Daler Kuzyayev


Dalyer Adyamovich Kuzyayev is a Russian professional footballer. He mostly plays as a central midfielder or a right midfielder for Russian club Rubin Kazan.

Club career

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 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.
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. The agreement was for two years. Kuzyayev left Le Havre on 17 June 2025.
On 24 September 2025, Kuzyayev returned to Russia and signed with Rubin Kazan until the end of the 2025–26 season.

International career

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.
He scored his first national team goal on 19 November 2019 in a UEFA [Euro 2020 qualifying Group I|Euro 2020 qualifier] against San Marino.
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. 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.

Personal life

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.

Career statistics

International

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
119 November 2019San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino1–05–0UEFA [Euro 2020 qualifying Group I|UEFA Euro 2020 qualification]
215 November 2020Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey2–32–32020–21 [UEFA Nations League B]
35 September 2024Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam1–03–02024 LPBank Cup

Honours

Zenit Saint Petersburg