Zinetula Bilyaletdinov

Zinetula Khaidarovich "Bill" Bilyaletdinov (Russian: Зинэтула Хайдарович Билялетдинов, Tatar: Зиннәтулла Хәйдәр улы Билалетдинев; born 13 March 1955) is a former Russian ice hockey player of Tatar descent, who played for the USSR.

Zinetula Bilyaletdinov
Bilyaletdinov in 2013
Born	(1955-03-13) 13 March 1955 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	189 lb (86 kg; 13 st 7 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Left
Played for	HC Dynamo Moscow
National team	Soviet Union
Playing career	1973–1988
Medal record Olympic Games 1984 Sarajevo Team 1980 Lake Placid Team

From 1973–1988 Bilyaletdinov played for HC Dynamo Moscow. As a coach, he won the Russian Championship in the 2005–2006 season and the 2007 European Champions Cup, as well as the first-ever KHL Gagarin Cup championship as coaching Ak Bars Kazan.

Bilyaletdinov served as an assistant coach for the Winnipeg Jets in the 1994 and 1995 seasons, and as an assistant coach for the Phoenix Coyotes during the 1996–1997 season.

In June 2011, Bilyaletdinov was appointed to head coach of the Russian national ice hockey team. As the head coach of the national team, Bilyaletdinov has emphasised defensive discipline.

In 2012, Russia won the 2012 IIHF World Championship in Helsinki. Russia won all its matches of the tournament in regulation time, the first time any team had done so since the Soviet Union in 1989. After the tournament, star player Alexander Semin praised Bilyaletdinov's disciplined approach and focus on retaining possession of the puck. He was fired after Russia men's national ice hockey team was eliminated in the quarterfinals at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Personal life

Bilyaletdinov has a daughter Natalya. His grandson Alexander Romanov is a defenceman for the New York Islanders. Father Khaydar Bilyaletdinov was born in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Mishar village Pitsa (Пица).

Career statistics

Regular season

				Regular season
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1973–74	Dynamo Moscow	USSR		22	0	1	1	2
1974–75	Dynamo Moscow	USSR		36	2	1	3	6
1975–76	Dynamo Moscow	USSR		34	1	2	3	13
1976–77	Dynamo Moscow	USSR		33	1	4	5	18
1977–78	Dynamo Moscow	USSR		35	2	3	5	27
1978–79	Dynamo Moscow	USSR		43	6	4	10	55
1979–80	Dynamo Moscow	USSR		43	14	8	22	44
1980–81	Dynamo Moscow	USSR		49	6	5	11	54
1981–82	Dynamo Moscow	USSR		47	6	9	15	28
1982–83	Dynamo Moscow	USSR		42	1	8	9	20
1983–84	Dynamo Moscow	USSR		42	2	6	8	36
1984–85	Dynamo Moscow	USSR		36	4	8	12	24
1985–86	Dynamo Moscow	USSR		40	11	14	25	38
1986–87	Dynamo Moscow	USSR		40	6	5	11	12
1987–88	Dynamo Moscow	USSR		46	1	10	11	20
1989–90	Dynamo Moscow II	USSR III		20	0	2	2	26
1990–91	Dynamo Moscow II	USSR III		21	1	3	4	4
USSR totals				588	63	88	151	397

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1974	Soviet Union	EJC		5	0	0	0	4
1974	Soviet Union	WJC		5	1	0	1	5
1975	Soviet Union	WJC		—	2	0	2	—
1976	Soviet Union	CC		5	0	1	1	4
1978	Soviet Union	WC		10	0	0	0	17
1979	Soviet Union	WC		8	3	4	7	2
1980	Soviet Union	OG		7	1	3	4	24
1981	Soviet Union	WC		8	1	2	3	2
1981	Soviet Union	CC		7	0	0	0	2
1982	Soviet Union	WC		9	2	1	3	14
1983	Soviet Union	WC		7	0	3	3	10
1984	Soviet Union	OG		7	1	1	2	0
1984	Soviet Union	CC		6	0	0	0	12
1985	Soviet Union	WC		10	0	0	0	14
1986	Soviet Union	WC		8	0	1	1	14
1987	Soviet Union	WC		3	0	2	2	4
Senior totals				95	8	18	26	119

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
• (in Russian) Profile at the website of HC Dynamo Moscow Archived 6 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine