Career
He qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics but was injured during a car accident and could not attend the games. Huseynov qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics by ending up in second place at the 1st AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Representing Azerbaijan he lost to Mario Kindelán of Cuba (23-11) in the quarterfinal.
Huseynov never fully recovered from this injury and retired from boxing after the 2004 Olympics.