Rustam Akhmedzade

Rustam Alamovych Akhmedzade (Rüstəm Aləm oğlu Əhmədzadə; Рустам Аламович Ахмедзаде; born 25 December 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Zira FK, on loan from Qarabağ in the Azerbaijan Premier League. Born in Ukraine, he plays for the Azerbaijan national team.

Career
Rustam Akhmedzade was born in Khmelnytskyi oblast, and at the age of 6 he moved to Kyiv. There he studied football at the FC Zirka Kyiv. After graduation, he moved to Oleksandriya, where he played in the U-19 team at the age of 16–17. And then he moved to Kolos in January 2018.

In February 2020 he signed a half-year on loan deal with the Ukrainian Second League Podillya Khmelnytskyi, and in July 2020, Akhmedzade signed a contract with FC Mynai.

Akhmedzade made his Ukrainian First League debut for Mynai in a 2–1 home victory against Metalurh Zaporizhya on 19 July 2020. He scored his first goal for Mynai in the Ukrainian First League match against Avanhard in a 2–0 away victory on 7 August 2020.

On 15 December 2021, Akhmedzade signed for Qarabağ on a contract until 30 June 2026.

International career
Akhmedzade was born in Khmelnytskyi oblast, Ukraine, to a father from Azerbaijan, and a Ukrainian mother. He was called up to the Azerbaijan national team in May 2021. He debuted with Azerbaijan in a 2–1 friendly win over Belarus on 2 June 2021.

Honours
Mynai
 * Ukrainian First League: 2019–20