Background
Samedov was born in Moscow, Soviet Union, his father is Azerbaijani and his mother is Russian.
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He was a pupil of the Spartak Moscow academy and was considered one of their most talented youngsters and is a splendid dribbler. He was a regular in the first team under Nevio Scala but when Aleksandrs Starkovs came he lost his place in the first team Spartak Moscow then purchased the speedy Vladimir Bystrov, and in the summer of 2005 Samedov left for for €3.4 million.
Having shown great progress under direction of Miodrag Božović, he chose to become part of a bigger club and went to Dynamo Moscow during the 2009-2010 winter transfer period.
On 27 June 2012, Samedov moved to Lokomotiv, where he played earlier. According to the source close to the club, Lokomotiv paid about 8.2 million € for his services.
During his second spell at Lokomotiv, Samedov established himself as starting XI fixture at right wing. The award went to Samedov with 32.3 percent of votes.
In 2003, Samedov first visited Baku to hold discussions on representing the Azerbaijan national football team
He rejected the offer as it would have meant he had to rescind his Russian passport. At international level Samedov has played for the Russia U-21s. He was called up to the Russia national football team in late September 2011 for the first time.
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