# Ruslan Gurbanov

Ruslan Gurbanov (Azerbaijani: Ruslan İldar oğlu Qurbanov; Russian: Руслан Илдарович Курбанов; born 12 September 1991) is an Azerbaijani former football striker.

## Career
### Club

Gurbanov was born in 1991 in Stavropol, Russia at a Lezgi family. He played for Dynamo Stavropol and Rostov during his junior career. In 2008, he started playing for the reserve team of FC Rostov. During the next two seasons, he also played on loan for Russian Professional Football League (third division) teams Krasny Sulin and Taganrog. After being released by Rostov, Qurbanov moved to Azerbaijan where he signed a contract with the most titled local club Neftchi Baku. He played 6 matches in his first professional season and became the champion of Azerbaijan Premier League. Between 2011 and 2013, Qurbanov spent two seasons playing on loan for Sumgayit where he played 53 games and scored 9 goals. After his return to Neftchi, he became the winner of Azerbaijani Cup in 2013–14 season. He had a brief spell at Croatian football club Hajduk Split where he played 5 matches for the senior team, and a match for the reserve team. Ruslan Qurbanov returned to Neftchi once again in 2015, and became the regular player of the starting squad during the 2015–16 season. He made a total of 30 appearances in the Premier League during the season, in which he scored 13 goals and became the most goal scoring Azeri player of the league.
On 31 August 2016, Qurbanov signed a two-year contract with Gabala FK, leaving Gabala on 31 May 2018.
On 11 June 2018, Qurbanov signed with Sabail FK.
On 16 June 2020, Keşla announced that they had Qurbanov's contract with the club had not been extended and he had left the club.
On 19 July 2020, Gurbanov signed a two-year contract with Zira FK.

### International

He called up for Azerbaijan at 2015.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 8 March 2020
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 |
| Neftchi Baku | 2010–11 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 0 |
| Neftchi Baku | 2011–12 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Neftchi Baku | 2012–13 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Neftchi Baku | 2013–14 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 15 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 |
| Neftchi Baku | 2014–15 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 16 | 4 |
| Neftchi Baku | 2015–16 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 31 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 39 | 18 |
| Neftchi Baku | 2016–17 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 7 | 1 |
| Neftchi Baku | Total | Total | 67 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 1 | - | - | 88 | 27 |
| Sumgayit (loan) | 2011–12 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 16 | 2 |
| Sumgayit (loan) | 2012–13 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 24 | 6 |
| Sumgayit (loan) | 2013–14 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 14 | 0 |
| Sumgayit (loan) | Total | Total | 53 | 8 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 54 | 8 |
| Hajduk Split (loan) | 2014–15 | Prva HNL | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 7 | 0 |
| Gabala | 2016–17 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 21 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | - | - | 30 | 7 |
| Gabala | 2017–18 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 24 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 30 | 4 |
| Gabala | Total | Total | 45 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | - | - | 59 | 11 |
| Sabail | 2018–19 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 21 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 23 | 3 |
| Keşla | 2019–20 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 17 | 2 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 207 | 37 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 3 | - | - | 248 | 50 |

### International

Azerbaijan national team :
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2015 | 8 | 0 |
| 2016 | 7 | 1 |
| 2017 | 4 | 1 |
| 2018 | 7 | 0 |
| Total | 26 | 1 |
Statistics accurate as of match played 20 November 2018

### International goals

    As of 25 February 2019
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref |
| 1. | 4 September 2016 | San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino | San Marino | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifier | |

## Honours
### Neftchi Baku

* Azerbaijan Premier League (1): 2010–11
* Azerbaijan Cup (1): 2013–14