Arif Asadov

Arif Asadov
Personal information
Full name	Arif Gyulaga oglu Asadov
Date of birth	18 August 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth	Baku, Azerbaijan SSR
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Azerbaijan (assistant coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1988–1993	Neftchi Baku
1994	Spartak Vladikavkaz
1995–1997	Neftchi Baku
1997–1998	Dinamo Baku
1998	Tyumen
1999	Anzhi Makhachkala
1999–2000	Qarabağ
2000–2002	Neftchi Baku
2003–2004	Qarabağ
2004	Khazar Lankaran
2005	Kapaz
International career
1993–2002	Azerbaijan
Managerial career
2010–2011	Neftchi Baku
2014–2015	Neftchi Baku
2017–2018	Sabah
2020–	Azerbaijan (assistant)
2024	Azerbaijan (caretaker)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Arif Asadov (Azerbaijani: Arif Gülağa oğlu Əsədov; born 18 August 1970) is an Azerbaijani professional football coach and a former player. He is an assistant coach with the Azerbaijan national football team.

Club career

He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1988 for Neftchi Baku.^[1]

Asadov became the head coach of his former club Neftchi Baku in 2010, in which he achieved the 2010–11 Azerbaijan Premier League.^[2] In spring 2024, he became a caretaker manager of Azerbaijan.^[3]

Information correct as of 28 May 2015. Only competitive matches are counted.

Name	Nat.	From	To	P	W	D	L	GS	GA	%W	Honours
Neftchi Baku	Azerbaijan	2010	2011	35	20	11	4	60	23	057.14	League Champions
Neftchi Baku	Azerbaijan	2014	2015	30	11	10	9	38	34	036.67

P – Total of played matches W – Won matches D – Drawn matches L – Lost matches GS – Goal scored GA – Goals against
%W – Percentage of matches won

^ Arif Asadov at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
^ "Три пишем, один в уме" (in Russian). UEFA. 18 May 2011.
^ "Arif Əsədov: "Buna görə geniş heyət yığmadıq"" (in Azerbaijani). Müsavat. 28 May 2024.

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