Gennady Bliznyuk

Gennady Petrovich Bliznyuk is a Belarusian football coach and former player. A former forward, he played in his native Belarus, in Russia, in Germany and Azerbaijan.

Club career

Bliznyuk began his career at Energiya Zhlobin in 1996. In 2004, he joined Russian club Sokol Saratov, and in summer 2005 returned to Belarus and signed a contract with BATE Borisov. Bliznyuk was a starter for BATE Borisov during their successful 2008–09 UEFA Champions League campaign. He scored several important goals in the qualifying rounds, helping BATE to qualify to the group stage of the UEFA Champions League for the first time in their history. Bliznyuk participated in four of BATE's matches in the group stage. He left BATE on 13 January 2009 and signed a six-month contract with FSV Frankfurt.

Bliznyuk is a former member of Belarus national team.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	28 April 2004	Dinamo Stadium, Minsk, Belarus		1–0	1–0	Friendly
2	6 June 2009	Neman Stadium, Grodno, Belarus		1–0	5–1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	6 June 2009	Neman Stadium, Grodno, Belarus		5–0	5–1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	10 June 2009	Haradski Stadium, Barysaw, Belarus		2–0	2–2	Friendly

Gomel

BATE Borisov

Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino

Individual