Vitali Rodionov


Vital Viktaravich Radzivonaw is a Belarusian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He spent most of his career with BATE Borisov. After retirement, he stayed with BATE as the team's sporting director.

Club career

Rodionov began his career in Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk, before being scouted from Torpedo Zhodino. He played 57 games for Torpedo, before being transferred to BATE Borisov in 2005. On 10 January 2009, he was loaned out from BATE Borisov, until summer 2009 to SC Freiburg, who had an option of purchase, but selected not to use it. On 24 May 2012, Rodionov scored twice in the 2–0 win over Minsk and became the top scorer for BATE in the Belarusian Premier League with 57 goals, surpassing Vitali Kutuzov's record of 56 goals that had been set between 1998 and 2001. On 19 September 2012, Rodionov scored the second goal in BATE's 3–1 away victory over LOSC Lille, which was the first Champions League group stage win in the team's history. On 2 October 2012, he also scored in BATE's first group match home win in the Champions League – a 3–1 success against Bayern München. As of July 2016, he has netted 20 goals in European tournaments, the most of any Belarusian player.

International career

Rodionov was a member of the Belarus national team and represented his country in Euro and World Cup qualifiers.

Career statistics

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
110 September 2008Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella, Andorra2–13–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification
21 April 2009Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan5–15–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification
310 June 2009Haradski Stadium, Barysaw, Belarus1–02–2Friendly
43 March 2010Atatürk Stadium, Antalya, Turkey3–13–1Friendly
512 October 2010Dinamo Stadium, Minsk, Belarus1–02–0UEFA Euro 2012 qualification
617 November 2010Seeb Stadium, Seeb, Oman4–04–0Friendly
725 March 2013Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar1–02–0Friendly
83 June 2013A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia2–02–0Friendly
96 September 2013Dinamo Stadium, Minsk, Belarus2–03–1Friendly
1019 November 2013Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin, Turkey1–11–2Friendly

Honours

BATE Borisov
Individual