Daler Kuzyayev
Daler Adyamovich Kuzyayev (Russian: Далер Адьямович Кузяев, pronounced [dɐˈlʲer ɐˈdʲjaməvʲɪtɕ kʊˈzʲæ(j)ɪf]; Tatar: Дәлир Адәм улы Хуҗаев; born 15 January 1993) is a Russian professional footballer who plays for Zenit Saint Petersburg and the Russian national team. He mostly plays as a central midfielder or a right midfielder.
| Kuzyayev with Zenit in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daler Adyamovich Kuzyayev | ||
| Date of birth | 15 January 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan, Russia | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Zenit Saint Petersburg | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2004 | Gazovik Orenburg | ||
| 2004–2007 | Kolomyagi Saint Petersburg | ||
| 2007–2012 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2013 | Karelia Petrozavodsk | 22 | (0) |
| 2013-2014 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 15 | (0) |
| 2014–2017 | Terek Grozny | 70 | (0) |
| 2017– | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 127 | (16) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017– | Russia | 46 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 May 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2023 | |||
Club career
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.[citation needed]
His contract expired at the end of the 2019–20 season and he became a free agent and wanted to play abroad. After missing the 2020 Russian Super Cup and the first 10 games of the 2020–21 Russian Premier League, on 6 October 2020 he returned to Zenit and signed a new three-year contract.[5]
International career
He made his debut for Russia national football team on 7 October 2017 in a friendly game against South Korea.[6]
On 11 May 2018, he was included in Russia's extended 2018 FIFA World Cup squad.[7] On 3 June 2018, he was included in the finalized World Cup squad.[8] 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.[citation needed]
He scored his first national team goal on 19 November 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against San Marino.[citation needed]
On 11 May 2021, he was included in the preliminary extended 30-man squad for UEFA Euro 2020.[9] On 2 June 2021, he was included in the final squad.[10] He started Russia's opening game against Belgium on 12 June 2021, but had to be substituted after colliding head-to-head with Timothy Castagne after 25 minutes of play (Castagne suffered double eye socket fracture in the collision and left the Euro 2020 due to that).[11] He recovered for the second game against Finland on 16 June and played a full game in 1–0 victory. He started again on 21 June in the last group game against Denmark as Russia lost 1–4 and was eliminated, as Kuzyayev was substituted halfway through the second half.[12]
Personal life
Ethnically, Kuzyayev is a Tatar.[13]
His older brother Ruslan is also a footballer, and his father Adyam is a coach and former player. His grandfather Kabir Kuzyayev played in the Soviet First League for Pamir Dushanbe in the 1960s.[14]
Honours
- Zenit Saint Petersburg
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 7 May 2023
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Karelia Petrozavodsk | 2012–13 | Professional Football League | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 23 | 0 | |||
| Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 2013–14 | Football National League | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 16 | 0 | |||
| Terek Grozny | 2013–14 | Russian Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | Russian Premier League | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 22 | 0 | ||||
| 2015–16 | Russian Premier League | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 24 | 0 | ||||
| 2016–17 | Russian Premier League | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 28 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 70 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | 75 | 0 | |||||
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2017–18 | Russian Premier League | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | – | 9 | 1 | – | 36 | 7 | ||
| 2018–19 | Russian Premier League | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 11 | 2 | – | 30 | 4 | |||
| 2019–20 | Russian Premier League | 20 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | 4 | 0 | – | 28 | 1 | |||
| 2020–21 | Russian Premier League | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | 6 | 0 | – | 25 | 4 | |||
| 2021–22 | Russian Premier League | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 5 | 1 | 1[a] | 1 | 29 | 2 | ||
| 2022–23 | Russian Premier League | 22 | 5 | 8 | 0 | – | – | 1[a] | 0 | 31 | 5 | |||
| Total | 126 | 16 | 16 | 2 | – | 35 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 179 | 23 | |||
| Career total | 233 | 16 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 293 | 23 | ||
- ^ a b Appearance in the Russian Super Cup
International
- Statistics accurate as of match played 26 March 2023.[24]
| Russia | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals | |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 13 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 13 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 46 | 2 | |
International goals
- Scores and results Russia's goal tally first.[24]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 19 November 2019 | San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino | San Marino | 1–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualification |
| 2. | 15 November 2020 | Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey | Turkey | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B |
References
- ^ (PDF). FIFA. 17 June 2018. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018.
- ^ . Russian Football Union. 4 November 2012. Archived from the original on 3 September 2013.
- ^ "Match Report". Russian Premier League. 15 May 2014.
- ^ Далер Кузяев возвращается в «Зенит» (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 14 June 2017.
- ^ "Далер Кузяев продолжит карьеру в "Зените"" (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 6 October 2020.
- ^ Уверенно победили Корею (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 7 October 2017.
- ^ "Расширенный состав для подготовки к Чемпионату мира" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 11 May 2018.
- ^ Заявка сборной России на Чемпионат мира FIFA 2018 (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 3 June 2018.
- ^ Расширенный состав сборной России для подготовки к ЕВРО [Extended national team line-up for Euro preparations] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 11 May 2021.
- ^ "Состав сборной России на ЕВРО-2020" [Russia national team line-up for EURO-2020] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 2 June 2021.
- ^ "The Latest: Belgium's Castagne to miss rest of Euro 2020". Associated Press. 12 June 2021.
- ^ "Russia v Denmark game report". UEFA. 21 June 2021.
- ^ Футболист Далер Кузяев: Я татарин! Мои родители татары! — YouTube
- ^ Verth, Manuel (12 October 2017). "Daler Kuzyaev – From Academy Reject to Star in the Making". Retrieved 9 May 2018.
- ^ "Zenit is the Russian Premier League champion" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 4 May 2019.
- ^ "20 Zenit players became Russian champions for the first time" (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 4 May 2019.
- ^ "Zenit crowned 2019/20 RPL champions". Russian Premier League. 5 July 2020.
- ^ "Sensational Zenit storm to the title with utterly dominant thrashing". Russian Premier League. 2 May 2021.
- ^ ""Зенит" – восьмикратный чемпион Тинькофф РПЛ!" [Zenit is the eight-times winner of Tinkoff RPL] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 30 April 2022.
- ^ ""Зенит" обеспечил 5-е чемпионство подряд благодаря победе над "Спартаком"" [Zenit secured 5th title in a row thanks to a win over Spartak]. Russian Premier League. 7 May 2023.
- ^ "Late Dzyuba penalty seals Russian Cup for Zenit". Russian Premier League. 25 July 2020.
- ^ "Zenit canter to second consecutive Super Cup win over error-strewn Lokomotiv". Russian Premier League. 17 July 2021.
- ^ ""Зенит" обыграл "Спартак" в Петербурге и завоевал третий OLIMPBET Суперкубок подряд" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 9 July 2022.
- ^ a b Daler Kuzyayev at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
- Daler Kuzyayev at Sportbox.ru (in Russian)