Boyukagha Hajiyev

Boyukagha Hajiyev
Personal information
Full nameBöyükağa Tələt oğlu Hacıyev
Date of birth20 April 1958
Place of birthNakhchivan, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1977-1991Araz Nakhchivan272(19)
Teams managed
1999-2000Araz Nakhchivan
2002-2003Machine Sazi, (assistant)
2003-2004Machine Sazi
2004-2005Tractor Sazi
2005Azerbaijan, (assistant)
2006-2007FC Baku
2009-2010Standard Sumgayit
2011-2013Neftchi Baku
2014Neftchi Baku
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Boyukagha Hajiyev (Azerbaijani: Böyükağa Hacıyev, born 20 April 1958, Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR ) is an Azerbaijani retired football player and football manager.

Early life and career

Hajiyev began playing football at Araz Nakhchivan, which participated in Soviet Second League.[1]

Managerial career

In 1999, he was appointed as a head coach of Araz Nakhchivan but club was dissolved a year later due to the financial difficulties, and Hajiyev went to Iran and for couple of years worked at Machine Sazi, firstly as head coach assistant position, and after Vagif Sadygov resign as a head coach. He has also managed another Tabriz side Tractor Sazi for a one season

In 2005, he worked in Azerbaijan national football team, assisting Vagif Sadygov.[2]

In 2006, he returned to Azerbaijan and worked as president consultant at FC Baku, however at the end of the 2005-06 season FC Baku head coach Asgar Abdullayev was sacked, and Hajiyev accepted the team as a caretaker. He won all last 8 games consecutively, bringing the team the first championship title ever. For a next season the manager signed a one-year contract with FC Baku. But this time capitals finished the season in 3rd position, failing two European companies after first rounds. On this, Hajiyev era at FC Baku ended.

After two years of downtime, Hajiyev appointed as a new head coach of Standard Sumgayit replacing Valdas Ivanauskas.[3] That became the managers worst experience and Sumgayit side relegated to Azerbaijan First Division, whereupon Hajiyev was sacked.

Neftchi Baku

In 2011, PFC Neftchi Baku president Sadyg Sadygov unexpectedly invited him to his club, 2011-12 season defending champions.[4] Hajiyev repeated the success, and brought PFC Neftchi Baku second consecutive championship.

In 2012, he became the first Azerbaijani manager to reach European cups group stage, as Neftchi qualified for the 2012-13 UEFA Europa League group stage, beating APOEL F.C. and being the first Azerbaijani team to advance to this stage in a European competitions.[5][6]

Following Neftchi's elimination from the Champions League during the 2013–14, Hajiyev from his position as manager on 25 July 2013,[7] Hajiyev was reappointed as Neftchi's manager on 11 January 2014.

In 2014, in a press conference upon Europa League, Hajiyev said, "I'm an encyclopedia. I will open the chest, pour the cotton", which resulted in the media dubbing him "The Encyclopedia".[8]

Achievements

Statistics

Information correct as of match played 31 August 2014. Only competitive matches are counted.

Name Nat. From To P W D L GS GA %W Honours
Neftchi Baku  Azerbaijan 2 August 2011 25 July 2013 92 48 20 24 144 89 52.17 2xLeague, 1xCup
Standard Sumgayit  Azerbaijan 23 October 2009 May 2010 27 8 4 15 35 39 29.63
Neftchi Baku  Azerbaijan 11 January 2014 3 September 2014 26 10 9 7 30 31 38.46 1xCup

P – Total of played matches W – Won matches D – Drawn matches L – Lost matches GS – Goal scored GA – Goals against
%W – Percentage of matches won

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