Mahir Emreli

Mahir Emreli (Azerbaijani: Mahir Emreli; previously Mahir Madatov, Azerbaijani: Mahir Mədətov, born on 1 July 1997) is an Azerbaijani footballer[2] who plays as a striker for Qarabağ FK and the Azerbaijan national team.

Mahir Emreli
Personal information
Full name Mahir Mahir oglu Emreli[1]
Date of birth (1997-07-01) 1 July 1997
Place of birth Tver, Russia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Qarabağ
Number 11
Youth career
2006–2013 Baku
2013–2014 Nike Academy
2014 Lens
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Baku 17 (0)
2015– Qarabağ 115 (51)
National team‡
2012 Azerbaijan U17 3 (0)
2014–2015 Azerbaijan U19 8 (1)
2016–2018 Azerbaijan U21 11 (5)
2017 Azerbaijan U23 5 (2)
2017– Azerbaijan 23 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 February 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 November 2020

Club career

Emreli made his professional debut in the Azerbaijan Premier League for FC Baku on 27 September 2014 in a game against Araz-Naxçıvan.[3]

On 16 July 2015, Emreli signed a three-year contract with Qarabağ FK.[4]

On 23 August 2015, Mahir made his debut and scored his first goal for Qarabağ in a 2–0 away victory against Shuvalan.[5]

Emreli made his European debut in 2016 against Luxembourgish F91 Dudelange in the second qualification round of the UEFA Champions League which ended 2–0 for Qarabağ.[6]

On 15 September 2016, Emreli made his debut for UEFA Europa League group stage game against FC Slovan Liberec.[7]

He scored his first European goal in a 1–0 home victory against Danish Copenhagen in the play-off round of the 2017-18 UEFA Champions League.[8]

Emreli made his debut for UEFA Champions League group stage game against Chelsea in Stamford Bridge on 12 September 2017.[9] Mahir made five appearances in the UEFA Champions League group stage.

On 18 August 2020, Emreli, scoring against FK Sileks at the first qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League, celebrated his goal with a salute to the Azerbaijani soldiers serving in the frontline during the border clashes with Armenia.[10]

International career

2017 Islamic Solidarity Games

Azerbaijan won the Islamic Solidarity Games. He was selected by Yashar Vahabzade for his Islamic Solidarity Games U-23 squad, appearing in five games and scoring two goal in the final to help defeat Oman.[11]

Senior national team

Emreli made his Azerbaijan debut on 9 March 2017 against Qatar in friendly match.[12][13]

He scored his first goal for Azerbaijan on 29 May 2018, in a friendly match against Kyrgyzstan.[14]

Sponsorship

In 2018, Emreli signed a sponsorship deal with American sportswear and equipment supplier, Nike.[15]

Personal life

In May 2019, Emreli changed his name from Mahir Madatov to Mahir Emreli, due to his disproval at his father's new marriage.[1]

Early life

Emreli was born in Russia, to Azerbaijani parents.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 1 February 2021[16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Baku 2014–15 Azerbaijan Premier League 17031––201
Qarabağ 2015–16 Azerbaijan Premier League 1675100–218
2016–17 2135360–326
2017–18 24820111–379
2018–19 271640140–4516
2019–20 16721122–3010
2020–21 11101262–1814
Total 11551197495--18363
Career total 13251228495--20364

International
As of match played 9 September 2019[17]
Azerbaijan national team
YearAppsGoals
201730
2018102
201962
Total194

International goals
Scores and results list Azerbaijan's goal tally first.[17]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.29 May 2018Baku Olympic Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan Kyrgyzstan2–03–0Friendly
2.17 November 2018Baku Olympic Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan Faroe Islands2–02–02018–19 UEFA Nations League D
3.8 June 2019Bakcell Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan Hungary1–21–3UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
4.6 September 2019Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales Wales1–11–2

Honours

Qarabağ

Azerbaijan U23

Individual

References
  1. "Официально: Махир Мадатов стал Махиром Эмрели Махир оглу (ФОТО)". azerifootball.com/ (in Russian). Azeri Football. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  2. ""Baku" sent out to France 4 footballers". www.fcbaku.com. FC Baku. 8 January 2014.
  3. "BAKI VS. ARAZ 2 - 1". Soccerway. 27 September 2014.
  4. "Mahir Mədətov "Qarabağ"da !". www.qarabagh.com. Qarabağ FK. 16 July 2015.
  5. "ŞÜVƏLAN VS. QARABAĞ 0 - 2". Soccerway. 23 August 2015.
  6. 2016-17 UEFA Champions League, Second qualifying round matches, UEFA.com
  7. 2016-17 UEFA Europa League group stage matches, UEFA.com
  8. 2017-18 UEFA Champions League, Second qualifying round matches, UEFA.com
  9. 2017-18 UEFA Champions League group stage matches, UEFA.com
  10. "Mahir Emreli Çempionlar Liqasında vurduğu qolu əsgər salamı ilə qeyd edib" (in Azerbaijani). 18 August 2020. Archived from the original on 18 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  11. "AZERBAIJAN VS. OMAN 2 - 1" (PDF). baku2017results.azureedge.net. 21 May 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  12. AFFA.az
  13. "QATAR VS. AZERBAIJAN 1 - 2". Soccerway. 9 March 2017.
  15. ""Nike" Mahir Mədətovla müqavilə bağladı". sportline.az. Sportline. 7 March 2018.
  16. "M.Mədətov". soccerway.com/. Soccerway. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  17. "Mahir Mədətov". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
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