Daler Kuzyayev

Daler Kuzyayev is a Russian- Tatar midfielder who has played for “Zenit” Saint Petersburg since 2017. He grew up in the youth “Zenit” team but had to made his way to the first one through amateur and low-tier Russian clubs and “Akhmat” Grozny. Daler scored his first goal in professional football in his first match for “Zenit” against “SKA-Khabarovsk”.

He could choose National team Tajikistan to represent because his father was born there but he refused the offer in 2017. Kuzyayev decided to play for Russia and made his debut for Russian national team in a friendly against South Korea on 7 October 2017. Daler finished master degree on “State and private enterprises management” in Saint Petersburg State University of Economics/ He is a current PHD student.