Personal information | |||
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Full name | Eldar Shakhbazovych Kuliyev | ||
Date of birth | 24 March 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Kyiv, Ukraine | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Zira | ||
Number | 6 | ||
Youth career | |||
2011–2014 | Dynamo Kyiv | ||
2014–2017 | Dnipro | ||
2017 | Arsenal Kyiv | ||
2017–2019 | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2019–2021 | Mariupol | 7 | (0) |
2021–2023 | Mynai | 30 | (1) |
2023– | Zira | 40 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2022– | Ukraine U21 | 2 | (1) |
2024– | Ukraine U23 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 March 2024 |
Eldar Shakhbazovych Kuliyev ( Ukrainian: Ельдар Шахбазович Кулієв; born 24 March 2002) is a Ukrainian professional football midfielder of Azerbaijani origin who plays for Zira in the Azerbaijan Premier League.
Born in Kyiv, [1] Kuliyev is a product of the different Ukrainian sportive school systems.
He made his debut for Mariupol in the Ukrainian Premier League as a substituted player in the drawing away match against Inhulets Petrove on 25 October 2020. [2]
On 11 February 2023, Azerbaijan Premier League club Zira announced the signing of Kuliyev to a three-and-a-half year contract, from Mynai. [3] [4]
On 6 March 2024, Kuliyev was called up by Ruslan Rotan to the Ukraine Olympic football team preliminary squad as a preparation to the 2024 Summer Olympics. [5]