Ramil Teymurovich Sheydayev (Azerbaijani: Ramil Teymur oğlu Şeydayev; Russian: Рамиль Теймурович Шейдаев; born 15 March 1996) is an Azerbaijani[2] professional footballer who plays for Neftçi in the Azerbaijan Premier League as the captain of the club and the Azerbaijan national football team.

Ramil Sheydayev
Sheydayev with Dynamo Moscow in 2019
Personal information
Full name Ramil Teymurovich Sheydayev
Date of birth (1996-03-15) 15 March 1996 (age 28)[1]
Place of birth Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 12 in)
Position(s) Winger, forward
Team information
Current team
Neftçi
Number 90
Youth career
Zenit St. Petersburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Zenit St. Petersburg 5 (0)
2014–2015Zenit-2 St. Petersburg 32 (18)
2015Rubin Kazan (loan) 1 (0)
2016Zenit-2 St. Petersburg 12 (10)
2016–2018 Trabzonspor 1 (0)
2017Žilina (loan) 13 (5)
2017–2018Qarabağ (loan) 15 (1)
2018–2019 Krylia Sovetov Samara 18 (4)
2019 Dynamo Moscow 8 (0)
2020–2021 Sabah 28 (6)
2021–2023 Qarabağ 60 (29)
2023 Buriram United 10 (1)
2024 Kocaelispor 16 (1)
2024– Neftçi 0 (0)
International career
2011–2012 Russia U16 16 (6)
2012–2013 Russia U17 17 (7)
2014–2015 Russia U18 8 (6)
2015–2016 Russia U19 7 (11)
2015–2016 Russia U21 13 (8)
2018 Azerbaijan U21 3 (0)
2016– Azerbaijan 61 (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 03 April 2024

Early and personal life

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He was born in Saint Petersburg to an Azerbaijani father and a Russian mother.[3]

Club career

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Zenit St. Petersburg

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He made his professional debut in the Russian Professional Football League for FC Zenit-2 St. Petersburg on 19 April 2014 in a game against Znamya Truda.[4]

He made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Zenit St. Petersburg on 26 October 2014 in a game against FC Mordovia Saransk.[5]

He left Zenit on 5 July 2016.[6]

Trabzonspor

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On 12 July 2016, he signed a four-year contract with Trabzonspor.[7] Sheydayev made his Süper Lig debut for Trabzonspor in a 1–0 away victory against Kayserispor on 5 December 2016.[8] He scored his first goal for Trabzonspor in the Turkish Cup match against Ardahanspor in a 6–0 home victory on 21 September 2016.[9]

He left Trabzonspor on 9 August 2018.[10]

Loan to Žilina

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On 11 February 2017, it was announced that Sheydayev had joined Slovak club Žilina on loan for 1.5 years.[11][12] On 26 February 2017, Sheydayev made his Žilina debut in a 4–1 home victory against Zlaté Moravce, in which he played the full 90 minutes.[13] He scored his first goal for Žilina in the Slovak Super Liga match against Tatran Prešov in a 3–0 home victory on 2 April 2017.[14] Ramil also played for Žilina B a total of five games and scored five goals in the Slovakia 2. Liga.

Sheydayev made his European debut in 2017 against Danish Copenhagen in the second qualification round of the UEFA Champions League in Štadión pod Dubňom.[15]

Loan to Qarabağ

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On 31 August 2017, Qarabağ announced the signing of Sheydayev on a season-long loan deal.[16] Sheydayev made his Azerbaijan Premier League debut for Qarabağ in a 2–0 home victory against Kapaz on 17 September 2017.[17] He scored his first goal for Qarabağ in the Azerbaijan Premier League match against Kapaz in a 1–0 away victory on 14 April 2018.[18]

Ramil Sheydayev made his debut for the UEFA Champions League group stage game in a 1–1 away draw against Atlético Madrid in Wanda Metropolitano on 31 October 2017.[19]

Krylia Sovetov Samara

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On 17 August 2018, Sheydayev signed one-year contract with Krylia Sovetov Samara.[20] He made his Russian Premier League debut with Krylia Sovetov on 19 August 2018 as a substitute for Vladimir Poluyakhtov in a game against Lokomotiv Moscow.[21] He opened the 2019 calendar year part of the season by scoring in 3 games in a row, as Krylia acquired 7 points, including a goal on his 23rd birthday against FC Anzhi Makhachkala.

Dynamo Moscow

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On 2 July 2019, he signed a one-year contract with Dynamo Moscow.[22] Dynamo terminated his contract on 9 January 2020.[23]

Sabah

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On 17 February 2020, Sheydayev signed for Sabah on a contract until the end of the 2019–20 season.[24] On 1 August 2020, He extended his contract with Sabah, until June 2021.[25] Sheydayev left Sabah in June 2021 when his contract expired.[26]

Qarabağ

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On 1 July 2021, Qarabağ announced the signing of Sheydayev on a two-year contract.[27] On 31 May 2023, Qarabağ announced that Sheydayev had left the club following the expiration of his contract.[28]

International career

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Russian national youth teams

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Sheydayev won the 2013 UEFA European Under-17 Championship with Russia, scoring two goals in the semifinal penalty shootout against Sweden and one more in the final penalty shootout against Italy. He also participated in the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Later he represented Russia national under-19 football team at the 2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, where Russia came in second place, and he was selected for the team of the tournament.

Azerbaijan

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Sheydayev was called up and played for the Azerbaijan national football team in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 1–0 win over San Marino.[29]

On 8 October 2017, he scored his first senior international goal for the Azerbaijan national football team, in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification against Germany in Kaiserslautern.[30]

He is currently ranked as the second highest all-time goalscorer in the history of the national team with 9 goals (tied with Emin Makhmudov and Vagif Javadov).

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 22 May 2023[31]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Zenit St.Petersburg 2013–14 Russian Premier League 0 0 0 0 0[a] 0 0[b] 0 0 0
2014–15 5 0 0 0 0[c] 0 - 5 0
2015–16 0 0 0 0 0[a] 0 0[b] 0 0 0
Total 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Zenit-2 St.Petersburg 2013–14 Russian PFL 5 2 - - - 5 2
2014–15 26 16 - - - 26 16
2015–16 Russian FNL 13 10 - - - 13 10
Total 44 28 - - - - - - 44 28
Rubin Kazan (loan) 2015–16 Russian Premier League 1 0 1 0 0[d] 0 - 2 0
Trabzonspor 2016–17 Süper Lig 1 0 2 1 - - 3 1
2017–18 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
Total 1 0 2 1 - - - - 3 0
MŠK Žilina (loan) 2016–17 Slovak Super Liga 12 5 1 0 - - 13 5
2017–18 1 0 0 0 2[a] 0 - 3 0
Total 13 5 1 0 2 0 - - 16 5
MŠK Žilina-2 (loan) 2016–17 2. Liga 2 2 - - - 2 2
2017–18 3 3 - - - 3 3
Total 5 5 - - - - - - 5 5
Qarabağ (loan) 2017–18 Azerbaijan Premier League 15 1 2 0 2[a] 0 15 1
Krylia Sovetov 2018–19 Russian Premier League 18 4 0 0 - 2[e] 0 20 4
Dynamo Moscow 2019–20 Russian Premier League 8 0 1 0 - - 9 0
Sabah 2019–20 Azerbaijan Premier League 3 0 0 0 - - 3 0
2020–21 25 6 1 0 - - 26 6
Total 28 6 1 0 - - - - 29 6
Qarabağ 2021–22 Azerbaijan Premier League 25 7 5 4 14[f] 2 44 13
2022–23 35 22 2 0 16[g] 1 53 23
Total 60 29 7 4 30 3 0 0 97 36
Career total 198 78 15 5 34 0 2 0 249 86
  1. ^ a b c d Appearances and goals in the UEFA Champions League
  2. ^ a b Appearances and goals in Russian Super Cup
  3. ^ Zero appearances in the UEFA Champions League, zero appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearances and goals in the UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ Appearances and goals in the Russian Premier League Playoff
  6. ^ Appearances and goals in the UEFA Europa Conference League
  7. ^ Eight appearances in the UEFA Champions League, six appearances and one goal in the UEFA Europa League, two appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League

International

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As of match played 20 November 2022[32]
Year Apps Goals
2016 4 0
2017 6 1
2018 6 0
2019 10 3
2020 6 1
2021 11 2
2022 9 2
Total 52 9
Scores and results list Azerbaijan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sheydayev goal.
List of international goals scored by Ramil Sheydayev
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 8 October 2017 Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Germany   Germany 1–1 1–5 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 21 March 2019 Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia   Croatia 1–0 1–2 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
3 11 June 2019 Bakcell Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan   Slovakia 1–0 1–5
4 9 October 2019 Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain   Bahrain 3–2 3–2 Friendly
5 5 September 2020 Olympic Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan   Luxembourg 1–0 1–2 2020–21 UEFA Nations League C
6 27 March 2021 Nagyerdei Stadion, Debrecen, Hungary   Qatar 1–0 1–2 Friendly
7 2 June 2021 Dinamo Stadium, Minsk, Belarus   Belarus 2–1 2–1
8 13 June 2022 Dalga Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan   Belarus 2–0 2–0 2022–23 UEFA Nations League C
9 20 November 2022 Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje, North Macedonia   North Macedonia 3–1 3–1 Friendly

Honours

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Zenit Saint Petersburg

MŠK Žilina

Qarabağ FK

Russia U17

Individual

References

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  1. ^ UEFA.com. "Ramil Sheydaev - Azerbaijan - UEFA Nations League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Ramil Şeydayevlə bağlı FIFA-nın qərarı". Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan (in Azerbaijani). 5 August 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  3. ^ Мой отец родом из Кюрдемира (in Russian)
  4. ^ "Career Summary". Sportbox. 11 September 2014.
  5. ^ "Game Report". Russian Premier League. 26 October 2014.
  6. ^ Дмитрий Богаев, Рамиль Шейдаев и Павел Киреенко покидают «Зенит» (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 5 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Ramil Sheydaev Trabzonspor'da". www.ligtv.com.tr (in Turkish). Lig TV. 12 July 2016.
  8. ^ "KAYSERISPOR VS. TRABZONSPOR 0 - 1". Soccerway. 5 December 2017.
  9. ^ "TRABZONSPOR VS. SERHAT ARDAHANSPOR 6 - 0". Soccerway. 5 December 2016.
  10. ^ "Ramil Sheydaev ile sözleşmemiz feshedilmiştir". trabzonspor.org (in Turkish). Trabzonspor. 9 August 2018.
  11. ^ "Ramil Şeydayev "Jilina" ilə rəsmən müqavilə imzaladı". futbolmedia.az.
  12. ^ "AFFA təsdiqlədi: Ramil Şeydayev "Jilina"da". sportal.az.
  13. ^ "ŽILINA VS. ZLATÉ MORAVCE 4 - 1". Soccerway. 26 February 2017.
  14. ^ "ŽILINA VS. TATRAN PREŠOV 3 - 0". Soccerway. 2 April 2017.
  15. ^ 2017-18 UEFA Champions League, Second qualifying round matches, UEFA.com
  16. ^ "Ramil Şeydayev rəsmən "Qarabağ"ımızda!". qarabagh.com (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ FK. 31 August 2017.
  17. ^ "QARABAĞ VS. KAPAZ 2 - 0". Soccerway. 17 September 2017.
  18. ^ "KAPAZ VS. QARABAĞ 0 - 1". Soccerway. 14 April 2018.
  19. ^ "Atlético-Qarabağ 2018 History | UEFA Champions League".
  20. ^ "Шейдаев и Самарджич стали игроками "Крыльев Советов"". Krylia Sovetov. 17 August 2018.
  21. ^ "Krylia Sovetov-Lokomotiv Moscow game report" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 19 August 2018.
  22. ^ "Рамиль Шейдаев – в "Динамо"!" [Ramil Sheydayev is at Dynamo!] (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 2 July 2019.
  23. ^ "Рамиль Шейдаев покидает "Динамо"" (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 9 January 2020.
  24. ^ "Ramil Şeydayev "Sabah"da!" (in Azerbaijani). Sabah FC. 17 February 2020.
  25. ^ "WE EXTENDED CONTRACT WITH RAMIL SHEYDAEV!". Sabah FC. 1 August 2020.
  26. ^ "TƏŞƏKKÜRLƏR, RAMİL!". sabahfc.az (in Azerbaijani). Sabah FC. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  27. ^ "Ramil Şeydayev "Qarabağ"ımızda!". qarabagh.com/ (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ FK. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  28. ^ "Ramil Şeydayev və Filip Ozobiçin klubumuzla müqavilə müddəti başa çatıb". facebook.com/FKQarabagh/ (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ FK Facebook. 31 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  29. ^ "FIFA". Archived from the original on 28 July 2015.
  30. ^ "The official website for European football".
  31. ^ Ramil Sheydayev at Soccerway
  32. ^ Ramil Sheydayev at National-Football-Teams.com
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