Full name Rinat Abdulin Number 23 Current team Ordabasy | Playing position Place of birth Soviet Union Name Rinat Abdulin | |
Date of birth (1982-04-14) 14 April 1982 (age 33) | ||
Rinat Abdulin (Russian: Ренат Абдулин; born 14 April 1982) is a Kazakh footballer who plays for FC Okzhetpes.
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Career
Abdulin haw previously played for Kairat Almaty.
On 15 June 2017, Abdulin moved from FC Ordabasy to FC Okzhetpes.
International career
He scored his first goal for Kazakhstan on 1 April 2009 in a 5–1 defeat to Belarus in a World Cup qualifying match. In his next appearance, he fouled England striker Emile Heskey to concede a penalty in a 4-0 defeat.
Even so, he created a shock in UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying by scoring the goal to take the lead over the World Cup's eventual third place team Netherlands in the Amsterdam ArenA. Kazakhstan eventually lost 1-3, but it marked for the first time ever a Central Asian side had taken the lead over the world's strongest teams.