Nizami Vəli oğlu Sadıqov (Russian: Низами Садыгов) is an Azerbaijani former footballer and manager.^[1]

Sadıqov was born in the Tovuz District and is nicknamed "Jafar" in Azerbaijan, a nickname he received as a child.^[2]

Sadıqov was considered a fan favorite as a footballer.^[3] After retiring as a footballer, he was considered a legend in Tovuz football.^[4] Sadıqov is the Azerbaijan Premier League record holder for not conceding a ball for 1106 consecutive minutes and is also the record holder for goalkeeper with the most goals at twenty-one goals, twelve of which were penalties.^[5] He claims that he scored twenty-four goals instead of twenty-one.^[6] In total, he made 222 Azerbaijan Premier League appearances and scored 8 goals as a goalkeeper and made 26 appearances and scored 13 goals as a field player.^[5]

Sadıqov played for the Azerbaijan national football team, including a 1996 0–10 loss to France which went down in history as the "Tragedy of Auxerre".^[7]

Sadıqov has been appointed manager of Azerbaijani side Turan on several separate occasions and has been accused of match-fixing.^[8] After that, he was appointed youth manager of Turan.^[4]

Sadıqov is the father of Azerbaijani footballer Ilkin Sadıqov.^[9]