Vagiz Khidiyatullin

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Name Vagiz Khidiyatullin Siblings Elmira Khidiyatullina 1976–1980 Spartak Moscow Playing position Defender		Years Team Height 1.82 m Current team retired Role Footballer

Full name Vagiz Nazirovich Khidiyatullin Date of birth (1959-03-03) 3 March 1959 (age 56) Children Rinat Khidiyatullin, Maxim Khidiyatullin, Valeriy Khidiyatullin Parents Nazir Khidiyatullin, Taliga Khidiyatullina
Place of birth Gubakha, Soviet Union

Vagiz Nazirovich Khidiyatullin (Russian: Вагиз Назирович Хидиятуллин; Tatar: Вагыйзь Назир улы Һидиятуллин) (born 3 March 1959 in Gubakha, Perm Oblast, Russian SFSR) is a former footballer who played as central defender.

He earned 58 caps and scored 6 goals for the USSR national football team, and played for them in the 1980 Summer Olympics, 1988 UEFA European Championship and the 1990 FIFA World Cup (also included in the 1982 FIFA World Cup squad, but did not play). He was the founder and President of Russian Professional Players Trade Union, and is of Tatar origin.

Honours

Soviet Top League (all with Spartak Moscow)

Champion (2): 1979, 1987

Runner-up, silver (1): 1980

Runner-up, bronze (1): 1986

Russian Premier League

Runner-up, silver (1): 1994 with Dynamo Moscow

Russian Cup

Winner (1): 1994 with Dynamo Moscow

1980 Summer Olympics

Runner-up, bronze (1): 1980

Euro 1988

Runner-up, silver (1): 1988

U-20 FIFA World Cup

Champion (1): 1977

U-19 UEFA Championship

Champion, (1): 1976

References

Vagiz Khidiyatullin Wikipedia

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