Daler Kuzyayev

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Adyamovich and the family name is Kuzyaev.
Daler Kuzyaev
Kuzyayev with Russia in 2024
Personal information
Full name Daler Adyamovich Kuzyaev
Date of birth (1993-01-15) 15 January 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan, Russia
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Le Havre
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)
2017–2023 Zenit Saint Petersburg 130 (16)
2023– Le Havre 41 (3)
International career‡
2017– Russia 51 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 January 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 September 2024

Daler Adyamovich Kuzyayev (Russian: Дале́р Адья́мович Кузя́ев, pronounced [dɐˈlʲer ɐˈdʲjaməvʲɪtɕ kʊˈzʲæ(j)ɪf]; Tatar: Дәлир Адәм улы Хуҗаев; born 15 January 1993) is a Russian professional footballer who plays for the French Ligue 1 club Le Havre and the Russia national team. He mostly plays as a central midfielder or a right midfielder.

Club career

Kuzyayev in action for Zenit in 2017.

He made his debut in the Russian Second Division for Karelia Petrozavodsk on 23 July 2012 in a game against Spartak Kostroma.[2]

He made his debut in the Russian Premier League for Terek Grozny on 15 May 2014 in a game against Rubin Kazan.[3]

On 14 June 2017, he signed a three-year contract with 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 SKA-Khabarovsk seven 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]

On 12 July 2023, at the end of the games for Zenit, Kuzyayev signed a contract with the French Le Havre. The agreement is for two years.[6]

International career

Kuzyayev made his debut for Russia national team on 7 October 2017 in a friendly game against South Korea.[7]

On 11 May 2018, he was included in Russia's extended 2018 FIFA World Cup squad.[8] On 3 June 2018, he was included in the finalized World Cup squad.[9] 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.[10] On 2 June 2021, he was included in the final squad.[11] 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).[12] 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.[13]

Personal life

Ethnically, Kuzyayev is a Tatar.[14]

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.[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 5 January 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Karelia Petrozavodsk 2012–13 Russian Second League 22 0 1 0 – – – 23 0
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 2013–14 Russian First 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 26 5 8 0 – – 1[a] 0 35 5
Total 130 16 16 2 – 35 4 2 1 183 23
Le Havre 2023–24 Ligue 1 29 2 3 1 – – – 32 3
2024–25 Ligue 1 12 1 1 0 – – – 13 1
Total 41 3 4 1 – – – 45 4
Career total 278 19 27 3 0 0 35 4 2 1 342 27
  1. ^ a b Appearance in the Russian Super Cup

International

As of match played 5 September 2024[16]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Russia 2017 4 0
2018 13 0
2019 4 1
2020 8 1
2021 13 0
2022 2 0
2023 5 0
2024 2 1
Total 51 3
Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kuzyayev goal.
List of international goals scored by Daler Kuzyayev[16]
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
3 5 September 2024 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam  Vietnam 1–0 3–0 2024 LPBank Cup

Honours

Zenit Saint Petersburg

References

  1. ^ "2018 FIFA World Cup: List of players" (PDF). FIFA. 17 June 2018. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018.
  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). Zenit Saint Petersburg. 14 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Далер Кузяев продолжит карьеру в "Зените"" (in Russian). Zenit Saint Petersburg. 6 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Кузяев объяснил поиском нового вызова переход во французский клуб". Sportrbc.ru (in Russian). 12 July 2023.
  7. ^ Уверенно победили Корею (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 7 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Расширенный состав для подготовки к Чемпионату мира" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 11 May 2018.
  9. ^ Заявка сборной России на Чемпионат мира FIFA 2018 (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 3 June 2018.
  10. ^ Расширенный состав сборной России для подготовки к ЕВРО [Extended national team line-up for Euro preparations] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 11 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Состав сборной России на ЕВРО-2020" [Russia national team line-up for EURO-2020] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 2 June 2021.
  12. ^ "The Latest: Belgium's Castagne to miss rest of Euro 2020". Associated Press. 12 June 2021.
  13. ^ "Russia v Denmark game report". UEFA. 21 June 2021.
  14. ^ Футболист Далер Кузяев: Я татарин! Мои родители татары! — YouTube
  15. ^ Verth, Manuel (12 October 2017). "Daler Kuzyaev – From Academy Reject to Star in the Making". Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  16. ^ a b Daler Kuzyayev at National-Football-Teams.com
  17. ^ "Zenit is the Russian Premier League champion" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 4 May 2019.
  18. ^ "20 Zenit players became Russian champions for the first time" (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 4 May 2019.
  19. ^ "Zenit crowned 2019/20 RPL champions". Russian Premier League. 5 July 2020.
  20. ^ "Sensational Zenit storm to the title with utterly dominant thrashing". Russian Premier League. 2 May 2021.
  21. ^ ""Зенит" – восьмикратный чемпион Тинькофф РПЛ!" [Zenit is the eight-times winner of Tinkoff RPL] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 30 April 2022.
  22. ^ ""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.
  23. ^ "Late Dzyuba penalty seals Russian Cup for Zenit". Russian Premier League. 25 July 2020.
  24. ^ "Zenit canter to second consecutive Super Cup win over error-strewn Lokomotiv". Russian Premier League. 17 July 2021.
  25. ^ ""Зенит" обыграл "Спартак" в Петербурге и завоевал третий OLIMPBET Суперкубок подряд" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 9 July 2022.
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