It once defended the honor of such teams in Russia as "Salyut", "Metallurg", "Energomash", "Trestar", "Torpedo" (Vladimir), and in 1994-2000 in Azerbaijan "Kapaz", "Kur-Nur", Shamkir " as having acted teams 107 games, 47 goals, winning the national championship, the Cup has emerged, Ganja was the fans' favorite, the relic. In the way called by his relatives, "Yashka".

Yadigar and Imamyar were among the favorite faces of "Kapaz". However, as soon as they finished their careers, they left Azerbaijan and went to the Russian capital. They have been there ever since.

The author of our first goal in the European Cups returned to the past in a 22-minute interview with offsideplus.az, who spoke about the present and the future. 

- You two brothers are in Moscow, Mahmud Gurbanov and Azer Mammadov and several others in Baku. Instead, Rovshan Ahmadov worked as a laborer until yesterday, Fazil Parvarov said he was "unemployed" and rebelled, Faig Jabbarov was lying on the street, Mehman Allahverdiyev was unemployed, and Khalig Mardanov was like him. Why did the fate of Ganja footballers, who were once pointed at in the country, lead to this?

- What can I say, brother. Everyone chooses his own path. May God help everyone. Of course, it is not a good thing that the former players you mentioned are unemployed. I heard about Rovshan. What can be done? Khalig Mardanov was working.

- He used to work, now he is unemployed.

- May God help us all. It will not remain so. Eventually, the situation will improve, and everyone will cling to what they love.

- We understand the former players, you say "everyone chooses their own path". What about Kapaz? Why no one owns such a club?

- It will be, it will definitely be. Everything has its time. "Kapaz" will not and will not always remain like this. There is also a sponsor you will look at, and the situation is good. You just have to be patient.

- When you say "Kapaz", do you remember the past?

- Can those days be forgotten? Those days are in front of my eyes like a live scene. Championships, cups ... I did such tricks in trainings that the children's mouths remained open. Because I had elasticity, I had some movement with the ball. Come on, I couldn't "catch" in the game. It was not taken. Vidadi also said that what you do in training is not taken into account in the game.

- You have 47 goals in the history of Azerbaijani championships. Which team's goal was easier for you to find?

- It is not good to say so. But in the games with "Karabakh" my leg was opened. Even if I didn't score against anyone, I would score against Karabakh (laughs). There were a lot of strong teams then. Neftchi was our main rival. "Garabagh" also fought well, "Shamkir", "Turan".

- And the most important point.

- Which one?

- The author of the first goal of the Azerbaijani team in the European Cups ...

- Yes, don't mention it. It was a really good situation, you see, it is still remembered. Frankly, I didn't know it after scoring. After some time, they said that you made history because of some goal. Once a journalist whose name I forgot - if I'm not mistaken, his name was Emin - called and said that the arm was released on the Internet. I searched and found. Believe me, I didn't sleep until 5 o'clock in the morning, I looked at that goal. It seemed so strange. I look, I look back, and then again (laughs). It is a beautiful date.

- Are there any children who continue your path?

- God forbid, I have a son and a daughter. My biggest dream was for my son to become a footballer. I even put it in football. I believed he would continue on his way. But it was not taken. Because of a problem with the arteries in his leg, he could later develop serious complications. That's why I didn't want to hurt him. He is still engaged in education.

- Thank you for your time and sincere conversation. You will convey our greetings to the Imam.

- I will definitely deliver ... I have to thank you. You remember, you look. God, people like it so much. I'm glad you called. Send my greetings to all your journalist brothers and acquaintances. Hopefully, let's come to Azerbaijan and see you.

HABIB