Jahangir Hasanzade

Jahangir Hasanzade
Personal information
Full name	Cahangir Əli oğlu Həsənzadə
Date of birth	4 August 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team
1995–1996	MOIK Baku
1996	Farid Baku
1997	Shafa Baku
1997	Bakili Baku
1998–2002	Neftchi Baku
2000	→ Shafa Baku (loan)
2002	Volyn Lutsk
2002–2003	Tavriya Simferopol
2004–2005	Neftchi Baku
2005–2007	Qarabağ
2007–2008	Inter Baku
2008–2009	Gabala
2009–2014	AZAL
2014	Khazar Lankaran
International career‡
1998–2007	Azerbaijan
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 August 2014; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 March 2014

Jahangir Hasanzade (Azerbaijani: Cahangir Əli oğlu Həsənzadə; born 4 August 1979) is a retired Azerbaijani footballer who last played for Khazar Lankaran.

Career

Jahangir Hasanzade began his career at Baku clubs, such as MOIK, Farid and Bakili. In 1998, Azerbaijan national football team former head coach Ahmad Alaskarov invited him to Neftchi Baku. Hasanzade became the No. 1 immediately and played a key role in 1998-99 Azerbaijan Cup final game. Later, he became the main goalkeeper national team, especially after a brilliant performance in a 2–0 win against Slovakia.

After Neftchi and one-year loan in Shafa Jahangir went to Ukraine and played for Volyn and Tavriya in the Ukraine Premier League. First part of experience was not so successful, but at Tavriya he was a main goalkeeper till his return to Neftchi, where Hasanzade achieved his first championship.

In 2005, Jahangir Hasanzade unexpectedly cancelled contract with Neftchi and was signed by Karabakh. At the end of the season, he raised his 3rd Azerbaijan Cup.

For Inter Baku, where he won Azerbaijan Premier League for the second time, Jahangir capped only 6 times. He also failed to be the main goalkeeper in Gabala FC, and in 2009 signed a contract with AZAL PFC.

During 3 years Hasanzade capped for AZAL PFC over 80 times. In November 2012, he became the captain of the team.

In August 2014, Hasanzade moved to fellow Azerbaijan Premier League side Khazar Lankaran, signing a one-year contract.^[1]