| Elman Tagaýew | |
| Full Name: | Elman Şamsidinowiç Tagaýew |
| Birth Date: | 2 June 1989 |
| Birth Place: | Kyzyl-Arvat, Turkmen SSR, Soviet Union |
| Currentclub: | FC Ahal |
| Clubnumber: | 7 |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Years1: | –2012 |
| Clubs1: | Aşgabat |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2012–2013 |
| Clubs2: | AZAL |
| Caps2: | 8 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2013–2014 |
| Clubs3: | Aşgabat |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2014–2016 |
| Clubs4: | Altyn Asyr |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2016 |
| Clubs5: | Andijon |
| Caps5: | 12 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2017 |
| Clubs6: | Altyn Asyr |
| Caps6: | 22 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs7: | Sabail |
| Caps7: | 25 |
| Goals7: | 2 |
| Years8: | 2019 |
| Clubs8: | Navbahor |
| Caps8: | 3 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 2019– |
| Clubs9: | FC Ahal |
| Caps9: | 20 |
| Goals9: | 14 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2012– |
| Nationalteam1: | Turkmenistan |
| Nationalcaps1: | 17 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Ntupdate: | 21 November 2023 |
| Pcupdate: | 9 June 2021 |
Elman Tagaýew (born June 2, 1989 in Kyzyl-Arvat[1]) is a Turkmen professional football midfielder of Azerbaijani descent, who last played for FC Ahal.
Tagaýew was born in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan to an Azerbaijani family. He began playing football at eight years old. In 2014, he married his wife Arina. In 2015, they had two twin sons named Alan and Ali.[2]
Tagaýew started his career at Aşgabat before going on trial with Khazar Lankaran in early 2012. During his trial with Khazar Lankaran he appeared as a substitute, and scored, against Turkmenistan.[3] Khazar declined to sign Tagaýew due to the players attitude during a game.[4] Tagaýew went on to sign for AZAL in the summer of 2012, but only made 8 appearances before leaving in March 2013.[5]
In June 2017, Tagayev signed a one-year contract with newly-promoted Azerbaijan Premier League team Səbail FK.[6] Tagayev was released by Sabail FK at the end of the 2017–18 season.[7]
Elman Tagaýew played for the Turkmenistan national under-23 football team at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou.
Tagaýew's first international goal came against Nepal in the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup group stage. As part of the national team of Turkmenistan, he became the finalist of the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup.
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| AZAL[9] | 2012–13 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 0 | |||
| Aşgabat | 2013 | Ýokary Liga | – | – | |||||||||
| 2014 | – | – | |||||||||||
| Total | - | - | - | - | |||||||||
| Altyn Asyr | 2014 | Ýokary Liga | – | – | |||||||||
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | – | ||||||||||
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
| Total | 3 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 0 | |||||||
| Andijon | 2016 | Uzbek League | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 0 | |||
| Altyn Asyr | 2017 | Ýokary Liga | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Səbail | 2017–18 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 25 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 9 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 45 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | - | 51 | 3 | |||
| Turkmenistan national team | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals | |
| 2012 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 0 | |
Turkmenistan
Individual
2021 (10 goals)