For the first time, an Azerbaijani footballer will play for the Catalan team, Offsideplus.az reports.

The person who got a chance to play for Barcelona is Turan Gasimli, who currently lives in Spain with his parents. Turan's father Jamshid Gasimli spoke about the issue.

Gasimli said that his 10-year-old son has been practicing karate since the age of 5 and at the age of 6 he won the title of national champion in the children's tournament in Azerbaijan. Later, Tural moved with his parents to Malaga, Spain, where he also practiced karate for a short time.

However, later the Azerbaijani child voluntarily enrolled in the children's football school of the club "Malaga" and soon attracted the attention of coaches:

"The reason was that Turan was left-handed, but he was able to hit with his right foot, and both legs were active during the game. Also, Tural's fast run and perfect passes distinguished him from his peers.

Turan's parents say that he was promoted to La Liga Benjamin (Junior) A in the 2018-2019 season and became an important player in the team by wearing the number 7 jersey in the second round of the season.

In the second round, he appears in the starting lineup in all 15 games. Despite playing in the center of the midfield or on the left-wing, 14 goals gain popularity with 17 productive passes.

In addition, he was named the most valuable player of the year at his club. At the beginning of the 2019-2020 season, a charity game is organized in Granada to help women with cancer in Spain, and 100 talented and promising children from all over Spain are invited to this match.

Turan Gasimli is also invited to the match. Children are divided into 4 teams of 25 people and taken to 3 games. Despite being invited from different teams, Turan's team won the final 3-1 with 2 goals and one productive pass.

Among the scouts of Spanish clubs who came to watch the game, of course, are the coaches of Barcelona.

Gasimli also said that his son received a 6-year contract offer from Barcelona. Marco Turan, one of the scouts of Barcelona, ​​called his father and said that they wanted him:

"Currently, my son is coached by the famous football player Isco's teacher Juan Zafra Gutierrez. If all goes well, Turan will go down in history as the first Azerbaijani to play for Barcelona."

(Sputnik.az)