Rashad Sadygov

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Rashad F. Sadydov (born June 16, 1982 in Baku) is a former Azerbaijani football (soccer) player and national team captain. As a result of missing the registration deadline for the Azerbaijani football club side PFC Neftchi, Sadydov is staying fit playing basketball this year. ^[1]

1 Personal
2 Career
- 2.1 International
3 Trivia
4 Notes

[edit] Personal

Rashad began playing football during his school years at Vagif Pashayev-led Youth Football Sports School. He has spent time playing football for the clubs Sharur, the Air Forces team and Real all from Baku.

[edit] Career

In 2000, he signed his first professional contract with PFK Turan Tovuz and but played only 9 games. At that time, he also played for Azerbaijan in age group 18-21. At the end of the 2000/01 season, the defender was transferred to PFC Neftchi. He played in Fulad FC of Iran in 2002. After his comeback to Neftchi, Rashad won the national championship and cup and succeeded in passing the first qualification round of the Champions League with the black-and-whites. He played 8 games in European cups for Neftchi (2 in UEFA Cup qualifying in 01/02, 2 in UEFA Champions League qualifying 04/05, 4 in UCL qualifying 05/06). He travelled to Turkey to play for Kayserispor in 2005/06. He originallly planned to back with Neftchi, again. But Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan closed the transfer windows earlier, so Sadygov change to play basketball.