Azerbaijani Footballer of the Year facts for kids

Rashad Sadygov has already been chosen as the Azerbaijani Footballer of the Year six times and has the most awards.

Azerbaijani Footballer of the Year is an annual title awarded to the best Azerbaijani football player of the year. The award has been given since 1991, and the winner is elected by authorized journalists from the leading Azerbaijani sport media. On the same occasion, an award is also given for Azerbaijani Football Goalkeeper of the Year since 2009. However, this award is not always given annually.

History

The same year the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan was founded, an award for the best Azerbaijani Footballer of the Year began being annually given. The first award was given to former Azerbaijan national football team striker Samir Alakbarov in 1991, and was further awarded in succession in 1992 and 1993. The Azerbaijan national football team captain Rashad Sadygov has the most awards at six. The striker Vagif Javadov became the youngest player to win the award in 2009 at the age of 20. The midfielder Mahmud Gurbanov became the oldest player to win the award in 2007 at the age of 34. The award was not given in 1995.

The first Azerbaijani Football Goalkeeper of the Year award was given to Kamran Agayev in 2009, and was further awarded in succession in 2011 and 2012. Both awards are given at the end of the football season.

List of Azerbaijani Footballer of the Year recipients

Season	Winner	Club	Runner-up	Third place
1991	Samir Alakbarov	Neftchi Baku
1992	Samir Alakbarov	Neftchi Baku
1993	Samir Alakbarov	Neftchi Baku
1994	Yunis Huseynov	Neftchi Baku
1995	Not awarded
1996	Vidadi Rzayev	Neftchi Baku
1997	Faig Jabbarov	Kapaz
1998	Yunis Huseynov	Kapaz
1999	Tarlan Ahmadov	Neftchi Baku	Zaur Tagizade	Gurban Gurbanov
2000	Emin Agayev	Torpedo-ZIL Moscow	Tarlan Ahmadov	Emin Guliyev
2001	Zaur Tagizade	Shafa Baku	Jahangir Hasanzade	Mahmud Gurbanov
2002	Samir Aliyev	Neftchi Baku	Kamal Quliyev	Tarlan Ahmadov
2003	Gurban Gurbanov	Volgar Astrakhan	Farrukh Ismayilov	Kamal Quliyev
2004	Rashad Sadygov	Neftchi Baku	Zaur Ramazanov	Emin Guliyev
2005	Rashad Sadygov	Kayserispor	Zaur Tagizade	Anatoli Ponomarev
2006	Jeyhun Sultanov	FC Baku	Farhad Veliyev	André Luiz Ladaga
2007	Mahmud Gurbanov	Inter Baku	Zaur Ramazanov	Branimir Subašić
2008	Kamran Agayev\	Khazar Lankaran	Rashad Sadygov	Zaur Ramazanov
2009	Vagif Javadov	Qarabağ	Rashad Sadygov	Mahir Shukurov
2010	Rashad Sadygov	Kocaelispor	Kamran Agayev	Ruslan Abishov
2011	Rauf Aliyev	Qarabağ	Afran Ismayilov	Ruslan Abishov
2012	Ruslan Abishov	Khazar Lankaran	Javid Imamverdiyev	Vugar Nadirov
2013	Rashad Sadygov	Qarabağ	Rauf Aliyev	Kamran Agayev, Ruslan Abishov, Mahir Shukurov
2014	Gara Garayev	Qarabağ	Badavi Guseynov	Rashad Sadygov
2015	Rahid Amirguliyev	Qarabağ	Rashad Sadygov	Badavi Guseynov
2016	Rashad Sadygov	Qarabağ	Maksim Medvedev	Kamran Aghayev
2017	Rashad Sadygov	Qarabağ	Mahir Madatov	Gara Garayev
2018	Mirabdulla Abbasov	Neftchi Baku	Maksim Medvedev	Gara Garayev
2019	Emil Balayev	FC Tobol	Ramil Sheydayev	Bahlul Mustafazade
2020	Gara Garayev	Qarabağ	Shahrudin Mahammadaliyev	Namik Alaskarov
2021	Emin Mahmudov	Neftchi Baku	Mahir Emreli	Gara Garayev, Shahrudin Mahammadaliyev, Filip Ozobić
2022	Emin Mahmudov	Neftchi Baku
2023	Bəhlul Mustafazadə	Qarabağ

Players awarded multiple times

List of Azerbaijani Football Goalkeeper of the Year recipients

Year	Player	Club
2009	Kamran Agayev (AZE)	Khazar Lankaran
2011	Kamran Agayev (AZE)	Khazar Lankaran
2012	Kamran Agayev (AZE)	Khazar Lankaran

See also

In Spanish: Futbolista del año en Azerbaiyán para niños