Pavlo Pashayev

Pavel Vaqif oglu Pashayev (, ; born 4 January 1988) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back. Born in Ukraine, he originally represented Ukraine internationally before switching to represent the Azerbaijan national team.

Career Pashayev was the product of the Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Youth school system. He was loaned from Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk to Kryvbas at the end of the 2008–09 summer transfer window until the end of 2008. He was recalled to Dnipro in January 2009. On 25 July 2014 Pashayev signed with Metalurh Zaporizhya. On 18 February 2016 Pashayev signed with Gabala FK. On 17 July 2017 Pashayev signed with FC Oleksandriya.

International career On 2 February 2009, Pavel Pashayev was called up to the Ukraine team for the first time in his career, for friendlies against Slovakia and Serbia. He debuted on 10 February against Slovakia.

Since he only played for Ukraine in friendlies, he was still eligible to join the Azerbaijan national football team. He made his first appearance for Azerbaijan in a 2–1 friendly win over Moldova on 17 November 2015.

Personal life His twin brother, Maksym Pashayev played as a defender for Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, but died after a car accident in December 2008.

Club statistics

International Statistics accurate as of match played 16 November 2019