Vagiz Khidiyatullin

Vagiz Khidiyatullin
Personal information
Full name Vagiz Nazirovich Khidiyatullin
Date of birth (1959-03-03) 3 March 1959 (age 65)
Place of birth Gubakha, Soviet Union
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1980 Spartak Moscow 118 (14)
1981–1983 CSKA Moscow 35 (2)
1984–1985 SKA Karpaty Lviv 9 (0)
1986–1988 Spartak Moscow 57 (8)
1988–1990 Toulouse FC 58 (1)
1990–1993 Montauban FCTG ? (?)
1993–1994 Labège FC ? (?)
1994 FC Dynamo Moscow 15 (1)
International career
1978–1990 USSR 58 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Moscow Team

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 Soviet Union national football team,[1] 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.

  1. ^ Arnhold, Matthias (30 July 2015). "Vagiz Nazirovich Khidiyatullin – International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 30 July 2015.