Ruslan Valeyev

Ruslan Valeyev
Personal information
Full name Ruslan Salavatovych Valeyev
Date of birth (1981-10-31) 31 October 1981
Place of birth Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
Chornomorets
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2000 Borussia Mönchengladbach 0 (0)
2000–2005 De Graafschap 129 (16)
2005–2007 FC Emmen 52 (4)
2007–2009 FC Chornomorets Odessa 0 (0)
2010 FC Shinnik Yaroslavl 9 (0)
National team‡
1999–2001 Ukraine U-19 20 (3)
2001–2002 Ukraine U-21 6 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 July 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 July 2016

Ruslan Valeyev (Ukrainian: Руслан Салаватович Валєєв; born 31 October 1981 in Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, now Ukraine) is a professional Ukrainian football midfielder he is currently retired.

Career

Club

Ruslan Valeyev got his first football training at the youth team of Chornomorets. However in 1998 he moved to Germany to continue his training with the Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach, where he trained alongside his friend Andriy Voronin. From there, in 2000, he moved to play in the Eredivisie, for De Graafschap. Ruslan spent 5 years with the team, amassing 129 caps and scoring 16 goals. In the 2002/03 season he suffered an injury sidelining him for a part of the season, in which time De Graafschap were relegated to the Eerste Divisie. He stayed with the team for the next season, helping the team return to the Eredivisie. The following season was not as good for Ruslan, as he only managed one goal n 18 appearances. The club was again relegated to the Eerste Divisie. Valeyev had offers from a few clubs in the Eredivisie but chose to sign a one-year contract with FC Emmen who were playing in the Eerste Divisie. After a good first season he signed another one-year contract. Valeyev played for Emmen in 54 games and managed to score 4 goals. In July 2007, Ruslan Valeyev moved back to play for his home club Chornomorets, where his younger brother Rinar Valeyev is also a player. Ruslan is yet to play an official game for the senior team, spending most of the season playing for the reserves.

International

Valeyev was capped 20 times for the Ukraine Under-20 team, scoring 3 goals, as well as playing 6 times and scoring one international goal for the Ukraine national under-21 football team. He was a member of the Under-19 team that finished second at the UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship in 2000. He also participated in the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship tournament in Argentina, reaching the Round of 16.

See also

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