Daler Adyamovich Kuzyayev (born 15 January 1993) is a Russian football player of Tatar descent. He plays as a midfielder for Zenit Saint Petersburg.
He made his debut in the Russian Second Division for FC Karelia Petrozavodsk on 23 July 2012 in a game against FC Spartak Kostroma.
He made his debut in the Russian Premier League for FC Terek Grozny on 15 May 2014 in a game against FC Rubin Kazan.
On 14 June 2017, he signed a 3-year contract with FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. On his Zenit debut on 16 July 2017, he scored the first goal of his professional career, opening scoring in a game against FC SKA-Khabarovsk 7 minutes after coming into the game as a half-time substitute.
His contract expired at the end of the 2019–20 season and he became a free agent. After missing the 2020 Russian Super Cup and the first 10 games of the 2020–21 Russian Premier League, on 6 October 2020 he returned to Zenit and signed a new three-year contract.
He made his debut for Russia national football team on 7 October 2017 in a friendly game against South Korea.
On 11 May 2018, he was included in Russia's extended 2018 FIFA World Cup squad. On 3 June 2018, he was included in the finalized World Cup squad. He appeared as a second-half substitute in every group stage game, before starting both knock-out stage games - the Round of 16 defeat of Spain and the quarterfinal shoot-out loss to Croatia.
He scored his first national team goal on 19 November 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against San Marino.
On 11 May 2021, he was included in the preliminary extended 30-man squad for UEFA Euro 2020. |
