Nazim Suleymanov

Nazim Suleymanov (Azerbaijani: Nazim Süleymanov; Russian: Назим Сулейманов; born 17 February 1965) is a Soviet and Azerbaijani football coach and a former player best known as a striker for Alania Vladikavkaz in the 1990s.^[1] He is the manager of the Under-19 squad of the Russian club Khimki.

Nazim Suleymanov

Personal information
Full name	Nazim Hacibaba oglu Suleymanov
Date of birth	(1965-02-17) 17 February 1965 (age 60)
Place of birth	Sumgayit, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position	Striker
Team information
Current team	Khimki (U19 manager)
Youth career
1982	Avtomobilist Mingachevir
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1990	Neftchi Baku	177	(27)
1990	Spartak Moscow	0	(0)
1991–1996	Alania Vladikavkaz	142	(60)
1997–2000	Zhemchuzhina Sochi	67	(13)
Total		386	(100)
International career
1992–1999	Azerbaijan	24	(5)
Managerial career
2002	Zhemchuzhina Sochi
2004–2005	Khazar Lankaran
2009–2011	AZAL Baku
2012–2013	Azerbaijan (assistant)
2013–2014	Neftchi Baku
2015–2016	Azerbaijan U19
2018	Sumgayit
2023	Khimki-M
2023–	Khimki (U-19)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Suleymanov was the first player ever to score for Azerbaijan in international football, in a friendly against Georgia in 1992. Despite a second goal from Suleymanov and one from Vidadi Rzayev, they lost 6–3.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	September 17, 1992	Gurjaani, Georgia	Georgia	1-1	6-3	Friendly
2.	September 17, 1992	Gurjaani, Georgia	Georgia	6-3	6-3	Friendly
3.	March 29, 1995	Košice, Slovakia	Slovakia	4-1	4–1	Euro 1996 qualification
4.	April 26, 1995	Trabzon, Turkey	Romania	1-1	1–4	Euro 1996 qualification
5.	April 5, 1997	Baku, Azerbaijan	Finland	1-2	1–2	1998 WC qualification

Honours

Alania Vladikavkaz

• Russian Top League: 1995; runners-up: 1992, 1996

Individual

• Most overall goals scored for Alania Vladikavkaz: 60
• Best 33 players of the Russia Top League season, No. 3: 1992, 1993