Rashad Sadygov

Rashad Sadygov (Azerbaijani: Rəşad Sadıqov; born 16 June 1982) is an Azerbaijani football manager and former footballer. He currently manages Zira FK. He played as a defender.

Not to be confused with Rashad Sadiqov.
Rashad Sadigov
Personal information
Full name Rashad Farhad oglu Sadigov
Date of birth (1982-06-16) 16 June 1982
Place of birth Baku, Azerbaijdan SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Zira (manager)
Youth career
1992–1999 Sharur FK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2001 Turan Tovuz 9 (0)
2001–2002 Neftchi Baku 24 (0)
2002–2003 Foolad 20 (0)
2003–2005 Neftchi Baku 61 (1)
2005–2006 Kayserispor 10 (0)
2006–2008 Neftchi Baku 40 (7)
2008–2009 Kocaelispor 16 (0)
2009–2010 Qarabağ 20 (1)
2010–2011 Eskişehirspor 5 (0)
2011–2020 Qarabağ 218 (9)
National team
1999–2000 Azerbaijan U18 3 (0)
2000–2001 Azerbaijan U21 5 (0)
2001–2017 Azerbaijan[1] 111 (5)
Teams managed
2016–2018 Qarabağ U19
2018 Azerbaijan U21
2020– Zira
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 July 2020

Sadigov is the most capped player in the history of Azerbaijani national team with 111 games and captained the team since 2004 and he is widely recognized as one of the strongest players in the history of independent Azerbaijan, as he won the national league title six times and was selected as the footballer of the year six times. He played in UEFA Europa League and UEFA Champions League for FK Qarabağ.

Early life

Sadigov began playing football during his school years at Vagif Pashayev-led Youth Football Sports School at the age of 10.[2] He also spent time playing football for the clubs Sharur, the Air Force team, and Real Baku, all of which are based in Baku.[2]

Club career
Rashad Sadygov's Qarabag shirt in the 2013–14 season.

In 2000, Sadigov signed his first professional contract with PFK Turan Tovuz, but played only nine games. At that time, he also played for the Azerbaijan Under-21 football team. At the end of the 2000/01 season, the defender was transferred to PFC Neftchi.

He played for Foolad F.C. in Iran's Premier Football League in 2002. After his comeback to Neftchi, Rashad won the national championship and cup and succeeded in passing the first qualification round of the Champions League with the black-and-whites. He played 8 games in European cups for Neftchi (two in the UEFA Cup qualifying during the 2001–02 season, two in the UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds in the 2004–05, and four appearances during the 2005–06 season of the same competition).

He traveled to Turkey to play for Kayserispor for the 2005–06 season. He was loaned back to Neftchi in January 2006.[3] He played once at the start of 2006/07 season, but planned to go back with Neftchi, again. Sadigov failed to notice that the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan had changed the deadline of the transfer window, so he changed to play basketball to keep his fitness.[4]

On 23 January 2009, Sadygov returned to the Turkish Süper Lig to join Kocaelispor on a six-month contract after he was kicked out from PFC Neftchi by the head coach Hans-Jürgen Gede in December 2008. Rashad made his debut for Kocaelispor in their 4–0 victory over Hacettepe on 25 January 2009.

In July, 2009, Sadigov briefly returned to FK Qarabağ to help them in UEFA Europa League and scored a magnificent goal against Rosenborg BK.[5] He also scored against FC Honka after delivering a powerful free kick.[6] As a result, he signed a one-year contract with Karabakh, after the club's impressive performance in the UEFA Europa League.[7][8]

In August 2010, he signed a 2-year contract with Turkish Super Lig outfit Eskişehirspor.[9] However, following a string of injuries, he failed to get a regular place in Eskişehirspor's defence, which caused him to seek a new club.[10][11]

After being heavily linked with a move back to FK Qarabağ, Sadigov joined Qarabağ on 11 February 2011.[12][13] He helped his team to qualify for UEFA Europa League and UEFA Champions League. He played 5 times in UEFA Europa League group stages and one time UEFA Champions League group stage.

On 21 June 2020, Sadigov announced his retirement.[14]

International career

Sadigov made his Azerbaijan debut on 6 October 2001, against Sweden during 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA). Sadigov was Azerbaijan's vice-captain under Carlos Alberto Torres, deputising in the absence of regular captain Gurban Gurbanov, but following the retirement of Gurban Gurbanov from football, Sadygov was named as full-time captain in March 2004.[15][16] Sadigov is the most capped Azerbaijani player of all time.

Managerial career

On 13 December 2017, Sadigov was appointed as manager of Azerbaijan U21.[17]

On 17 July 2020, Sadigov was announced as Zira's new manager on a three-year contract.[18][19]

Personal life

In 2006, as a result of missing the registration deadline for the Azerbaijani football club side Neftchi Baku, Sadigov played basketball for local club BK NTD.[20]

Sadigov was one of the favorite players among Kocaelispor supporters and nicknamed "Terminator" by local media.[21] He also featured as one of the official faces for Azerbaijan Premier League promotion campaign in 2010.[22]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 11 July 2017[23][24][25][26][27][28]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Turan-Tovuz 2000–01 Top League 90–––90
Neftchi Baku 2001–02 Top League 240–00–240
Foolad 2002–03 Pro League 200–––200
Neftchi Baku 2003–04 Top League 161–––161
2004–05 320–40–360
2005–06 130–40–170
Total 611--80--691
Kayserispor 2005–06 Süper Lig 9010–––100
2006–07 1000–50–60
Total 10010--50--160
Neftchi Baku 2006–07 Top League 122–––122
2007–08 Premier League 195–21–216
2008–09 90–61–151
Total 407--82--489
Kocaelispor 2008–09 Süper Lig 16000–––160
Qarabağ 2009–10 Premier League 20121–42–264
Eskişehirspor 2010–11 Süper Lig 5000–––50
Qarabağ 2010–11 Premier League 14000–81–221
2011–12 27240–60–372
2012–13 25350–––303
2013–14 25010–80–340
2014–15 22050–100–370
2015–16 19230–120–342
2016–17 14010–112–262
2017–18 18000–10–10
Total 1647190--605--22110
Career total 36916221--817--45424

International
Azerbaijan national team
YearAppsGoals
200110
200290
200360
2004102
200580
200631
200720
2008100
2009110
201081
201190
201240
201380
201460
201570
201640
201751
Total1115

Statistics accurate as of match played 4 September 2017[29]

International goals
Scores and results list Azerbaijan's goal tally first.[30]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.28 March 2004Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan Kazakhstan3–23–2Friendly
2.4 September 2004Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan Wales1–11–12006 FIFA World Cup Qualification
3.12 March 2006Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan Turkey1–01–1Friendly
4.12 October 2010Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan Turkey1–01–0UEFA Euro 2012 qualification
5.4 September 2017Bakcell Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan San Marino5–15–12018 FIFA World Cup Qualification

Honours

Club
Neftchi Baku
Kayserispor
Qarabağ

Individual

References
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  2. День рождения капитана сборной Азербайджана Рашада Садыхова (in Russian)
  3. "Neftchi scoop gold for Azerbaijan". UEFA.com. 2006-01-30. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
  4. Sadygov kicks football into touch Archived March 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  5. Azerbaijan football team "Karabakh" won the match with the Norwegian «Rusenborg»
  6. Украинцы без потерь(in Russian)
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  8. Рашад Садыхов официально стал игроком Карабаха (in Russian)
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  15. Ekspress newspaper:Ayağı sayalı kapitan Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine (in Azerbaijani)
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