Aytaj Sharifova

Aytac Şərifova

Personal information
Date of birth	(1997-01-08) 8 January 1997 (age 27)[1]
Place of birth	Azerbaijan[2]
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[3]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper[4]
Team information
Current team	Neftchi
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019	Keflavík	15	(0)
2020–2022	Hakkarigücü Spor	28	(0)
2022–2024	Trabzonspor	9	(0)
2024–	Neftçi	0	(0)
International career^‡
2012	Azerbaijan U17	6	(1)
2013–2016	Azerbaijan U19	12	(0)
2019–	Azerbaijan	10	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 December 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 130 November 2021

Aytaj Sharifova (Azerbaijani: Aytac Şərifova; born 8 January 1997) is an Azerbaijani footballer, who plays as a goalkeeper for the Azerbaijani Top Girls League club Neftchi, and captains the Azerbaijan women's national football team.

Club career

In the beginning of 2020, Sharifova moved to Turkey and joined Hakkarigücü Spor in the second half of the 2019-20 Women's First League.^[5] She played again for the Turkish club in the 2021-22 Women's Super League.^[6] In the |2022–23 Turkish Women's Super League season, she transferred to Trabzonspor.^[7]

Sharifova joined Neftchi in the Azerbaijani women's football championship, on September 2, 2024.^[8]

International career

Sharifova played for the Azerbaijan national team two matches of the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying Group D, as well as six matches of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group E.^[9]

Career statistics

As of match played 17 Decembery 2022.

Club	Season	League			Continental		National		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Keflavík	2019	Icelandic First League	15	0	-	-	0	0	15	0
	Total		15	0	-	-	0	0	15	0
Hakkarigücü Spor	2019–20	Turkish First League	4	0	-	-	0	0	4	0
	2021–22	Turkish Super League	24	0	-	-	6	0	30	0
	Total		28	0	-	-	6	0	34	0
Trabzonspor	2022–23	Turkish Super League	9	0	-	-	0	0	9	0
	Total		9	0	-	-	9	0	9	0

See also

• List of Azerbaijan women's international footballers

References

1. Aytaj Sharifova at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
2. Aytaj Sharifova at the Turkish Football Federation
3. "Aytaj Sharifova". Soccerdonna. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
4. Aytaj Sharifova – UEFA competition record (archive)
5. "Kadınlar 1. Lig - Konak Belediye Spor 2-1 Hakkarigücü Spor" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
6. "Turkcell Kadınlar Süper Ligi - Hakkarigücü Spor 4-0 Kayseri Kadın Futbol Kulübü" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
7. "Player Details: Aytaj Sharifova". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
8. ""Neftçi"nin ÇL üçün yeni transferləri | Neftçi pfk". neftchi.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 3 September 2024.
9. "Aytaj Sharifova Azerbaijan videos, transfer history and stats - SofaScore". SofaScore. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

External links

• "Aytac Sharifova". Knattspyrnusamband Íslands (in Icelandic). Retrieved 23 April 2020.