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Gallery
Career & Clubs
Club
As of match played 2 December 2025
International
Statistics accurate as of match played 17 June 2022
On 22 May 2019, Qarayev signed a new two-year contract with Qarabağ. Qarayev left Qarabağ on 24 July 2023, with Neftçi announcing his signing to a two-year contract with the option of an additional year the same day. On 19 September 2024, Neftçi announced the departure of Qarayev from the club by mutual agreement. On 30 October 2024, Azerbaijan Premier League club Araz-Naxçıvan signed a contract with Qarayev until the end of the season. On 25 December 2025, Araz announced that they had terminated their contract Qarayev by mutual agreement.
- Club
- Qarabağ FK (2008–2023)
- Club
- Azerbaijan national under-17 football team (2007–2009)
- Club
- Azerbaijan national under-19 football team (2009–2011)
- Club
- Azerbaijan national under-21 football team (2011–2014)
- Club
- Azerbaijan men's national football team (2013–)
- Club
- Neftchi Baku PFC (2023–2024)
- National team
- Azerbaijan
Legacy
Club
Qarabağ FK Azerbaijan Premier League: (9) 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–2023 Azerbaijan Cup: (5) 2008–09, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2021–22
Individual
Azerbaijani Footballer of the Year (2): 2014, 2020
Clubs
- Azerbaijan men's national football team2013current
- Azerbaijan national under-17 football team2007–2009
- Qarabağ FK2008–2023
- Azerbaijan national under-19 football team2009–2011
- Azerbaijan national under-21 football team2011–2014
- Neftchi Baku PFC2023–2024
Played together with
Abbas HüseynovQarabağ FK
Abdellah ZoubirQarabağ FK · 2018
Admir TeliQarabağ FK · 2009–2015
Alakbar MammadovNeftchi Baku PFC · 1948–1953- Alakbar MammadovNeftchi Baku PFC · 1960–1962
- Alakbar MammadovNeftchi Baku PFC · 1963–1965
- Alakbar MammadovNeftchi Baku PFC · 1971–1972
- Aleksandr ProkopenkoNeftchi Baku PFC · 1987–1987
- Allahverdi BaghirovQarabağ FK
Anatoly BanishevskyNeftchi Baku PFC · 1963–1978- Anatoly BanishevskyNeftchi Baku PFC · 1981–1983
Andrei StepanovNeftchi Baku PFC · 2009–2010
Archive
Passport
Identifiers & aliases
Gara Elkhan oghlu Garayev is an Azerbaijani professional footballer who plays as a midfielder, most recently for Azerbaijan Premier League club Araz-Naxçıvan, and Azerbaijan national team. He has been twice selected as the footballer of the year in Azerbaijan in 2014 and 2020.
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