Nazim Suleymanov

Nazim Suleymanov (Azerbaijani: Nazim Süleymanov; Russian: Назим Сулейманов; born 17 February 1965) is a Soviet and Azerbaijani football coach and a former player best known as a striker for Alania Vladikavkaz in the 1990s.[1]

Nazim Suleymanov

Personal information
Full name	Nazim Hacibaba oglu Suleymanov
Date of birth	(1965-02-17) 17 February 1965
Place of birth	Sumgayit, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Club information
Current team	Sumgayit (manager)
Youth career
1982	Avtomobilist Mingachevir
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1990	Neftchi Baku	177	(27)
1990	Spartak Moscow	0	(0)
1991–1996	Alania Vladikavkaz	142	(60)
1997–2000	Zhemchuzhina Sochi	67	(13)
Total		386	(100)
National team‡
1992–1999	Azerbaijan	24	(5)
Teams managed
2002	Zhemchuzhina Sochi
2004–2005	Khazar Lankaran
2009–2011	AZAL Baku
2012–2013	Azerbaijan (assistant)
2013–2014	Neftchi Baku
2015–2016	Azerbaijan U19
2018–	Sumgayit
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 March 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 March 2009

Suleymanov was the first player ever to score for Azerbaijan in international football, in a friendly against Georgia in 1992. Despite a second goal from Suleymanov and one from Vidadi Rzayev, they lost 6-3.