Anatoliy Anatoliyovych Nuriyev (Azerbaijani: Anatoli Anatoli oğlu Nuriyev; Ukrainian: Анатолій Анатолійович Нурієв; born 20 May 1996) is a Ukrainian-born Azerbaijani footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or as a centre-forward for Sabah and the Azerbaijan national football team.[1]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Anatoliy Anatoliyovych Nuriyev | ||
Date of birth | (1996-05-20) 20 May 1996 (age 26) | ||
Place of birth | Mukachevo, Ukraine | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Sabah | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
2009–2010 | Munkach Mukachevo | ||
2010–2011 | BRW-BIK Volodymyr-Volynskyi | ||
2011–2012 | Munkach Mukachevo | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2016 | Hoverla Uzhhorod | 0 | (0) |
2016 | Munkach Mukachevo (amateurs) | 8 | (4) |
2016–2017 | Serednye (amateurs) | 33 | (34) |
2017–2018 | Stal Kamianske | 7 | (0) |
2018–2021 | Mynai | 74 | (36) |
2021–2022 | Kolos Kovalivka | 13 | (1) |
2022 | → Sumgayit (loan) | 5 | (1) |
2022– | Sabah | 1 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2019 | Ukraine (students) | 3 | (2) |
2021– | Azerbaijan | 9 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 June 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 February 2022 |
Nuriyev is a product of the Mukacheve youth football club (DYuFC Mukacheve).[2] He started his football career for "Sokoliata" team where his first coach was Omelian Meshko.[2] Later Nuriyev had played for DYuFC Mukacheve, BRW-BIK Volodymyr-Volynskyi, FC Hoverla Uzhhorod youth teams (U-21 and U-19), FC Mukacheve, Munkach Mukacheve, FC Serednie.[2]
In 2016–17 he became the top scorer of the Zakarpattia Oblast regional football championship with 25 goals in 17 games.[2] Later Nuriyev have signed with FC Stal Kamianske and played 7 games in the Ukrainian Premier League for the club.[2] Just before joining the Ukrainian Second League, FC Mynai that wanted to sign the player previously finally managed to accomplish it.[2]
Nuriyev was born in Mukachevo, Ukraine, to a father from Azerbaijan, and a Ukrainian mother.[3] His international career started at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples, Italy where he represented Ukraine.[4] Both of his goals were scored at the 2019 Oleh Makarov Memorial.
He debuted for the Azerbaijan national team in a 1–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification loss to Portugal on 24 March 2021.[5]
Mynai