The upcoming year 2024 is known as the Year of the Dragon in the Eastern calendar.
Idman.biz reports that 19 football players born in the years embodied by this giant creature participated in the first half of the season in the Azerbaijan Premier League.
One of these players will be 36 next year, the others will be 24. Vurgun Huseynov is a veteran who will see the year of the dragon for the third time.
Eight Premier League clubs have players born in the year of the dragon. Kapaz, Sabah and Zira have more such players - 4 players each. Only two clubs do not have a "dragon". These are Turan Tovuz and Sabail.
Kapaz - 4
Elmir Taghiyev
Vurgun Huseynov
Shakir Seyidov
Vusal Masimov
Sabah - 4
Jearl Margaritha
Nijat Mehbaliyev
Vincent Til
Kahim Parris
Zira - 4
Filipe Pachhtmann
Rustam Ahmadzade
Tiago Silva
Parviz Azadov
Gabala - 3
Gilad Abramov
Christophe Assimba-Atangana
Rauf Huseynll
Araz-Nakhchivan - 1
Elchin Mustafayev
Neftchi - 1
Egor Bogomolski
Qarabag - 1
Elvin Jafarguliyev
Sumgayit - 1
Kamran Guliyev
Idman.biz