Rahid Jafarov

Striker - Ararat
12 Sep 2026
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Marked for Rahid Jafarov

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The Ararat Post

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match19 Aug 2026

The cup run ends for Ararat

1‑2 against Noah, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Henri Avagyan in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Ararat this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad24 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Henri Avagyan

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Henri Avagyan, and the manager let it.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Taijo Teniste dropped after a run of poor form

The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Bachana Arabuli has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Ararat will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

Market24 Aug 2026

The John Guidetti talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Ararat know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

Back issues
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The Khazar Gazette

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Eddy Mammadov runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 37. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market24 Aug 2026

Khazar say no — this time

The offer from Maccabi Tel Aviv for Agil Ismayilov was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Market24 Aug 2026

Maksim Sadygov asks to leave Khazar

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Khazar

Beka Dartsmelia was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Tamkin Amirguliyev falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad24 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of Agil Ismayilov

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

2 Edition

The Khazar Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market10 Aug 2026

Khazar turn down Paralimni for Rahid Jafarov

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Agil Ismayilov signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Agil Ismayilov commits to Khazar for another 5 years.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Khazar

Eddy Medvedev was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Words at Khazar training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Agil Ismayilov is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Agil Ismayilov asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market10 Aug 2026

Kamran Sadygov is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Khazar has been clear about where Kamran Sadygov stands, which is more than many ever get.

In brief