Ilshat Galimzyanovich Fayzulin (russian: Ильшат Галимзянович Файзулин; tt-Cyrl, Илшат Галимҗан улы Фәйзуллин; born 5 March 1973) is a Russian

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coach and a former player of

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ethnic origin. A

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, his career was majorly spent in equal periods of time in Russia and

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Club career

Born in

Osinniki Osinniki (russian: Оси́нники; cjs, Тағдағаал, ''Taƣdaƣaal''), known until 1938 as Osinovka (russian: Оси́новка), is a town in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcont ...

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, Fayzulin started playing professionally with

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, where his performances garnered the attention of Spain's

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(later, during one season, he would team up with compatriot

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at the

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side). Subsequently, he was a relatively important offensive element at

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, helping the club achieve a first-ever top flight promotion in 1998. After two unassuming spells in

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, Fayzulin finished 1999–2000 in

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with

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, then returned to Spain and its

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with

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, not being able to prevent the

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team's eventual relegation. Fayzulin then returned to his country, playing with four modest sides, and retired in Spain in 2007 after three years in the lower leagues.

International career

Fayzulin played one game for

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, featuring 26 minutes in a 1–3

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loss against

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on 28 July 1993.

Managerial career

On 11 August 2018, Fayzulin was appointed caretaker manager of Banants. On 24 November 2019, Fayzulin resigned as manager of Urartu.

Honours

Club

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: 1991

Individual

*Top 33 players year-end list: 1992, 1993

References

External links

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