Rinat Abdulin

Footballer
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroFootballer
PlacesKazakhstan
isAthlete Football player Association football player
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth14 April 1982, Soviet Union
Age42 years
Star signAries
Stats
Height:186
The details

Biography

Rinat Abdulin (Russian: Ренат Абдулин; born 14 April 1982) is a Kazakh footballer who plays for FC Ordabasy.

Career

Abdulin haw previously played for Kairat Almaty.

International career

He scored his first goal for Kazakhstan on 1 April 2009 in a 5–1 defeat to Belarus in a World Cup qualifying match. In his next appearance, he fouled England striker Emile Heskey to concede a penalty in a 4-0 defeat.

Even so, he created a shock in UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying by scoring the goal to take the lead over the World Cup's eventual third place team Netherlands in the Amsterdam ArenA. Kazakhstan eventually lost 1-3, but it marked for the first time ever a Central Asian side had taken the lead over the world's strongest teams.

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.1 April 2009Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan Belarus1–01–52010 FIFA World Cup qual.
2.10 October 2014Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands Netherlands0–13–1UEFA Euro 2016 qual.
Correct as of 13 January 2017
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