Alakbar Mammadov

Infobox Football biography
playername= Alekper Mamedov
fullname = Alekper Amirovich Mamedov


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nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date|1930|05|09
cityofbirth = Baku, Azerbaijan SSR
countryofbirth = USSR
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
position = Striker (retired)
youthyears = 0
youthclubs = Spartak Baku
years = 1948–1953
1954–1959
1960–1962
clubs = Neftyanik Baku
Dynamo Moscow
Neftyanik Baku
caps(goals) = 132 (47)
097 (45)
025 (4)
nationalyears = 1958–1959
nationalteam = USSR
nationalcaps(goals) = 4 (0)
manageryears=1963–1965, 1971–1972
1992–1993
managerclubs=Neftchi Baku PFC
Azerbaijan
pcupdate = July 3, 2008
ntupdate = July 3, 2008

Alekper Mamedov ( _az. Ələkbər Məmmədov; _ru. Алекпер Мамедов; born 9 May 1930) is a Soviet and Azerbaijani footballer most known as a striker for FC Dynamo Moscow in the 1950's and later as the first manager of the independent Azerbaijan national football team. He has been classified as a Master of Sport of the USSR as a four-time champion player in the Soviet Top League and a member of the Soviet national team. Mamedov also played for and managed his hometown club PFC Neftchi Baku for a total of 12 years.cite web
last = Sharif
first = Azad
title = Алекпер МАМЕДОВ "(Alekper Mamedov)"
publisher = RussianTeam.ru
language = Russian
date =
url = http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/players/mamedov_alekp.html
accessdate = 2008-07-03 ]

Mamedov is well-known for scoring the winning goal for Dynamo to clinch the Soviet Top League title for the club in the 87th minute of their 1957 championship match against Spartak Moscow; 50 years later, Mamedov's strike was commemorated when he was awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky (first degree) at Dynamo's Petrovsky Park.cite web
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title = Алекпер Мамедов: Получать награду при тысяче зрителей было удовольствием "(Alekper Mamedov: Gets Nevsky Award, Pleases 100,000 Spectators)"
publisher = BakuPages
language = Russian
date = 2007-10-04
url = http://www.baku.ru/blg-list.php?id=40583&cmm_id=563
accessdate = 2008-07-03 ] In addition to the 45 goals he scored as a member of Dynamo in league play, Mamedov also scored 11 times in international club play, including equalizers against A.C. Milan in front of 100,000 spectators at San Siro in 1955 and against the Brazilian side Vasco da Gama during their 1956 friendly in Moscow in front of 90,000 fans.

Between 1972 and 1990, Mamedov was the President of the staff that organized the "Leather Ball" All-Soviet Youth Football Tournament "(Всероссийский турнир юных футболистов «Кожаный мяч»)", which now is associated with the Danone Nations Cup. Mamedov wrote a memoir titled "Secrets of the Football Profession" in 1991.cite book
last = Mamedov
first = Alekper
coauthors =
title = Secrets of the Football Profession
publisher = Ganjlik
location = Baku
date = 1991
pages = 237 pp.
url = http://www.biblus.ru/Default.aspx?book=7b15l3v4e6
isbn = ]

In 1992, Mamedov became the first head coach of the Azeribaijani national football team, compiling a 3-1 record as coach that includes the first ever national team victory, over Georgia, on May 25, 1993.cite web
last = Ibragimov
first = Erkin
title = History >> 1992
publisher = AzeriFootball.com
date =
url = http://www.azerifootball.com/contents/default.aspx?lg=2&idpt=1992
accessdate = 2008-07-03 ] cite web
last = Ibragimov
first = Erkin
title = History >> 1993
publisher = AzeriFootball.com
date =
url = http://www.azerifootball.com/contents/default.aspx?lg=2&idpt=1993
accessdate = 2008-07-03 ] For his contributions to Azerbaijani football, a football tournament was established in 2008 in Mamedov's honor, which was played in Baku.cite web
last =
first =
title = НА ФУТБОЛЬНОМ ТУРНИРЕ В ЧЕСТЬ АЛЕКПЕРА МАМЕДОВА БОРЬБУ ВЕДУТ ВОСЕМЬ КОМАНД "(Eight Sides Contest Mamedov's Tournament in Baku)"
publisher = CONTACT Online News
language = Russian
date = 2008-01-29
url = http://www.contact.com.az/index.php?type=news&lang=en&news_id=3962
accessdate = 2008-07-03 ] cite web
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first =
title = Tournament of memory of Alekber Mamedov will take place
publisher = Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan
date = 2008-01-26
url = http://www.affa.az/index.php?r=1&id=1302&lang=en
accessdate = 2008-07-03 ]

References

External links

* [http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=ln&lang=en&id=162549673503265 Player stats on KLISF]
* [http://kitab.odlar-yurdu.ru/publ/43-1-0-731 Great Azerbaijani Athletes: Alekper Mamedov] ru icon
* [http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/news/2007_10_06_06.html RussianTeam.ru: We Must Draw on the Exterpience of the Veterans] ru icon