Viktor Fayzulin

Viktor Fayzulin
	Fayzulin playing for Russia in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Viktor Igorevich Fayzulin
Date of birth	22 April 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Nakhodka, Soviet Union
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004	Okean Nakhodka
2004–2006	SKA-Energia Khabarovsk
2007	Spartak Nalchik
2007–2018	Zenit Saint Petersburg
International career‡
2007–2008	Russia U-21
2011	Russia-2
2012–2014	Russia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 September 2015; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2014

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Viktor Igorevich Fayzulin (Russian: Виктор Игоревич Файзулин; born 22 April 1986) is a former Russian footballer, who played as a midfielder.

Career

Club

A graduate of CYSS based in his hometown Nakhodka, he started his professional career with Okean Nakhodka. Later, he played for SKA-Energiya and Spartak Nalchik. In December 2007, he signed a contract with Zenit until December 2010. In February 2012 he extended his contract till 2016.^[1] In April 2018, it was reported that Fayzulin was nearing a comeback after being sidelined with a knee injury since September 2015.^[2] After his contract with FC Zenit Saint Petersburg expired at the end of the 2017–18 season, he announced his retirement after missing 2.5 years due to injury.^[3]

International

He made his national team debut on 15 August 2012 in a friendly against Ivory Coast. He scored his first goal for the national team in his next game, a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Northern Ireland on 7 September 2012. He scored once again in his next game, another World Cup qualifier against Israel on 11 September 2012.

Career statistics

Club

Fayzulin warming up before a 0–1 away win against Saturn on 2 May 2010

As of 20 September 2015

Club	Div	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
Club	Div	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Okean Nakhodka	D3	2004	9	0	2	0	—		11	0
Okean Nakhodka	Total		9	0	2	0	0	0	11	0
SKA-Energia Khabarovsk	D2	2004	17	6	2	0	—		19	6
		2005	14	1	0	0	—		14	1
		2006	20	1	1	0	—		21	1
	Total		51	8	3	0	0	0	54	8
Spartak Nalchik	D1	2007	28	3	0	0	—		28	3
Spartak Nalchik	Total		28	3	0	0	0	0	28	3
Zenit Saint Petersburg	D1	2008	24	6	1	0	11	1	36	7
		2009	16	0	2	0	4	1	22	1
		2010	14	2	1	0	5	0	20	2
		2011–12	34	4	2	1	10	1	46	6
		2012–13	24	6	4	0	8	1	36	7
		2013–14	26	3	1	0	9	0	36	3
		2014–15	14	0	1	0	8	0	23	0
		2015–16	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
		2016–17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		2017–18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		157	21	12	1	56	4	225	26
Career total			245	32	17	1	56	4	318	37

International goals

Scores and goals list Russia's goal tally first.

№	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	7 September 2012	Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow	Northern Ireland	1–0	2–0	2014 World Cup qualifier
2.	11 September 2012	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan	Israel	4–0	4–0	2014 World Cup qualifier
3.	25 March 2013	Stamford Bridge, London	Brazil	1–0	1–1	Friendly
4.	11 October 2013	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg	Luxembourg	2–0	4–0	2014 World Cup qualifier

Career honours

Zenit St. Petersburg

UEFA Cup: 2008
Russian Premier League: 2010, 2011–12, 2014–15
Russian Cup: 2010

References

^ http://en.rian.ru/sports/20120202/171093995.html
^ Файзулин: в ближайшем будущем вернусь на поле. championat.com/ (in Russian). Championat. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
^ ФАЙЗУЛИН ЗАВЕРШИЛ ИГРОВУЮ КАРЬЕРУ (in Russian). Sport Express. 13 May 2018.

External links

[1] ttp://en.rian.ru/sports/20120202/171093995.html

[2] Файзулин: в ближайшем будущем вернусь на поле. championat.com/ (in Russian). Championat. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.

[retire-3] ФАЙЗУЛИН ЗАВЕРШИЛ ИГРОВУЮ КАРЬЕРУ (in Russian). Sport Express. 13 May 2018.

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