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Azerbaijani footballer

Nizami Vəli oğlu Sadıqov (Russian: Низами Садыгов) is an Azerbaijani former footballer and manager.

Early life

Sadıqov was born in the Tovuz District and is nicknamed "Jafar" in Azerbaijan, a nickname he received as a child.

Club playing career

Sadıqov was considered a fan favorite as a footballer. After retiring as a footballer, he was considered a legend in Tovuz football. Sadıqov is the Azerbaijan Premier League record holder for not conceding a ball for 1106 consecutive minutes and is also the record holder for goalkeeper with the most goals at twenty-one goals, twelve of which were penalties. He claims that he scored twenty-four goals instead of twenty-one. In total, he made 222 Azerbaijan Premier League appearances and scored 8 goals as a goalkeeper and made 26 appearances and scored 13 goals as a field player.

International playing career

Sadıqov played for the Azerbaijan national football team, including a 1996 0–10 loss to France which went down in history as the "Tragedy of Auxerre".

Managerial career

Sadıqov has been appointed manager of Azerbaijani side Turan on several separate occasions and has been accused of match-fixing. After that, he was appointed youth manager of Turan.

Personal life

Sadıqov is the father of Azerbaijani footballer Ilkin Sadıqov.

References

  1. "Футбол из суровых 90-х: Из Товуза игроки Нефтчи вернулись невредимыми лишь ценой добровольной сдачи матча". azerifootball.com.
  2. ""CƏFƏR" LƏQƏBLİ VETERAN FUTBOLÇU İLƏ KEÇMİŞƏ SƏYAHƏT". sportline.az.
  3. "Nizami Sadıqov – bombardir qapıçı". kepeztv.az.
  4. ^ "Nizami Sadıqov: "Bizim dövrün futbolçularının ustalığı daha yüksək idi"". rekord.az.
  5. ^ "Müasir futbolun ata-oğulları: Azərbaycandan kimlər var?". report.az.
  6. "Qapıçı Nizami Sadıqov: "Mən 21 yox, 24 qol vurmuşam"". qol.az.
  7. "Nizami Sadıqov: "O oyundan sonra gözümüzə yuxu getmədi"". sportal.az.
  8. "Nizami Sadıqov: "Quzu kəsim, şey eləməyin..." - MÜSAHİBƏ". sportnet.az (Archived).
  9. "Nizami Sadıqov: "Bizim adımıza biabırçılıqdır"". sportinfo.az.


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