Zinetula Bilyaletdinov | |
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Born | 13 March 1955 Moscow, Russian SFSR, URS |
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Weight | 189 lb (86 kg; 13 st 7 lb) |
Position | Defence |
Shot | Left |
Played for | HC Dynamo Moscow |
National team | Soviet Union |
Playing career | 1973–1988 |
Olympic medal record | ||
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Men's ice hockey | ||
Silver | 1980 Lake Placid | Team |
Gold | 1984 Sarajevo | Team |
Zinetula "Bill" Khaidarovich Bilyaletdinov (Russian: Зинэтула Хайдарович Билялетдинов, Tatar: Зиннәтулла Хәйдәр улы Билалетдинев) (born 13 March 1955 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union[1]) is a former Russian ice hockey player of Tatar roots, who competed for the USSR. In 1973-1988 he competed for HC Dynamo Moscow.[1] Won the Russian Championship in season 2005-06 and consequtive European Champions Cup-2007, as well as the history's first KHL Gagarin Cup as a head coach for Ak Bars Kazan.
In June 2011, he was appointed to head coach of the Russian national ice hockey team.