He was born on August 18, 1970 in the city of Sumgayit.

Arif Asadov played 291 games and scored 5 goals for Neftchi during his football career in 1987-1997 and 2000-2002.

The defender, who won the title of world (1987) and European (1988) champion in the USSR junior national team, played 43 games for the Azerbaijani national team in 1993-2002.

He won the Azerbaijani championship (1992, 1996, 1997), the national cup (1995, 1996) and the Super Cup (1993) with Neftchi.

Arif Asadov, who was the head coach of Neftchi (2010-2011, 2014-2015) and the Azerbaijan U-19 national team (2007, 2012-2014), replaced Neftchi in 2009 and was the main coach in 2011. lived the national championship with his team.