Dalyer Adyamovich Kuzyayev (, ; ; born 15 January 1993) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder or a right midfielder for Dynamo Makhachkala.
Club career
He made his debut in the Russian Second Division for Karelia Petrozavodsk on 23 July 2012 in a game against Spartak Kostroma.
He made his debut in the Russian Premier League for Terek Grozny on 15 May 2014 in a game against Rubin Kazan.
On 14 June 2017, he signed a three-year contract with 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 SKA-Khabarovsk seven 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 and wanted to play abroad. 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.
On 12 July 2023, at the end of the games for Zenit, Kuzyayev signed a contract with the French Le Havre. The agreement was for two years. Kuzyayev left Le Havre on 17 June 2025.
On 24 September 2025, Kuzyayev returned to Russia and signed with Rubin Kazan until the end of the 2025–26 season. He left Rubin as his contract expired in June 2026.
On 25 September 2026, Kuzyayev signed with Dynamo Makhachkala for the 2026–27 season.
International career Kuzyayev made his debut for Russia national 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. On 2 June 2021, he was included in the final squad. He started Russia's opening game against Belgium on 12 June 2021, but had to be substituted after colliding head-to-head with Timothy Castagne after 25 minutes of play (Castagne suffered double eye socket fracture in the collision and left the Euro 2020 due to that). He recovered for the second game against Finland on 16 June and played a full game in 1–0 victory. He started again on 21 June in the last group game against Denmark as Russia lost 1–4 and was eliminated, as Kuzyayev was substituted halfway through the second half.
Personal life Ethnically, Kuzyayev is a Tatar.Футболист Далер Кузяев: Я татарин! Мои родители татары! — YouTube
His older brother Ruslan is also a footballer, and his father Adyam is a coach and former player. His grandfather Kabir Kuzyayev played in the Soviet First League for Pamir Dushanbe in the 1960s.
Career statistics Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsKarelia Petrozavodsk2012–13Russian Second League22010––230Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk2013–14Russian First League15010––160Terek Grozny2013–14Russian Premier League1000––102014–15Russian Premier League21010––2202015–16Russian Premier League21030––2402016–17Russian Premier League27010––280Total70050––750Zenit Saint Petersburg2017–18Russian Premier League2661091–3672018–19Russian Premier League18210112–3042019–20Russian Premier League2004140–2812020–21Russian Premier League1831160–2542021–22Russian Premier League2201051112922022–23Russian Premier League26580–10355Total130161623542118323Le Havre2023–24Ligue 130231––3332024–25Ligue 112110––131Total42341––464Rubin Kazan2025–26Russian Premier League16030––190Dynamo Makhachkala2026–27Russian Premier League0000––00Career total295193033542136227
International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsRussia20174020181302019412020812021130202220202350202421Total513
Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kuzyayev goal.
+ List of international goals scored by Daler KuzyayevNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 19 November 2019 San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino 1–0 5–0 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification2 15 November 2020 Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey 2–3 2–3 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B3 5 September 2024 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam 1–0 3–0 2024 LPBank Cup
Honours Zenit Saint Petersburg Russian Premier League: 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23 Russian Cup: 2019–20 Russian Super Cup: 2021, 2022
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