team lost in final minutes, 1–2. In the following match against Andorra, he assisted Dmitri Sychev in scoring the winning goal, resulting in the team qualifying for the tournament proper. He was called up to Russia's squad for Euro 2008 and played in all of Russia's run to the tournament's semi-final. For the FIFA 2010 World Cup qualification he was called up for six of the ten matches and scored twice in the play-off first leg against Slovenia, which Russia won 2–1. His two goals were not enough as Russia lost the second leg 1–0 and Slovenia progressed to the World Cup on the away goals rule. Personal life Bilyaletdinov is an ethnic Tatar. His father Rinat Bilyaletdinov was also a professional footballer and is now a coach. On 11 June 2011, Bilyaletdinov married Maria, a former cheerleader for the basketball club CSKA Moscow. Their first son, Timur, was born on 21 March 2012. It was reported on 28 September 2022, that Diniyar Bilyaletdinov has been drafted into the Russian army following the partial mobilization announcement made by President Putin. Diniyar clarified on the next day that he won't be called up at this time, after his military registration data was brought up-to-date during a visit to the military commissariat. Career statistics Club International Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bilyaletdinov goal. Honours Club Lokomotiv Moscow Russian Premier League: 2004 Russian Cup: 2006–07 Russian Super Cup: 2005 CIS Cup: 2005 International Russia UEFA European Championship bronze medalist: 2008 Individual Everton Goal of the Season: 2009–10 vs. Manchester United References External links EvertonFC.com profile fclm.ru Lokomotiv Moscow Player profile Premier League profile Bilyaletdinov's Instagram account 1985 births Living people FC Lokomotiv Moscow players Everton F.C. players FC Spartak Moscow players FC Anzhi Makhachkala players FC Torpedo Moscow players FC Rubin Kazan players FK Riteriai players Association football midfielders Russia under-21 international footballers Russia international footballers Russian footballers Russian Premier League players Premier League players UEFA Euro 2008 players Russian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in England Russian expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate footballers in Lithuania Footballers from Moscow Tatar people of Russia Tatar sportspeople A Lyga players Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics, and Informatics alumni