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top football (soccer) club in Azerbaijan has named 21-year-old video game player as its new manager (coach). They chose gamer Vugar Huseynzade instead of 1991 European Footballer of Year Jean-Pierre Papin. club is Baku FC, which is currently top of Azerbaijan league. It gave position of manager of its "A" team (the reserves) to locally-born Huseynzade instead of hugely experienced Frenchman Papin. club's decision has shocked football world. All eyes will now be on Huseynzade to see how well he can manage he team. young manager told reporters his ambition is to get his team into Europa League, which is second-biggest tournament in European football.

Mr Huseynzade has short but interesting footballing background. He was born in Baku in 1991 and grew up supporting Baku FC. He went to high school in Sweden and learnt about different kind of soccer. He then studied at Boston University in USA, where he graduated in Business Management. For past ten years he has been addicted to video game Football Manager. Baku FC hired him in February 2012 as advisor. The club really liked his knowledge of game in leading his Football Manager teams to victory. Huseynzade said that managing football teams in simulation games gave him valuable on--job skills and training. He added that he couldn't wait to select his first team and win his first game.