Zinetula Bilyaletdinov

Zinetula Bilyaletdinov
Born 13 March 1955 (1955-03-13) (age 56)
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
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.

References

  1. ^ a b (Russian) Great Olympic. Greatest russian coach in 2000th. Encyclopedia, vol.1-2, Moscow:Olympia Press Publisher, 2006, entry on "Билялетдинов", available online

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