Daler Kuzyayev

He mostly plays as a central midfielder or a right midfielder.

Daler Kuzyaev
Далер Кузяев

Kuzyayev with Zenit in 2022
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)
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	25	(2)
International career‡
2017–	Russia	49	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2023

 

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

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

On 14 June 2017, he signed a three-year contract with Zenit Saint Petersburg. 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.

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

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

On 11 May 2018, he was included in Russia's extended 2018 FIFA World Cup squad. On 3 June 2018, he was included in the finalized World Cup squad. 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. On 2 June 2021, he was included in the final squad. 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). 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.

Ethnically, Kuzyayev is a Tatar.

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.

Club

As of match played 14 April 2024