Diniyar Bilyaletdinov

Diniyar Bilyaletdinov
Динияр Билялетдинов
Dibiər Bilaletdinev
Personal information
Full name Diniyar Rinatovich Bilyaletdinov
Date of birth 27 February 1985 (1985-02-27) (age 27)
Place of birth Moscow, Soviet Union
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Playing position Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current club Everton
Number 7
Youth career
2002–2004 Lokomotiv Moscow
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2009 Lokomotiv Moscow 150 (31)
2009– Everton 57 (8)
National team
2005– Russia 45 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:41 10 December 2011 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 06:02, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

Diniyar Rinatovich Bilyaletdinov (Tatar: Dibiər Rinat ulı Bilaletdinev, Russian: Динияр Ринатович Билялетдинов, is a Russian footballer of ethnic Tatar descent[2] who plays for English club Everton and the Russia national football team. He usually plays as a winger, but has also been used in defence for the national team. His father Rinat Bilyaletdinov was also a professional footballer and is now a coach.[3]

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Club career

Lokomotiv Moscow

A native of Moscow, Bilyaletdinov began his career in the Lokomotiv Moscow youth teams. After making his debut in 2004, he became a first team regular. In his first season the club won the Russian Premier League and was named the league's Young Player of the Year.[3] He was the Lokomotiv captain for the 2007 season.[4]

Everton

Bilyaletdinov signed a four-year contract with English club Everton in August 2009 for an undisclosed fee – believed to be £8.9 million[5][6] – upon recommendation from national team manager Guus Hiddink, who was at Chelsea at that time.[7] He made his debut for Everton coming on as an 89th-minute substitute in a 2–1 win over Wigan Athletic later in the month.[8] He created the first 3 goals with two assists in his first-ever start for Everton in the inaugural Europa League in a 4–0 win over AEK Athens. Bilyaletdinov scored seven goals in his first season in England, including one against Manchester United that was voted the club's goal of the season.[9]

International career

After Russia failed to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, he and several younger players were recalled to the U21 squad for the 2006 UEFA U21 championship playoffs against Denmark[10] but lost out to the Danes.

Bilyaletdinov played in ten out of twelve UEFA Euro 2008 qualifiers.[3] He scored the equalising goal against Israel, but the team lost in final minutes, 1–2. In the following match against Andorra, he assisted Dmitri Sychev in scoring the winning goal, resulting in the team qualifying for the tournament proper.[11] He was called up to Russia's squad for Euro 2008 and played in all of Russia's run to the tournament's semi-final.[3] For the FIFA 2010 World Cup qualification he was called up for six of the ten matches and scored twice in the play-off first leg against Slovenia, which Russia won 2–1.[12] His two goals were not enough as Russia lost the second leg 1–0 and Slovenia progressed to the World Cup on the away goals rule.

Career statistics

Club

As of 10 December 2011

Club Season League Cup* Europe Other** Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lokomotiv Moscow 2004 25 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 27 5
2005 29 8 1 0 12 1 1 0 43 9
2006 29 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 34 4
2007 28 3 5 2 6 3 0 0 39 8
2008 26 9 1 0 0 0 1 0 28 9
2009 13 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 3
Total 150 31 13 3 20 4 2 0 185 38
Everton 2009–10 23 6 3 0 7 1 0 0 33 7
2010–11 26 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 32 2
2011–12 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Total 57 8 10 0 7 1 0 0 74 9
Career total 207 39 23 3 27 5 2 0 259 47

(* Includes CIS Cup, Russian Cup, FA Cup and League Cup)

(** Includes Russian Super Cup and FA Community Shield)

International

As of 7 June 2011
Russia national team
Year Apps Goals
2005 4 0
2006 7 0
2007 8 1
2008 9 1
2009 4 2
2010 5 1
2011 5 1
Total 42 6

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 2007-11-17 Ramat Gan Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel  Israel 1 – 1 1–2 Euro 2008 Qualification
2 2008-05-23 Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia  Kazakhstan 4 – 0 6–0 Friendly
3 2009-11-14 Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia  Slovenia 1 – 0 2–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
4 2009-11-14 Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia  Slovenia 2 – 0 2–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 2010-03-03 Stadion ETO, Győr, Hungary  Hungary 1 – 1 1–1 Friendly
6 2011-10-11 Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia  Andorra 6 – 0 6–0 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

Honours

Club

Lokomotiv Moscow

Individual

Everton

References

  1. ^ "Premier League Player Profile". Premier League. http://www.premierleague.com/page/PlayerProfile/0,,12306~29790,00.html. Retrieved 9 April 2011. 
  2. ^ "Динияр Билялетдинов: "Семья на первом месте", По материалам газеты "Татарский мир"" (in Russian). 2006. http://nizgar.ru/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1816. Retrieved 18 November 2009. 
  3. ^ a b c d "Diniyar Bilyaletdinov". Everton FC. http://www.evertonfc.com/player-profile/diniyar-bilyaletdinov. Retrieved 25 August 2009. 
  4. ^ Gray, Ashley (26 August 2009). "Ten things you didn't know about Everton new boy Diniyar Bilyaletdinov". London: dailymail.co.uk. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1209146/Ten-things-didnt-know-Everton-new-boy-Diniyar-Bilyaletdinov.html. Retrieved 2 November 2009. 
  5. ^ Hunter, Andy (25 August 2009). "Joleon Lescott passes medical to pave way for £22m move to Manchester City". Guardian (UK). http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/aug/24/joleon-lescott-everton-manchester-city-transfer. Retrieved 25 August 2009. 
  6. ^ "Bilyaletdinov seals Everton move". BBC Sport. 25 August 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/e/everton/8219490.stm. Retrieved 25 August 2009. 
  7. ^ Taylor, Daniel (28 November 2009). "Diniyar Bilyaletdinov picks up rhythm of the Mersey beat". London: The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/nov/28/diniyar-bilyaletdinov-interview. Retrieved 1 May 2010. 
  8. ^ "Everton v Wigan". Everton F.C.. 30 August 2009. http://www.evertonfc.com/match/report/0910/everton-v-wigan.html. Retrieved 2009-09-15. 
  9. ^ "Goal of the Season / 09/10 End Of Season . on the final day of the 2009–10 [9 May 2010 he scored a brilliant goal in Everton's 1–0 win over Portsmouth. Bilyaletdinov scored his first goal of the 2010/11 premierleague season coming on as a sub against West Ham Utd Awards"]. evertonfc.com. 5 May 2010. http://www.evertonfc.com/history/goal-of-the-season. Retrieved 10 May 2010. 
  10. ^ Russia wheel out the big guns
  11. ^ "Statistics". http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/fixturesresults/round=2241/match=83956/report=st.html. 
  12. ^ "Pecnik strike keeps Slovenia alive". fifa.com. 14 November 2009. http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=1133703.html#pecnik+strike+keeps+slovenia+alive. 

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