Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ruslan Ildarovich Qurbanov | ||
Date of birth | 12 September 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Stavropol, Russian Federation | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Gabala | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
1998–2003 | Dynamo Stavropol | ||
2003–2008 | FC Rostov | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2010 | FC Rostov | ? | (?) |
2008 | → FC Nika Krasny Sulin (loan) | 9 | (0) |
2009 | → FC Taganrog (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2010–2016 | Neftchi Baku | 66 | (19) |
2011–2013 | → Sumgayit (loan) | 53 | (9) |
2015 | → Hajduk Split (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2016– | Gabala | 21 | (4) |
National team‡ | |||
2010–2012 | Azerbaijan U21 | 6 | (1) |
2015– | Azerbaijan | 17 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 May 2017 |
Ruslan Qurbanov (Russian: Руслан Илдарович Курбанов; born 12 September 1991) is an Azerbaijani football player. He currently plays for Gabala and Azerbaijan national football team as a striker.
Qurbanov was born in 1991 in Stavropol, Russia. He played for Dynamo Stavropol and Rostov during his junior career. In 2008, he started playing for the reserve team of FC Rostov. During the next two seasons he also played on loan for Russian Professional Football League (third division) teams Krasny Sulin and Taganrog. After being released by Rostov, Qurbanov moved to Azerbaijan where he signed a contract with the most titled local club Neftchi Baku. He played 6 matches in his first professional season and became the champion of Azerbaijan Premier League. Between 2011 and 2013, Qurbanov spent two seasons playing on loan for Sumgayit where he played 53 games and scored 9 goals. After his return to Neftchi, he became the winner of Azerbaijani Cup in 2013-14 season. He had a brief spell at Croatian football club Hajduk Split where he played 5 matches for the senior team. Ruslan Qurbanov returned to Neftchi once again in 2015, and became the regular player of the starting squad during the 2015-16 season. He made a total of 30 appearances in the Premier League during the season, in which he scored 13 goals and became the most goal scoring Azeri player of the league.
On 31 August 2016, Qurbanov signed a two-year contract with Gabala FK.
Statistics accurate as of match played 26 March 2017