Mahir Emreli
Azerbaijani association football player
Mahir Mahir oğlu Emreli (previously Mahir Anar oğlu Mədətov; born 1 July 1997) is an Azerbaijani professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ekstraklasa club Raków Częstochowa on loan from German club 1. FC Kaiserslautern, and the Azerbaijan national team.
Club career
Emreli made his professional debut in the Azerbaijan Premier League for FC Baku on 27 September 2014 in a game against Araz-Naxçıvan.
Qarabağ
On 16 July 2015, Emreli signed a three-year contract with Qarabağ FK.
On 23 August 2015, Mahir made his debut and scored his first goal for Qarabağ in a 2–0 away victory against Shuvalan.
Emreli made his European debut in 2016 against Luxembourgish F91 Dudelange in the second qualification round of the UEFA Champions League which ended 2–0 for Qarabağ.
On 15 September 2016, Emreli made his debut for UEFA Europa League group stage game against FC Slovan Liberec.
He scored his first European goal in a 1–0 home victory against Danish Copenhagen in the play-off round of the 2017-18 UEFA Champions League.
Emreli made his debut for UEFA Champions League group stage game against Chelsea in Stamford Bridge on 12 September 2017. Mahir made five appearances in the UEFA Champions League group stage.
On 18 August 2020, Emreli, scoring against FK Sileks at the first qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League, celebrated his goal with a salute to the Azerbaijani soldiers serving in the frontline during the border clashes with Armenia.
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