Gennadiy Petrovich Bliznyuk ( be, Генадзь Блізьнюк, ''Henadz Bliznyuk'', russian: Геннадий Близнюк; born 30 July 1980) is a Belarusian football coach and former player. A former
forward
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, he played in his native Belarus, in Russia, in Germany and Azerbaijan.
Club career
Bliznyuk began his career at
Energiya Zhlobin in 1996. In 2004, he joined Russian club
Sokol Saratov, and in summer 2005 returned to
Belarus and signed a contract with
BATE Borisov
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. Bliznyuk was a starter for BATE Borisov during their successful
2008–09 UEFA Champions League
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campaign. He scored several important goals in qualifying rounds, helping BATE to qualify to the group stage of the
UEFA Champions League for the first time in their history. Bliznyuk participated in four of BATE's matches in the
group stage. He left BATE on 13 January 2009 and signed a six-month contract with
FSV Frankfurt.
International career
Bliznyuk is a former member of
Belarus national team.
Career statistics
:''Scores and results list Belarus' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bliznyuk goal.''
Honours
Gomel
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Belarusian Premier League
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2003
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Belarusian Cup:
2001–02
BATE Borisov
* Belarusian Premier League:
2006
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2007
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2008
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* Belarusian Cup:
2005–06
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
* Belarusian Cup:
2015–16
Individual
* Belarusian Premier League top scorer: 2003, 2008
References
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1980 births
Living people
People from Svietlahorsk District
Footballers from Gomel Region
Belarusian men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Belarus men's international footballers
Russian Premier League players
2. Bundesliga players
FC Zhlobin players
FC BATE Borisov players
FSV Frankfurt players
FC Gomel players
FC Sokol Saratov players
FC Sibir Novosibirsk players
FC Belshina Bobruisk players
FC Svetlogorsk players
Shuvalan FK players
FC Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino players
FC Isloch Minsk Raion players
FC Energetik-BGU Minsk players
Belarusian expatriate footballers
Belarusian expatriate sportspeople in Russia
Expatriate footballers in Russia
Belarusian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Expatriate footballers in Germany
Belarusian expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan
Expatriate footballers in Azerbaijan