Yashar Vahabzade

Yashar Vahabzade (Azerbaijani: Yaşar Vahabzadə, born 8 April 1960) is an Azerbaijani football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.

Yashar Vahabzade

Personal information
Full name	Yashar Fikrat oglu Vahabzade
Date of birth	(1960-04-08) 8 April 1960 (age 65)
Place of birth	Baku, Azerbaijan SSR
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Kapaz (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1989	Neftchi Baku	161	(8)
1989–1992	Khazar Sumgayit	108	(31)
1993–1997	Neftchi Baku	102	(13)
1997–1999	Baku	52	(2)
1999–2000	Khazar Sumgayit	7	(1)
International career
1993–1995	Azerbaijan	7	(0)
Managerial career
2001–2002	Neftchi Baku (assistant)
2002–2004	Azerbaijan U19
2006–2007	Azerbaijan U17 (coach)
2008	Azerbaijan U19
2009–2010	Azerbaijan U19 (assistant)
2011–2014	Azerbaijan U21 (assistant)
2015–2017	Azerbaijan U21
2019–2022	Kapaz
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Yashar Vahabzade began playing football for Soviet Second League side Avtomobilchi in 1977 and would play for the club until 1983.

He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1983 for Neftchi Baku.

Vahabzade made seven appearances for the Azerbaijan national team from 1993 to 1995.^[1]

Managerial career

On 9 January 2015, he has appointed as a head coach of Azerbaijan U21 to replace Bernhard Lippert.^[2][3][4]

On 1 October 2017, vahabzade left as head coach of Azerbaijan U21.^{[citation needed]}