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Three more foreigners included in national squad lineup

28 February 2007 15:20 (UTC +04:00)

Head coach of Azerbaijani national football team Shahin Diniyev will take 22 players to the Alma TV Cup in Shymkent, Kazakhstan. Three more foreign players were included in national squad lineup. They are Nigerian Usim Nduka, Brazilian Markos Fereira and Serbian Branimir Subashich, APA-Sport reports.
So, the number of foreign players in the national team has reached nine. 19-year-old team member Rashid Amirguliyev gained a chance to make debut in the team. Sasha Yunisoglu was also picked after his debut in Azerbaijan-Israel match in February 2004.
Goalkeepers: Jahangir Hesenzade (Karabakh), Ferhad Veliyev (Inter). Defenders:Sasha Yunisoglu (MKT-Araz), Usim Nduka (Olympic), Zaur Heshimov (Inter), Samir Abbasov (Karabakh), Ramin Guliyev (Baku) and Ernani Pereira (Karvan).
Midfielders: Rahid Emirguluyev, Jeyhun Sultanov (Khezer-Lenkeran), Aslan Kerimov (Karabakh), Emin Imameliyev, Elmar Bakhshiyev (Inter), Andre Luis Ladaga (Baku), Aleksandr Chertoganov (Neftchi) and Markos Fereira (Karvan).
Forwards: Vugar Nadirov, Ilgar Gurbanov (Khezer-Lenkeran), Leandro Gomesh (Baku), Vagif Javadov, Kenan Kerimov (Karabakh), Branimir Subashich (Neftshi). /APA-Sport/