Badavi Guseynov

Badavi Ruslanovich Guseynov (Azerbaijani: Bədavi Ruslan oğlu Hüseynov; Russian: Бадави Русланович Гусейнов; born 11 July 1991) is an Azerbaijani football defender who is a player and captain of Qarabağ and Azerbaijan national football team.

Badavi Guseynov

Personal information
Full name	Badavi Ruslanovich Guseynov
Date of birth	(1991-07-11) 11 July 1991 (age 34)
Place of birth	Kaspiysk, Dagestan, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union[1]
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Qarabağ
Number	55
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2010	Dagdizel Kaspiysk	49	(0)
2010–2012	Anzhi Makhachkala	0	(0)
2011–2012	→ Sumgayit (loan)	26	(0)
2012–	Qarabağ	251	(5)
International career‡
2011–2012	Azerbaijan U21	8	(0)
2012–	Azerbaijan	77	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 April 2025

Club career

Badavi Guseynov is a product of Dagestani football. In 2007 he joined FC Dagdizel Kaspiysk. In August 2010 he moved to the Anzhi Makhachkala youth team.^[2] Despite being a captain of the youth team, he didn't make his 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 Qarabağ.

In 2015, Guseynov turned down an offer to return to FC Anzhi Makhachkala to sign a new contract with Qarabağ until the summer of 2018.^[3]

International career

Under 21 and Youth

On 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. For the youth team, he 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.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 24 May 2025^[4]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Dagdizel Kaspiysk	2008	Russian Second Division	12	0			-		-		12	0
	2009		17	0			-		-		17	0
	2010		20	0			-		-		20	0
	Total		49	0			-	-	-	-	49	0
Anzhi Makhachkala	2010	Russian Premier League	0	0	0	0	-		-		0	0
	2011–12		0	0	0	0	-		-		0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0
Sumgayit (loan)	2011–12	Azerbaijan Premier League	26	0	2	0	-		-		28	0
Qarabağ	2012–13	Azerbaijan Premier League	17	0	4	0	-		-		21	0
	2013–14		32	0	3	0	1[a]	0	-		36	0
	2014–15		28	1	3	0	12[b]	0	-		43	1
	2015–16		30	0	4	0	12[c]	0	-		46	0
	2016–17		20	1	3	0	9[d]	0	-		32	1
	2017–18		6	0	0	0	9[e]	0	-		15	0
	2018–19		19	1	3	0	11[f]	0	-		33	1
	2019–20		14	1	2	0	6[g]	0	-		22	1
	2020–21		22	1	3	0	6[h]	0	-		30	1
	2021–22		3	0	1	0	0[i]	0	-		4	0
	2022–23		20	0	1	0	11[i]	0	-		32	0
	2023–24		20	0	4	0	12[i]	0	-		36	0
	2024–25		20	0	2	0	6[j]}	0	-		28	0
	Total		251	5	33	0	95	0	0	0	379	5
Career total			325	5	35	0	95	0	0	0	456	5

1. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
2. Four appearances in the UEFA Champions League, and eight appearances in the UEFA Europa League
3. Four appearances in the UEFA Champions League, and eight appearances in the UEFA Europa League
4. Four appearances in the UEFA Champions League, and five appearances in the UEFA Europa League
5. Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
6. Six appearances in the UEFA Champions League, and five appearances in the UEFA Europa League
7. Zero appearances in the UEFA Champions League, and six appearances in the UEFA Europa League
8. Three appearances in the UEFA Champions League, and two appearances in the UEFA Europa League
9. Appearances in the Europa Conference League
10. One appearance in the UEFA Champions League, and five appearances in the UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 5 December 2022^[5]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

Year	Apps	Goals
2012	2	0
2013	6	0
2014	6	0
2015	7	0
2016	5	0
2017	6	0
2018	7	0
2019	8	0
2020	6	0
2021	5	1
2022	6	0
Total	64	1

Honours

Qarabağ

• Azerbaijan Premier League: (7) 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
• Azerbaijan Cup: (2) 2014–15, 2015–16