Dmitry Byakov

Not to be confused with Dmitry Bykov.

Dmitriy Byakov
Personal information
Full name Dmitriy Nikolayevich Byakov
Date of birth (1978-04-09) 9 April 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Soviet Union, Kazakh SSR
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 FC Zhetysu
Number 11
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–1999 CSKA Kairat Almaty 41 (5)
2000 FC Kairat Almaty 5 (0)
2001 FC Anzhi Makhachkala 0 (0)
2001–2002 FC Kairat Almaty 45 (14)
2003–2004 FC Aktobe 0 (0)
2005 FC Shakhter 19 (2)
2006 Astana 21 (7)
2007 FC Almaty 19 (2)
2008 Astana 10 (0)
2008 FC Shakhter 6 (1)
2009 FC Zhetysu 0 (0)
International career‡
2000–2008 Kazakhstan 33 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 March 2008
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 September 2008

Dmitriy Nikolayevich Byakov (Russian: Дмитрий Бяков; born 9 April 1978) is a Kazakh football midfielder. He plays for FC Zhetysu. Byakov also plays for the Kazakhstan national football team. His first name is also sometimes translated as Dmitry or Dmitri.

Club career

Dmitriy Byakov's club career started in the year 1998 with the CSKA Kairat Almaty club.

Incident

On 9 April 2003, on his 25th birthday, Dmitriy was stabbed in the heart after a brawl in a nightclub in Almaty.[1] He returned to professional level football after two years of recovery.

International career

Dmitriy first played for the Kazakhstan national football team in 2000. He was Kazakhstan's top scorer in UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying, scoring 5 goals against Azerbaijan, Finland, Belgium, Poland and Portugal, three of which were away goals.[2]

Career statistics

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 23 April 2001 Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan  Macau 5–0 Win 2002 FIFA World Cup qual.
2. 23 April 2001 Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan  Macau 5–0 Win 2002 FIFA World Cup qual.
3. 6 September 2006 Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan  Azerbaijan 1–1 Draw Euro 2008 qualifier
4. 7 March 2007 Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium, Shymkent, Kazakhstan  Kyrgyzstan 2–0 Win Friendly
5. 22 August 2007 Ratina Stadium, Tampere, Finland  Finland 2–1 Loss Euro 2008 qualifier
6. 12 September 2007 Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan  Belgium 2–2 Draw Euro 2008 qualifier
7. 13 October 2007 Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw, Poland  Poland 3–1 Loss Euro 2008 qualifier
8. 17 October 2007 Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan  Portugal 1–2 Loss Euro 2008 qualifier
Correct as of 13 January 2017[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Season 2003 Opening Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Lyakhov.kz
  2. ^ Byakov's phenomenon Sport.gazeta.kz 14 March 2008
  3. ^ Football PLAYER: Dmitriy Byakov