Musa Qurbanlı

Musa Qurban oğlu Qurbanlı (born on 13 April 2002) is an Azerbaijani professional footballer who plays as a striker for Azerbaijan Premier League club Qarabağ and the Azerbaijan national team.^[1]

Musa Qurbanlı

Personal information
Full name	Musa Qurban oğlu Qurbanlı
Date of birth	(2002-04-13) 13 April 2002 (age 23)
Place of birth	Baku, Azerbaijan
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Qarabağ
Number	22
Youth career
	Neftçi
2017–2019	Qarabağ
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–2023	Qarabağ	52	(30)
2020–2021	→ Zira (loan)	9	(1)
2023–2024	Djurgårdens IF	16	(2)
2024–	Qarabağ	24	(6)
International career‡
2018	Azerbaijan U16	1	(2)
2017–2018	Azerbaijan U17	3	(1)
2019	Azerbaijan U19	6	(0)
2019–2023	Azerbaijan U21	12	(5)
2020–	Azerbaijan	14	(3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 24 September 2024

Early life

Musa Qurbanlı was born on 13 April 2002 in Baku. His father, Gurban Gurbanov, is manager of Qarabağ. He finished High school 6 named after Tofig Ismayilov.^[2]

Club career

Qurbanlı signed a contract with Qarabağ FK in August 2017. He made his debut for the club on 20 December 2019 in an Azerbaijan Cup match against Keşla, which Qarabağ won 3–1.^[3][4] He made his debut in the Azerbaijan Premier League for Qarabağ on 25 September 2020, in a match against Sumgayit.^[5]

On 16 December 2022, Qurbanlı signed a new four-year contract with Qarabağ.^[6]

On 2 July 2023, it was reported that Qurbanlı has been in Stockholm, Sweden getting a health test, and was very close to Djurgårdens IF.^[7] On 5 July 2023, Djurgårdens IF announced that they had signed Qurbanlı to a 3-year contract.^[8] On 22 July 2023, Qurbanlı's debut match for Djurgårdens IF ended in a 0-4 IF Elfsborg defeat.^[9]

On 14 June 2024, Qurbanlı returned to Qarabağ and signed a three-year contract with his former club.^[10]

International career

On 31 May 2019, Qurbanlı was called up to the Azerbaijan U21 team by Milan Obradovic.^[11]

He made his official debut for Azerbaijan U21 on 6 June 2020, against Liechtenstein U21 in a EURO-2021 U21 Championship qualification match.^[12]

Qurbanlı made his Azerbaijan debut on 11 November 2020 against Slovenia in a friendly match.^[13][14]

Career statistics

Club

As of on 5 October 2024^[15]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Qarabağ	2019–20	Azerbaijan Premier League	0	0	1	0	0[b]	0	—		1	0
	2020–21	Azerbaijan Premier League	5	1	0	0	1[c]	0	—		6	1
	2021–22	Azerbaijan Premier League	15	8	2	1	6[d]	0	—		23	9
	2022–23	Azerbaijan Premier League	32	21	2	2	4[e]	0	—		38	23
	Total		43	27	5	3	11	0	0	0	59	30
Zira (loan)	2020–21	Azerbaijan Premier League	9	1	2	1	—				11	2
Djurgården	2023	Allsvenskan	14	2	1	1	2	0	—		17	3
	2024	Allsvenskan	2	0	2	0	0	0	–		4	0
	Total		16	2	3	1	2	0	0	0	21	3
Qarabağ	2024–25	Azerbaijan Premier League	2	0	0	0	0	0	–		2	0
Career total			68	30	8	5	13	0	0	0	89	35

1. Includes Azerbaijan Cup and Svenska Cupen
2. Zero appearances in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
3. Zero appearances in the UEFA Champions League, one appearance in the UEFA Europa League
4. Appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League
5. Zero appearances in the UEFA Champions League, two appearances in the UEFA Europa League, two appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 11 June 2024

Year	Apps	Goals
2020	1	0
2022	4	1
2023	5	0
2024	4	2
Total	14	3

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

List of international goals scored by Musa Qurbanlı

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	20 November 2022	Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje, North Macedonia	North Macedonia	2–1	3–1	Friendly
2	25 March 2024	Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan	Bulgaria	1–1	1–1	Friendly
3	7 June 2024	Haladás Sportkomplexum, Szombathely, Hungary	Albania	1–3	1–3	Friendly

Personal life

Qurbanlı is the son of former Azerbaijani international and current Qarabağ FK manager Gurban Gurbanov and nephew of Musa Gurbanov.

Honours

Qarabağ

• Azerbaijan Premier League (3): 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23
• Azerbaijan Cup (1): 2021-22