Yashar Vahabzade

Yashar Vahabzade
Personal information
Full name	Yashar Fikrat oglu Vahabzade
Date of birth	8 April 1960 (age 64)
Place of birth	Baku, Azerbaijan SSR
Team information
Current team	Kapaz (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1983–1989	Neftchi Baku
1989–1992	Khazar Sumgayit
1993–1997	Neftchi Baku
1997–1999	Baku
1999–2000	Khazar Sumgayit
International career
1993–1995	Azerbaijan
Managerial career
2001–2002	Neftchi Baku (assistant)
2002–2004	Azerbaijan U19
2006–2007	Azerbaijan U17 (coach)
2008	Azerbaijan U19
2009–2010	Azerbaijan U19 (assistant)
2011–2014	Azerbaijan U21 (assistant)
2015–2017	Azerbaijan U21
2019–2022	Kapaz
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yashar Vahabzade (Azerbaijani: Yaşar Vahabzadə, born 8 April 1960) is a retired Azerbaijani midfielder.

Career

Yashar Vahabzade began playing football for Soviet Second League side Avtomobilchi in 1977 and would play for the club until 1983.

He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1983 for Neftchi Baku.

Vahabzade made 7 appearances for the Azerbaijan national football team from 1993 to 1995.^[1]

On 9 January 2015, he has appointed as a head coach of Azerbaijan U21 to replace Bernhard Lippert.^[2]^[3]^[4]

On 1 October 2017, vahabzade left as head coach of Azerbaijan U21^[5]

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^ "U-21 millimizin yeni baş məşqçisi müəyyənləşdi". www.trend.az (in Azerbaijani). Trend.az. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
^ "Yaşar Vahabzadə U21-in sükanı arxasına keçdi". www.anspress.com (in Azerbaijani). Anspress. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
^ "YAŞAR VAHABZADƏ". www.affa.az (in Azerbaijani). AFFA. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
^ "Yashar Vahabzade - Stats and titles won".