Vugar Guloglan oglu Huseynzade has been snapped up as the new manager of club Baku FC after their former manager Bozdar Bandovic.

“I have always wanted to work in football and have played Football Manager since 2002,” Huseynzade told a Swedish newspaper after his appointment.

He has been an advisor at the club since February of this year, and fought off competition from former France striker Jean-Pierre Papin.

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