Ruslan Gurbanov (; ; born 12 September 1991) is an Azerbaijani former football striker.
Career Club Gurbanov was born in 1991 in Stavropol, Russia at a Lezgi family. He played for Dynamo Stavropol and Rostov during his junior career. In 2008, he started playing for the reserve team of FC Rostov. During the next two seasons, he also played on loan for Russian Professional Football League (third division) teams Krasny Sulin and Taganrog. After being released by Rostov, Qurbanov moved to Azerbaijan where he signed a contract with the most titled local club Neftchi Baku. He played 6 matches in his first professional season and became the champion of Azerbaijan Premier League. Between 2011 and 2013, Qurbanov spent two seasons playing on loan for Sumgayit where he played 53 games and scored 9 goals. After his return to Neftchi, he became the winner of Azerbaijani Cup in 2013–14 season. He had a brief spell at Croatian football club Hajduk Split where he played 5 matches for the senior team, and a match for the reserve team.Omiš - Hajduk II at HNS-CFF.hr Ruslan Qurbanov returned to Neftchi once again in 2015, and became the regular player of the starting squad during the 2015–16 season. He made a total of 30 appearances in the Premier League during the season, in which he scored 13 goals and became the most goal scoring Azeri player of the league.
On 31 August 2016, Qurbanov signed a two-year contract with Gabala FK, leaving Gabala on 31 May 2018.
On 11 June 2018, Qurbanov signed with Sabail FK.
On 16 June 2020, Keşla announced that they had Qurbanov's contract with the club had not been extended and he had left the club.
On 19 July 2020, Gurbanov signed a two-year contract with Zira FK.
International He called up for Azerbaijan at 2015.
Career statistics Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsNeftchi Baku2010–11Azerbaijan Premier League6010--702011–12000000-002012–13000000-002013–141534100001942014–151231130-1642015–1631136520-39182016–17300041-71Total671912791--8827Sumgayit (loan)2011–12Azerbaijan Premier League15210--1622012–1324600--2462013–1414000--140Total53810----548Hajduk Split (loan)2014–15Prva HNL502000-70Gabala2016–17Azerbaijan Premier League2143162-3072017–182425200-304Total4568362--5911Sabail2018–19Azerbaijan Premier League21221--233Keşla2019–20Azerbaijan Premier League16210--172Career total207372611153--24850
International Azerbaijan national teamYearAppsGoals201580201671201741201870Total261 Statistics accurate as of match played 20 November 2018
International goals
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref 1. 4 September 2016 San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifier
Honours Neftchi Baku Azerbaijan Premier League (1): 2010–11 Azerbaijan Cup (1): 2013–14
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