# Ilgar Gurbanov

Ilgar Gurbanov (Azerbaijani: İlqar Qurbanov; born 25 April 1986) is an Azerbaijani football player who last played for Sumgayit FK in the Azerbaijan Premier League.

## Career
### Club

Gurbanov started his career with Fenerbahçe PAF in 2000. In 2006, he transferred to FK Khazar Lankaran in his native country. On 7 August 2007, he signed a 3-year contract with Sivasspor. His contract will expire on 30 May 2010. In 2010 Gurbanov will play for the Turkish second division club Mersin İdmanyurdu.
On 31 May 2017, Gabala FK announced the signing of Gurbanov on a two-year contract.
On 20 August 2019, Gurbanov signed a one-year contract with Sumgayit FK.

### International

When he was playing for Fenerbahçe PAF, he started to play for Turkey national youth teams. His debut for Turkey U15 against Greece was on 17 June 2001. He played 7 times for Turkey U15, 2 times for Turkey U16 and 4 times for Turkey U17 team.
He called for Azerbaijan and chose to play for them. On 28 April 2004 he debuted with Azerbaijan senior team against Kazakhstan. Gurbanov also holds a Turkish passport.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 19 May 2019
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National Cup | National Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Khazar Lankaran | 2004–05 | Top League | 15 | 2 | | | – | – | – | – | 15 | 2 |
| Khazar Lankaran | 2005–06 | Top League | 21 | 1 | | | 2 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 4 |
| Khazar Lankaran | 2006–07 | Top League | 20 | 3 | | | – | – | – | – | 20 | 3 |
| Khazar Lankaran | Total | Total | 56 | 6 | | | 2 | 0 | - | - | 58 | 6 |
| Sivasspor | 2007–08 | Süper Lig | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 12 | 1 |
| Sivasspor | 2008–09 | Süper Lig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 |
| Sivasspor | Total | Total | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 13 | 1 |
| Boluspor (loan) | 2008–09 | First League | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 19 | 3 |
| Olimpik Baku | 2009–10 | Premier League | 23 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 26 | 3 |
| Mersin İdmanyurdu | 2010–11 | First League | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 8 | 1 |
| Qarabağ | 2010–11 | Premier League | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 1 |
| Qarabağ | 2011–12 | Premier League | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 4 |
| Qarabağ | 2012–13 | Premier League | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 25 | 4 |
| Qarabağ | 2013–14 | Premier League | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 0 |
| Qarabağ | 2014–15 | Premier League | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 2 |
| Qarabağ | 2015–16 | Premier League | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 0 |
| Qarabağ | 2016–17 | Premier League | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 1 |
| Qarabağ | Total | Total | 108 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | 143 | 6 |
| Gabala | 2017–18 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 20 | 1 |
| Gabala | 2018–19 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 20 | 0 |
| Gabala | Total | Total | 28 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 40 | 1 |
| Sumgayit | 2019–20 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 254 | 18 | 29 | 2 | 27 | 1 | - | - | 310 | 21 |

### International

Azerbaijan national team :
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2004 | 9 | 1 |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 |
| 2006 | 7 | 0 |
| 2007 | 7 | 0 |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 29 | 1 |
Statistics accurate as of match played 4 June 2008

### International goals

    Scores and results list Azerbaijan's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 28 May 2004 | Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan | Uzbekistan | 1–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |

## Honours
### Khazar Lankaran

* Azerbaijan Premier League: (1) 2006-07

### Qarabağ

* Azerbaijan Premier League (4): 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
* Azerbaijan Cup: (2) 2014-15, 2015-16

### Gabala

* Azerbaijan Cup: (1) 2018–19