Badavi Huseynov

Badavi Huseynov (Azerbaijani: Bədavi Ruslan oglu Huseynov; born 11 July 1991) is an Azerbaijani professional footballer, who plays as a defender for Azerbaijan Premier League side Qarabag and the Azerbaijan national team.

Club Career

Badavi Huseynov is a product of Dagestani football. In 2007 he joined FC Dagdizel Kaspiysk. In August 2010 he moved to youth team of Anzhi Makhachkala. Despite being a captain of a outh team, he didn't make a senior debut for Anzhi and he moved to Azerbaijani club Sumgayit on loan for 2011/12 season. In the summer of 2012 he signed with Qarabag.

In 2015, Huseynov turned down a return to FC Anzhi Makhachkala to sign a new contract with Qarabag until the summer of 2018.

International Career

Under 21 and Youth

August 18, 2011, along with his teammate Michael Zaitsev was invited to a training camp of the Azerbaijan U-21 in Germany Frankfurt, which took place from 22 to 29 August [5]. For the youth team debuted in the qualifying match for the European championship among youth teams in 2013, having played the entire match against England U21.

Senior Team

In February 2012, he was called to the national team, was also included in the team for the match against Singapore, which took place in the UAE, but the field was never released. [7] He made his debut for the national team on February 29 in a match against Palestine.