Vagiz Khidiyatullin

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Vagiz Khidiyatullin
Personal information
Full name Vagiz Nazirovich Khidiyatullin
Date of birth March 3, 1959 (1959-03-03) (age 49)
Place of birth    Perm, Soviet Union
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club retired
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1976–1980
1981–1983
1984–1985
1986–1988
1988–1990
1990–1993
1993–1994
1994
Spartak Moscow
CSKA Moscow
Karpaty Lviv
Spartak Moscow
Toulouse FC
Montauban FC
Labege FC
Dynamo Moscow
118 (14)
35 (2)
9 (0)
57 (8)
58 (1)
? (?)
? (?)
15 (1)   
National team
1978–1990 USSR 58 (6)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Bronze 1980 Moscow Team

Vagiz Nazirovich Khidiyatullin (Russian: Вагиз Назирович Хидиятуллин) (born 3 March 1959 in Perm, Soviet Union) 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 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.

[edit] Honours

  • Champion (2): 1979, 1987
  • Runner-up, silver (1): 1980
  • Runner-up, bronze (1): 1986
  • Champion (1): 1977
  • Runner-up, bronze (1): 1980
  • Runner-up, silver (1): 1988
  • Champion (1): 1977
  • Champion, (1): 1976