Namiq Əvəz oğlu Ələsgərov (born 3 February 1995) is an Azerbaijani professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Zira and the Azerbaijan national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Namiq Əvəz oğlu Ələsgərov | ||
| Date of birth | 3 February 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Çiləgir, Azerbaijan | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Zira | ||
| Number | 70 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Baku | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2014 | Baku | 19 | (2) |
| 2014–2016 | Qarabağ | 26 | (1) |
| 2016 | → Kapaz (loan) | 15 | (3) |
| 2017–2021 | Neftçi | 106 | (29) |
| 2021–2022 | Bursaspor | 28 | (6) |
| 2022–2025 | Sabah | 70 | (7) |
| 2025– | Zira | 9 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2010–2011 | Azerbaijan U17 | 6 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Azerbaijan U19 | 5 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Azerbaijan U21 | 5 | (3) |
| 2015– | Azerbaijan | 39 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 4 May 2023 | |||
Career
editClub
editƏləsgərov is the product of the youth academy of FC Baku and made his debut for the senior team at the age of 17. During the summer of 2014, he transferred to Qarabağ. Despite a strong start, Ələsgərov suffered an injury in March 2015, leaving him out of the team until the end of 2015. In 2016, Namiq was loaned out to Kapaz.
Ələsgərov left Qarabağ on 26 December 2016,[2] signing for Neftçi PFK the following day.[3] On 28 July 2020, Ələsgərov extended his contract with Neftçi until the summer of 2022.[4]
The 2020-2021 season became a breakthrough season for Namiq Ələsgərov as he became the top goal scorer of the Azerbaijani Premier League with 19 goals in 26 matches and helped Neftçi win its first league title since 2013.
International
editOn 28 March 2015 Ələsgərov made his senior international debut for Azerbaijan game against Malta.[5]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 13 June 2021[6]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Baku | 2011–12 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2013–14 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 15 | 2 | ||||
| Qarabağ | 2014–15 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | 23 | 1 | ||
| 2015–16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 11 | 0 | |||
| Kapaz (loan) | 2015–16 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 15 | 3 | ||
| Neftçi Baku | 2016–17 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 12 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 32 | 6 | ||||
| 2018–19 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 26 | 4 | |||
| 2019–20 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | - | 24 | 1 | |||
| 2020–21 | 26 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 30 | 19 | |||
| Career total | 166 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 15 | 1 | - | - | 192 | 36 | ||
International
edit- As of 13 June 2021[7]
| Azerbaijan | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 24 | 0 | |
Honours
editReferences
edit- 1 2 3 4 Namiq Ələsgərov at Soccerway
- ↑ ""Qarabağ"ımız Namiq Ələsgərovla yollarını ayırdı". qarabagh.com (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ FK. 27 December 2016. Archived from the original on 27 December 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
- ↑ "Azərbaycan və Gürcüstan milli komandalarının futbolçuları "Neftçi"də". neftchipfk.com (in Azerbaijani). Neftchi Baku. 27 December 2016. Archived from the original on 27 December 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
- ↑ "Namik Ələskərovla müqavilənin müddəti artırıldı". neftchipfk.com/ (in Azerbaijani). Neftçi PFK. 28 July 2020. Archived from the original on 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- ↑ "Prosinečki prospers as Azerbaijan master Malta". UEFA. UEFA. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ↑ Alasgarov, Namiq. "Namiq Alasgarov". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
- ↑ Namiq Ələsgərov at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ "Sabah is the winner of the Azerbaijan Cup!". pfl.az. 1 June 2025. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
- ↑ "Summary - Premyer Liqa - Azerbaijan - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
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