Azerbaijan striker Ruslan Kurbanov

Ruslan Kurbanov - is the Azerbaijani football player of Russian origin, which stands today for the club "Gabala". He is only 25 years, so that his career until he was in his prime. Ruslan Kurbanov, speaking at a position drawn by the attacker, but at the same time can play as a central striker and a playmaker.

Early career

Ruslan Kurbanov was born September 12, 1991 in Stavropol in Azerbaijani family. Football started in his hometown at an early age. Already at school he showed impressive results, and its representatives have noticed the Stavropol "Dynamo". In 1998 Ruslan Kurbanov joined the football academy of "Dinamo", and was watching in "Chicago" in five years, which was accepted. There, he went through all the youth team before in 2008 to sign a professional contract with the club and go on field trials at the club from a lower division. Ruslan six months spent in the "Nick" from the Red Sulina - where he played nine games, and then added another 11 matches for "Taganrog" which spent six months. When he returned to his home club, it turned out that the results are not good enough, so he was sent to take. Naturally, it is not satisfied, so after a while a football player broke his contract with the club and decided to return to their historical homeland in Azerbaijan.

Move to the "Neftchi"

In the winter 2011 20-year-old striker has signed a contract with "Neftchi" - from this moment Ruslan Kurbanov biography became a little more positive. "Rostov" action against him left a nasty trail, but Ruslan gradually recovering from it. In its first six months of the new club Kurbanov was able to enter the field only seven times, so the summer was shipped out in "Sumgait". There he spent a whole year, playing 16 matches and scoring two goals, and then another year, which proved to be even more successful - 24 matches and six goals. When he returned to the "Neftchi", management has decided to send it out again, not to force the talent Ruslan sit on the bench. Six months, which he spent in "Sumgait", were not so successful - he left the field 14 times, but did not score any goals. However, Ruslan Kurbanov biography is not so sad - when he returned to the "Neftchi", he began to give playing time. For six months, he played 19 matches and scored four goals. Kurbanov next season started in "Neftchi", came out on the field 16 times and mark four more goals, but in the winter 2015 he was sent for another six months in the lease, this time in the Croatian "Hajduk". There he entered the field only seven times, do not remember absolutely nothing, so was returned to the "Neftchi in the summer. Season 2015/16 biennium. was the only full-fledged all-time in the Azerbaijani club - Kurbanov was a player base in 39 matches hammered 18 goals. Naturally, such a statement could not fail to attract attention. Therefore, in the summer of 2016 after long negotiations on the last day of the transfer window Kurbanov for a little more than 50 thousand euros was traded in the "Gabala". Until this summer, he had to spend another 7 matches for "Neftchi" noted last goal for the club.

The game of "Gabala"

Ruslan Kurbanov biography enriched by positive moments, began playing for a new club is quite active. This season he has already played in 27 matches, scoring seven goals and gave six assists. His contract with the club runs until 2018, but, if he continues to perform at such a high level, the club can advance to extend his contract this summer. It is possible Kurbanov can hold an even better season than the previous one, but it took him some time to adapt, so the result is far from the last year.

for the youth team Statements

Ruslan Kurbanov, the nationality of which many football fans in doubt, play for Azerbaijan, though born in Russia. The Azerbaijani youth team, he was called for the first time in September 2010 - and within two years of the footballer spent for it seven games, have not found any effective action.

The national team of Azerbaijan

As for the main team, then go forward for the first time received a call in September 2013, on a qualifying match against Israel but spent 90 minutes on the bench. The next time he was called only a half years, in March 2015. Then he came in based on the qualifying match against Malta. The first assists Paz Kurbanov noted in September of the same year, in the second match against Malta, and his first goal was scored only in September 2016 in the match against the team of San Marino - it turned out to be the only goal of the match, so that Ruslan brought his team to victory and three points. Total for the team today, he spent 13 games, scoring one goal and two assists checking out. At the moment it is in the application for the following matches the team.