Sport24.az
"Qarabağ" player Nariman Akhundzade's transfer to the American club "Columbus Crew" has gone down in the history of Azerbaijani football. Sport24.az, referring to "Transfermarkt", reports that the striker is the highest paid player among those who wear the uniform of the country's national team.
Allegedly, the MLS representative has given up 2.5 million euros for the 21-year-old national team member.
Akhundzade surpassed Deniz Yilmaz, a Turkish native who played 2 matches for the national team in 2016-2017. "Trabzonspor" paid 1.8 million euros to "Elazığspor" for Deniz in 2014.
The "top 3" is closed by former "Qarabağ" midfielder Richard Almeida. The "Stallions" gave "Santo Andre" 1.28 million euros for the Brazilian football player in 2012.
Narvik Sirkhayev, who debuted in the national team in 1997, is in fourth place. In 2001, Russian "Lokomotiv" paid "Anji" 1 million euros for the player.
The current goalkeeper of the Azerbaijani national team, Shahrudin Mahammadaliyev, is fifth. "Adana Demirspor" added the goalkeeper to their squad in 2023 for 900 thousand euros.
Ramil Sheydaev moved from "Buriram United" to "Kocaelispor" for 800 thousand euros in 2023, Vali Gasimov from Moscow "Dinamo" to "Betis" for 600 thousand euros in 1992, Anton Krivotsyuk from "Wisla Plock" to "Daejeon Hana" club for 600 thousand euros in 2022, and Musa Gurbanli from "Qarabağ" to "Djurgarden" for 500 thousand euros in 2023.
