Yashar Vahabzade (Azerbaijani: Yaşar Vahabzadə, born 8 April 1960) is a retired Azerbaijani midfielder.

Yashar Vahabzade
Personal information
Full name Yashar Fikrat oglu Vahabzade
Date of birth (1960-04-08) 8 April 1960 (age 64)
Place of birth Baku, Azerbaijan SSR
Team information
Current team
Kapaz (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1989 Neftchi Baku 161 (8)
1989–1992 Khazar Sumgayit 108 (31)
1993–1997 Neftchi Baku 102 (13)
1997–1999 Baku 52 (2)
1999–2000 Khazar Sumgayit 7 (1)
International career
1993–1995 Azerbaijan 7 (0)
Managerial career
2001–2002 Neftchi Baku (assistant)
2002–2004 Azerbaijan U19
2006–2007 Azerbaijan U17 (coach)
2008 Azerbaijan U19
2009–2010 Azerbaijan U19 (assistant)
2011–2014 Azerbaijan U21 (assistant)
2015–2017 Azerbaijan U21
2019–2022 Kapaz
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career edit

Club edit

Yashar Vahabzade began playing football for Soviet Second League side Avtomobilchi in 1977 and would play for the club until 1983.

He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1983 for Neftchi Baku.

International edit

Vahabzade made 7 appearances for the Azerbaijan national football team from 1993 to 1995.[1]

Managerial edit

On 9 January 2015, he has appointed as a head coach of Azerbaijan U21 to replace Bernhard Lippert.[2][3][4]

On 1 October 2017, vahabzade left as head coach of Azerbaijan U21[5]

References edit

  1. ^ "Vahabzadə, Yaşar". www.national-football-teams.com. National-football-teams.com. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  2. ^ "U-21 millimizin yeni baş məşqçisi müəyyənləşdi". www.trend.az (in Azerbaijani). Trend.az. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Yaşar Vahabzadə U21-in sükanı arxasına keçdi". www.anspress.com (in Azerbaijani). Anspress. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  4. ^ "YAŞAR VAHABZADƏ". www.affa.az (in Azerbaijani). AFFA. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Yashar Vahabzade - Stats and titles won".