Rufat Asgarov was born on January 29, 1997 in the city of Rostov, Russia. He moved to Azerbaijan with his family in 2004. He studied at the Foreign Languages Gymnasium named after S. Bahlulzade, Garachukhur settlement, Surakhani district, Baku.
In 2015, he entered the faculty of Business and Management of Azerbaijan State University of Economics (UNEC), majoring in “Management”, and graduated in 2020.
He was called for active military service in 2020. He showed great heroism in the heavy battles for Khojavend, Gubadli and Fuzuli, and inflicted heavy blows on the enemy. He was killed in the battles for Shusha on October 25.
He was buried in the Alley of Martyrs in Bina settlement.
After his death, he was awarded the medals “For the Motherland”, “Brave Warrior”, “For the Liberation of Fuzuli”, “For the Liberation of Khojavend”, “For the Liberation of Gubadli”.