Nazim Suleymanov

Nazim Suleymanov

Personal information
Full name	Nazim Hacibaba oglu Suleymanov
Date of birth	(1965-02-17) 17 February 1965
Place of birth	Sumgayit, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Striker (retired)
Youth career
1982	Avtomobilist Mingachevir
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1983–1990	Neftchi Baku	177	(27)
1990	Spartak Moscow	0	(0)
1991–1996	Alania Vladikavkaz	142	(60)
1997–2000	Zhemchuzhina Sochi	67	(13)
Total		386	(100)
National team‡
1992–1999	Azerbaijan	24	(5)
Teams managed
2002	Zhemchuzhina Sochi
2004-2005	Khazar Lankaran
2009-2011	AZAL Baku
2012-2013	Azerbaijan (assistant)
2013-2014	Neftchi Baku
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 March 2009. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 March 2009

Nazim Suleymanov (Azerbaijani: Nazim Süleymanov; Russian: Назим Сулейманов; born 17 February 1965) is a Soviet and Azerbaijani footballer best known as a striker for Alania Vladikavkaz in the 1990s.^[1]

Suleymanov was the first player ever to score for Azerbaijan in international football, in a friendly against Georgia in 1992. Despite a second goal from Suleymanov and one from Vidadi Rzayev, they lost 6-3.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	September 17, 1992	Gurjaani, Georgia	Georgia	1-1	6-3	Friendly
2.	September 17, 1992	Gurjaani, Georgia	Georgia	6-3	6-3	Friendly
3.	March 29, 1995	Košice, Slovakia	Slovakia	4-1	4–1	Euro 1996 qualification
4.	April 26, 1995	Trabzon, Turkey	Romania	1-1	1–4	Euro 1996 qualification
5.	April 5, 1997	Baku, Azerbaijan	Finland	1-2	1–2	1998 WC qualification

Honours

Club

Alania Vladikavkaz

• Russian Premier League (1): 1995
• Russian Premier League Runners-up (2): 1992, 1996

Personal

• Most overall goals scored for Alania Vladikavkaz: 60
• Best 33 players of the Russia Top League season: № 3 - 1992, 1993

References

External links

• Biography of the Player
• Player stats on KLISF (Russian)