Eldar Kuliyev

This article is about a Ukrainian football player. For Russian film director and screenwriter, see Eldar Kuliev.

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.

Eldar Kuliyev

Personal information
Full name	Eldar Shakhbazovych Kuliyev
Date of birth	(2002-03-24) 24 March 2002 (age 23)
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	71	(2)
International career‡
2022	Ukraine U21	2	(1)
2024	Ukraine U23	1	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 2 July 2025

Club career

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]

International career

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]