Alakbar Mammadov (Azerbaijani: Ələkbər Məmmədov; Russian: Алекпер Мамедов; 9 May 1930 – 28 July 2014) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani footballer best known as a striker for FC Dynamo Moscow in the 1950s and later as the first manager of the independent Azerbaijan national football team.
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| Personal information | ||||||||
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| Full name | Alakbar Amir oglu Mammadov | |||||||
| Date of birth | 9 May 1930 | |||||||
| Place of birth | Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR | |||||||
| Date of death | 28 July 2014 (aged 84) | |||||||
| Place of death | Baku, Azerbaijan | |||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | |||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | |||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||
| 1948–1953 | Neftyanik Baku | 132 | (47) | |||||
| 1954–1959 | Dynamo Moscow | 92 | (43) | |||||
| 1960–1962 | Neftyanik Baku | 25 | (4) | |||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||
| 1958–1959 | USSR | 4 | (0) | |||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||
| 1963–1965 | Neftçi | |||||||
| 1971–1972 | Neftçi | |||||||
| 1993 | Azerbaijan | |||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 July 2008 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 July 2008 | ||||||||
He has been classified as a Master of Sport of the USSR as a four-time champion player in the Soviet Top League and a member of the Soviet national team. Mammadov also played for and managed his hometown club Neftçi PFK for a total of 12 years.[1]
He was only player to score four goals against AC Milan at San Siro.[2]
Career
editMammadov was well known for scoring the winning goal for Dynamo to clinch the Soviet Top League title for the club in the 87th minute of their 1957 championship match against Spartak Moscow; 50 years later, Mammadov's strike was commemorated when he was awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky (first degree) at Dynamo's Petrovsky Park.[3] In addition to the 45 goals he scored as a member of Dynamo in league play, Mammadov also scored 11 times in international club play, including equalizers against A.C. Milan in front of 100,000 spectators at San Siro in 1955 and against the Brazilian side Vasco da Gama during their 1956 friendly in Moscow in front of 90,000 fans.[1]
Between 1972 and 1990, Mammadov was the President of the staff that organized the "Leather Ball" All-Soviet Youth Football Tournament (Всероссийский турнир юных футболистов «Кожаный мяч»),[1] which now is associated with the Danone Nations Cup. Mammadov wrote a memoir titled Secrets of the Football Profession in 1991.[4]
In 1992, Mammadov became the first head coach of the Azerbaijani national football team, compiling a 3–1 record as coach that includes the first ever national team victory, over Georgia, on 25 May 1993.[5][6] For his contributions to Azerbaijani football, a football tournament was established in 2008 in Mammadov's honor, which was played in Baku.[7][8]
Honours
editDynamo Moscow
- Soviet Top League: 1954, 1955, 1957, 1959
- Soviet Top League runner-up: 1956, 1958
- Soviet Cup runner-up: 1955
Individual
References
edit- ^ a b c Sharif, Azad. "Алекпер МАМЕДОВ (Alekper Mamedov)" (in Russian). RussianTeam.ru. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2008.
- ^ СЕГОДНЯ В БАКУ, В СОБСТВЕННОЙ КВАРТИРЕ ОБНАРУЖЕН ТРУП ИЗВЕСТНОГО АЗЕРБАЙДЖАНСКОГО ФУТБОЛИСТА - ВИДЕО. vesti.az (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "Алекпер Мамедов: Получать награду при тысяче зрителей было удовольствием (Alekper Mamedov: Gets Nevsky Award, Pleases 100,000 Spectators)" (in Russian). BakuPages. 4 October 2007. Retrieved 3 July 2008.
- ^ Mamedov, Alekper (1991). Secrets of the Football Profession. Baku: Ganjlik. pp. 237 pp.
- ^ Ibragimov, Erkin. "History >> 1992". AzeriFootball.com. Archived from the original on 12 December 2007. Retrieved 3 July 2008.
- ^ Ibragimov, Erkin. "History >> 1993". AzeriFootball.com. Archived from the original on 12 December 2007. Retrieved 3 July 2008.
- ^ "НА ФУТБОЛЬНОМ ТУРНИРЕ В ЧЕСТЬ АЛЕКПЕРА МАМЕДОВА БОРЬБУ ВЕДУТ ВОСЕМЬ КОМАНД (Eight Sides Contest Mamedov's Tournament in Baku)" (in Russian). CONTACT Online News. 29 January 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2008. [dead link]
- ^ "Tournament of memory of Alekber Mamedov will take place". Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan. 26 January 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2008.