Playing position Years Team Role Football player Weight 73 kg | Number 11 Name Dmitriy Byakov Height 1.76 m Position Midfielder | |
Full name Dmitriy Nikolayevich Byakov Date of birth (1978-04-09) 9 April 1978 (age 37) Place of birth Soviet Union, Kazakh SSR | ||
Dmitriy Nikolayevich Byakov (Russian: Дмитрий Бяков) (born 9 April 1978) is a Kazakh football midfielder. He plays for FC Zhetysu. Byakov also plays for the Kazakhstan national football team. His first name is also sometimes translated as Dmitry or Dmitri.
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Club career
Dmitriy Byakov's club career started in the year 1998 in the club CSKA Kairat Almaty.
Incident
On 9 April 2003, on his 25th birthday, Dmitriy was stabbed in the heart after a brawl in a night club in Almaty. After two years of recovery he returned to professional level.
International career
Dmitriy first played for the Kazakhstan national football team in 2000. He was Kazakhstan's top scorer in UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying, scoring 5 goals against Azerbaijan, Finland, Belgium, Poland and Portugal, three of which were away goals.