Daler Kuzyayev

Daler Kuzyayev
Kuzyayev with Russia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Daler Adyamovich Kuzyayev
Date of birth (1993-01-15) 15 January 1993
Place of birth Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
Number 14
Youth career
0000–2004 Gazovik Orenburg
2004–2007 Kolomyagi Saint Petersburg
2007–2012 Zenit Saint Petersburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Karelia Petrozavodsk 22 (0)
2013 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 15 (0)
2014–2017 Terek Grozny 70 (0)
2017– Zenit Saint Petersburg 35 (7)
National team‡
2017– Russia 15 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 October 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 October 2018

Daler Adyamovich Kuzyayev (Russian: Далер Адьямович Кузяев, IPA: [dɐˈlʲer ɐˈdʲjaməvʲɪtɕ kʊˈzʲæ(j)ɪf], Tatar: Cyrillic Дәлир Әдһәм улы Хуҗаев, Latin Dälir Ädhäm ulı Xucaev; born 15 January 1993) is a Russian football player of Tatar and Tajikistani descent who currently plays for FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. He plays at the central midfielder or right midfielder positions.

Club career

Kuzyayev in action for Zenit in 2017.

He made his debut in the Russian Second Division for FC Karelia Petrozavodsk on 23 July 2012 in a game against FC Spartak Kostroma.[2]

He made his debut in the Russian Premier League for FC Terek Grozny on 15 May 2014 in a game against FC Rubin Kazan.[3]

On 14 June 2017, he signed a 3-year contract with FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.[4] On his Zenit debut on 16 July 2017, he scored the first goal of his professional career, opening scoring in a game against FC SKA-Khabarovsk 7 minutes after coming into the game as a half-time substitute.

International career

He made his debut for Russia national football team on 7 October 2017 in a friendly game against South Korea.[5]

On 11 May 2018, he was included in Russia's extended 2018 FIFA World Cup squad.[6] On 3 June 2018, he was included in the finalized World Cup squad.[7] While Tatars have represented Russia in the history, he has also made history by becoming the first ever Tajik to play in the FIFA World Cup.

Career statistics

Club

As of 13 May 2018
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Karelia Petrozavodsk 2012–13 PFL 22010–230
FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 2013–14 FNL 15010–160
FC Terek Grozny 2013–14 Russian Premier League 1000–10
2014–15 21010–220
2015–16 21030–240
2016–17 27010–280
Total 7005000750
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg 2017–18 Russian Premier League 2661091367
Career total 133680911507

International

Statistics accurate as of match played 7 July 2018.[8]
Russia
YearAppsGoals
201740
201870
Total110

Personal life

He is the younger brother of Ruslan Kuzyayev and a son of Adyam Kuzyayev. His grandfather Kabir Kuzyayev played in the Soviet First League for FC Pamir Dushanbe in the 1960s.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "2018 FIFA World Cup: List of players" (PDF). FIFA. 17 June 2018. p. 24.
  2. ↑ "Career Summary". Russian Football Union. 4 November 2012. Archived from the original on 3 September 2013.
  3. ↑ "Match Report". Russian Premier League. 15 May 2014.
  4. ↑ Далер Кузяев возвращается в «Зенит» (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 14 June 2017.
  5. ↑ Уверенно победили Южную Корею (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 7 October 2017. Missing or empty |url= (help)
  6. ↑ "Расширенный состав для подготовки к Чемпионату мира" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 11 May 2018.
  7. ↑ Заявка сборной России на Чемпионат мира FIFA 2018 (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 3 June 2018.
  8. ↑ Daler Kuzyayev at National-Football-Teams.com
  9. ↑ Verth, Manuel (12 October 2017). "Daler Kuzyaev – From Academy Reject to Star in the Making". Retrieved 9 May 2018.
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