Sergei Sokolov (Azerbaijani footballer)

Sergei Sokolov is a naturalized Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...

i football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

player.

International career

Sokolov was invited by Shahin Diniyev to play for Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan national football team

The Azerbaijan national football team is the national football team of Azerbaijan and is controlled by Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan...

, which Sokolov eared 4 caps in Euro 2008 qualifying

2008 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying

This page describes the qualifying procedure for the UEFA Euro 2008.- Seedings :Qualification coefficients were used to rank the teams according to their results in both UEFA Euro 2004 and FIFA World Cup 2006 qualifying stages. Only the group matches, and not any additional playoffs, counted...

, before tested positive after the match against Belgium, 11 October, 2006.http://www.uefa.com/uefa/keytopics/kind=1/newsid=495939.html

He had been banned from football for 18 months in January 2007.http://www.uefa.com/uefa/keytopics/kind=1/newsid=482827.html

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