Ali Babayev

Eli Babayev
	Babayev in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Eli Babayev
Date of birth	1 November 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Ra'anana, Israel
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Hapoel Ramat Gan
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007–2018	Hapoel Ra'anana
2010–2012	→ Hapoel Marmorek (loan)
2018–2019	Sumgayit
2019–2021	Maccabi Petah Tikva
2021–	Hapoel Ramat Gan
International career‡
2019–	Azerbaijan
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 January 2021; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2019

Eli Babayev (Azerbaijani: Əli Babayev, Hebrew: אלי בבייב; born 1 November 1990) is an Israeli-born Azerbaijani footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hapoel Ramat Gan and the Azerbaijan national team.^[1]

Career

Babayev made his professional debut for Hapoel Ra'anana in the Israeli Premier League on 26 October 2013, coming on as a substitute in the 84th minute for Assi Baldout in the 0–0 draw against Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv.^[2]

Babayev was called up to the Azerbaijan national team for the first time in March 2019 for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying match against Croatia and a friendly against Lithuania.^[3]

Statistics accurate as of match played 25 March 2019^[4]

^ Ali Babayev at WorldFootball.net
^ "Bnei Yehuda vs. Hapoel Ra'anana". Soccerway. Perform Group. 26 October 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
^ "Azerbaijan's squad named for 2 matches". AFFA.az (in Hebrew). Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan. 13 March 2019. Archived from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
^ "Əli Babayev". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 2 April 2018.

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