Maksim Medvedev

Maksim Borisoviç Medvedev (Russian: Максим Борисович Медведев; born 29 September 1989) is an Azerbaijani former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He spent his entire career at Qarabağ in the Azerbaijan Premier League. He was also a member and captain of Azerbaijan national team.

Maksim Medvedev

Medvedev playing against Chelsea in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Maksim Borisoviç Medvedev
Date of birth	(1989-09-29) 29 September 1989 (age 36)[1]
Place of birth	Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s)	Right-back
Youth career
2004–2006	Qarabağ
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2024	Qarabağ	376	(12)
International career
2005–2006	Azerbaijan U17	3	(0)
2006–2008	Azerbaijan U19	9	(0)
2008–2009	Azerbaijan U21	6	(0)
2009–2024	Azerbaijan	81	(4)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR (present-day Azerbaijan), Medvedev was a product of the Qarabağ youth system.^[3] He primarily plays as a right-back defender, but can also be utilized as a left-back or centre-back defender.

Medvedev has spent his entire career at Qarabağ since becoming a professional player in 2006. He is the most capped player in the history of the club and 11th most capped player in the history of Azerbaijan Premier League. He has won the Premier League ten times and Azerbaijan Cup six times with his team. He also holds the record among Azerbaijani players for most caps in UEFA competitions (126 games).

Maksim retired at the end of 2023-24 season, playing his entire career for Qarabağ.

International career

Medvedev made his Azerbaijan U21 national team debut in 2008, having previously played for U17 and U19 teams.^[4]

He became a regular starter for the senior national team during World Cup 2010 qualifying games after Qarabağ FK's successful Europa League campaign in 2009.^[5][6] On 3 June 2016, Medvedev lead the Azerbaijan national team against Canada as a team captain. He scored his first international goal on 8 October 2016 against Norway, securing a 1–0 victory for his team. After the retirement of Rashad Sadyghov and Kamran Aghayev from the national team, Medvedev was selected as the new team captain in early 2019. He has led the team as captain in 28 games between 2019 and 2022. He is the second most capped player in its history with 81 caps.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[7][8][9]

Club	Season	League			Azerbaijan Cup		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Qarabağ	2006–07	Azerbaijan Premier League	11	0			—		11	0
	2007–08		18	0			—		18	0
	2008–09		20	0			—		20	0
	2009–10		25	0	2	0	6	0	33	0
	2010–11		18	0	1	0	7	0	26	0
	2011–12		25	2	5	0	6	0	36	2
	2012–13		24	1	3	0	—		27	1
	2013–14		32	2	3	0	8	0	43	2
	2014–15		23	1	6	1	9	0	38	2
	2015–16		26	0	4	0	8	0	38	0
	2016–17		20	3	5	0	11	0	36	3
	2017–18		22	1	0	0	12	0	34	1
	2018–19		21	0	3	0	14	1	38	1
	2019–20		17	0	2	0	14	1	33	1
	2020–21		23	1	4	1	6	0	33	2
	2021–22		19	1	4	0	13	1	36	2
	2022–23		15	0	1	0	5	0	21	0
	2023–24		17	0	1	0	7	0	25	0
Career total			376	12	50	2	126	3	552	17

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[8]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Azerbaijan	2009	3	0
	2010	7	0
	2011	1	0
	2012	6	0
	2013	8	0
	2014	3	0
	2015	5	0
	2016	7	1
	2017	2	0
	2018	12	2
	2019	6	0
	2020	5	1
	2021	11	0
	2022	5	0
Total		81	4

Scores and results list Azerbaijan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Medvedev goal.

List of international goals scored by Maksim Medvedev^[8]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	8 October 2016	Baku Olympic Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan	Norway	1–0	1–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	29 May 2018	Baku Olympic Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan	Kyrgyzstan	1–0	3–0	Friendly
3	9 June 2018	Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia	Latvia	1–0	3–1	Friendly
4	8 September 2020	GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus	Cyprus	1-0	1–0	2020–21 UEFA Nations League

Honours

Qarabağ

• Azerbaijan Premier League (10): 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24,
• Azerbaijan Cup (6): 2008–09, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2021–22, 2023–24

Individual

• Azerbaijani Footballer of the Year runner-up: 2016, 2018^{[citation needed]}