансфер года: Афран Исмайлов перешел в Интер. azerifootball.com (in Russian). Azerifootball. 1 January 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  5. "Qarabağ FK-dan bildiriş". qarabagh.com/ (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ FK. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  6. ""Sumqayıt" FK Əfran İsmayılovu heyətinə cəlb edib". sumqayitpfc.az (in Azerbaijani). Sumgayit FK. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  7. "Əfran İsmayılov Keşlə FK-da". keshlafc.az/ (in Azerbaijani). Keşla FK. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  8. "Keşlə 5 futbolçu ilə yolları ayırdı". keshlafc.az/ (in Azerbaijani). Keşla FK. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  9. "U-21 проводит тренировки в Антальи". AFFA.az. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
  10. В Аммане сборная Азербайджана по футболу обыграла Иорданию Archived 27 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  11. "Ə.İsmayılov". soccerway.com/. Soccerway. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  12. "Əfran İsmayılov". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  13. Football PLAYER: Əfran İsmayılov


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