Guseynov Aykhan Ilkhamovich (born September 3, 1999, Saint Petersburg) is a Russian and Azerbaijani footballer, an attacking central midfielder and forward. He has played for a number of Russian clubs, including Nizhny Novgorod's "Nizhny Novgorod" in the 2019/20 season. Since 2026, he has been called up to the Azerbaijan national team.[1][2]

Career

A product of the Zenit Sports School of Olympic Reserve (Saint Petersburg), in whose system he trained in 2017–2018.[2] He played his first professional matches in the 2018/19 season for Leningradets (Leningrad Region) in the second league — 7 games, 1 goal.[1]

In the 2019/20 season, he moved to Nizhny Novgorod, and in the same campaign he was sent on loan to Ural (Yekaterinburg). After the loan at Ural ended, in the 2020/21 season he played on loan for Ural-2 in the second league (8 matches, 1 goal) and for Olimp-Dolgoprudny (12 matches, 1 goal).[1][2] In the 2021/22 season, he had the most productive stretch of his career at Khimki-M: 27 matches, 8 goals in the second league.[1] In 2022/23, he played for Azerbaijan's Turan Tovuz.[2]

In total, for Russian clubs at the top level he played 1 match in the RPL (Russian Premier League) — for Ural; in all official Russian competitions combined, he played 62 matches and scored 11 goals.[1][3]

At Nizhny Novgorod

In the 2019/20 season, Guseynov was on the roster of FC Nizhny Novgorod, which played in the first league. He took part in one league match and one Russian Cup match: on September 25, 2019, Nizhny Novgorod hosted Krasnodar (1:0), and Guseynov remained on the bench; on October 30, 2019, in a cup match against Shinnik (2:2, 0:3 on penalties), he was also listed among the reserves.[3]

Azerbaijan national team

In October 2026, Guseynov made his debut for the Azerbaijan national team in the UEFA Nations League (League D): on October 1, he came on in the match against Liechtenstein (0:0), playing 59 minutes.[1]

Sources

  1. news.sportbox.ru — Huseynov Aykhan Ilkhamovich — Forward — Azerbaijan
  2. footballfakts.ru — Huseynov Aykhan Ilkhamovich, Born September 3, 1999. All Football Players of Russia, the USSR, and the CIS. Information, Biographies, Teams, Matches, Goals, Interviews
  3. 100bombardirov.ru — 100 Top Scorers — Aykhan Huseynov: All Matches for Russian Teams