Daler Kuzyayev

Daler Adyamovich Kuzyayev (Russian: Далер Адьямович Кузяев, IPA: [dɐˈlʲer ɐˈdʲjaməvʲɪtɕ kʊˈzʲæ(j)ɪf], Tatar: Дәлир Әдһәм улы Хуҗаев; born 15 January 1993) is a Russian football player of Tatar descent. He plays at the central midfielder or right midfielder positions.

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Adyamovich and the family name is Kuzyayev.
Daler Kuzyayev
Kuzyayev with the shirt of FC Zenit Saint Petersburg in 2017
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(s) Midfielder
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)
2017–2020 Zenit Saint Petersburg 64 (8)
National team‡
2017– Russia 21 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2019

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] He appeared as a second-half substitute in every group stage game, before starting both knock-out stage games - the Round of 16 defeat of Spain and the quarterfinal shoot-out loss to Croatia. 7 july 2018

He scored his first national team goal on 19 November 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against San Marino.

Honours
Zenit Saint Petersburg

Career statistics

Club
As of 14 March 2020
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Karelia Petrozavodsk 2012–13 PFL 22010–230
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 2013–14 FNL 15010–160
Terek Grozny 2013–14 Russian Premier League 1000–10
2014–15 21010–220
2015–16 21030–240
2016–17 27010–280
Total 70050–750
Zenit Saint Petersburg 2017–18 Russian Premier League 2661091367
2018–19 18210112304
2019–20 1302040190
Total 578402438511
Career total 164812024319911

International
Statistics accurate as of match played 21 March 2019.[12]
Russia
YearAppsGoals
201740
2018130
201941
Total211

International goals
Scores and results Russia's goal tally first.[12]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.19 November 2019San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino San Marino1–05–0UEFA Euro 2020 qualification

Personal life

His older brother Ruslan Kuzyayev is a footballer, his father Adyam Kuzyayev is a coach and former player. His grandfather Kabir Kuzyayev played in the Soviet First League for FC Pamir Dushanbe in the 1960s.[13]

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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 Корею (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 7 October 2017.
  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. "Zenit is the Russian Premier League champion" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 4 May 2019.
  9. "20 Zenit players became Russian champions for the first time" (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 4 May 2019.
  10. "Zenit crowned 2019/20 RPL champions". Russian Premier League. 5 July 2020.
  11. "Late Dzyuba penalty seals Russian Cup for Zenit". Russian Premier League. 25 July 2020.
  12. Daler Kuzyayev at National-Football-Teams.com
  13. Verth, Manuel (12 October 2017). "Daler Kuzyaev – From Academy Reject to Star in the Making". Retrieved 9 May 2018.


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