Anatoliy Nuriyev
Anatoliy Anatoliyovych Nuriyev is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or as a centre-forward for Sabah. Born in Ukraine, he plays for the Azerbaijan national team.
Career
Nuriyev began his career playing for the DYuFC Mukacheve, BRW-BIK Volodymyr-Volynskyi, FC Hoverla Uzhhorod, FC Mukacheve, Munkach Mukacheve, and FC Serednie youth clubs.In 2016–17 he became the top scorer of the Zakarpattia Oblast regional football championship with 25 goals in 17 games. Later Nuriyev have signed with FC Stal Kamianske and played 7 games in the Ukrainian Premier League for the club. Just before joining the Ukrainian Second League, FC Mynai that wanted to sign the player previously finally managed to accomplish it.
International career
Nuriyev was born in Mukachevo, Ukraine, to a father from Azerbaijan, and a Ukrainian mother. His international career started at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples, Italy where he represented the Ukraine student team.He debuted for the Azerbaijan national team in a 1–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification loss to Portugal on 24 March 2021.