Zinetula Bilyaletdinov
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Zinetula "Bill" Khaidarovich Bilyaletdinov (born 13 March 1955 in Moscow
, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
) is a former Russia
n ice hockey
player of Tatar roots, who competed for the USSR. In 1973-1988 he competed for HC Dynamo Moscow
. Won the Russian Championship in season 2005-06 and consequtive European Champions Cup
-2007, as well as the history's first KHL Gagarin Cup as a head coach for Ak Bars Kazan.
In June
2011, he was appointed to head coach of the Russian national ice hockey team.
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
) is a former Russia
Russia
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n ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player of Tatar roots, who competed for the USSR. In 1973-1988 he competed for HC Dynamo Moscow
HC Dynamo Moscow
HC Dynamo Moscow was a Russian professional ice hockey club based in Moscow. They were members of the Bobrov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League...
. Won the Russian Championship in season 2005-06 and consequtive European Champions Cup
IIHF European Champions Cup
The IIHF European Champions Cup was an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation , which took place during a long weekend in early January. The winner was considered the official club champion of Europe by the IIHF...
-2007, as well as the history's first KHL Gagarin Cup as a head coach for Ak Bars Kazan.
In June
June
June is the sixth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of the four months with a length of 30 days. Ovid provides two etymologies for June's name in his poem concerning the months entitled the Fasti...
2011, he was appointed to head coach of the Russian national ice hockey team.