Emin Mahmudov

Emin Mahmudov (Azerbaijani: Emin Cəbrayil oglu Mahmudov; born 27 April 1992) is an Azerbaijani football midfielder who currently plays for Neftchi Baku in the Azerbaijan Premier League. Mahmudov played for all youth levels of Russian national team, before switching to play for Azerbaijan national football team in 2016. He is the captain of Neftchi Baku.

Club Career

Saturn

Emin Mahmudov was born in Saatly, Azerbaijan in 1992. He moved to Russia with his family as a child and started playing football in the youth academy of FC Saturn Ramenskoye. During the 2010 season, he became the player of the senior team. Mahmudov made his debut in Russian Premier League on 24 April 2010, in a match against Dinamo Moscow, at the age of 17. He scored his first goal on senior level against Anzhi on 20 November. Mahmudov played a total of 22 matches during his first season in the Premier League.

Spartak Moscow

After the dissolution of Saturn, Mahmudov signed a long-term contract with Spartak Moscow as a free-agent on 15 January 2011. Emin played 90 minutes against Rostov on the first game of the 2011-12 season. Mahmudov appeared in a total of 12 matches during the season for Spartak, however despite a successful start he was not able to become the player of the main squad. During the 3 seasons between 2012 and 2014, Mahmudov played on loan for Premier League teams Tomsk and Krylia Sovetov and also played for the reserve team of Spartak.

Krylia Sovetov

After a one-year loan, Krylia Sovetov purchased Emin Mahmudov from Spartak on January 31, 2014 for €250,000. The same season Krylia got relegated from the Premier League. However, the 2014-15 season Krylia Sovetov became the champions of Russian Football National League and won the promotion to Premier League again. Emin missed most of that season due to fractured leg injury that he received in September 2014.

Emin Mahmudov made his comeback to Russian Premier League 9 August 2

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