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Vitali Rodionov

Vitali Rodionov

Belarusian footballer

Vital Viktaravich Radzivonaw (Belarusian: Віталь Віктаравіч Радзівонаў; Russian: Виталий Родионов; born 11 December 1983) is a Belarusian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He spent most of his career with BATE Borisov.[1] After retirement, he stayed with BATE as the team's sporting director.[2]

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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Viktaravich and the family name is Rodionov.

Club career

Rodionov began his career in Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk, before being scouted from Torpedo Zhodino. He played 57 games for Torpedo, before being transferred to BATE Borisov in 2005. On 10 January 2009, he was loaned out from BATE Borisov, until summer 2009 to SC Freiburg, who had an option of purchase, but selected not to use it. On 24 May 2012, Rodionov scored twice in the 2–0 win over Minsk and became the top scorer for BATE in the Belarusian Premier League with 57 goals, surpassing Vitali Kutuzov's record of 56 goals that had been set between 1998 and 2001.[3] On 19 September 2012, Rodionov scored the second goal in BATE's 3–1 away victory over LOSC Lille, which was the first Champions League group stage win in the team's history.[4] On 2 October 2012, he also scored in BATE's first group match home win in the Champions League – a 3–1 success against Bayern München.[5] As of July 2016, he has netted 20 goals in European tournaments, the most of any Belarusian player.[6]

International career

Rodionov was a member of the Belarus national team and represented his country in Euro and World Cup qualifiers.[7]

Career statistics

Scores and results list Belarus goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rodionov goal.
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Honours

BATE Borisov

Individual

References

  1. [1]
    "Вызов в национальную сборную". abff.by. Archived from the original on 14 March 2017.
  2. [2]
    Віталь Радзівонаў стаў спартовым дырэктарам БАТЭ // Nasha Niva (in Belarusian)
  3. [3]
    Виталий Родионов — лучший снайпер БАТЭ в чемпионатах страны (in Russian). sportpanorama.by. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  4. [4]
    "Lille vs. BATE match details". soccerway.com. 19 September 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
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    "Patient BATE take Bayern by stealth". UEFA.com. 10 February 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  6. [6]
    Наш счет: 20-й еврокубковый гол Виталия Родионова! (in Russian). BATE Borisov official website. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  7. [7]
    "Vitali Rodionov match log". soccerway.com. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
  8. [8]
    Football PLAYER: Vital Radzivonaw
  9. [9]
    Об игроке: Родионов Виталий (in Russian). BATE Borisov official website. 10 December 2012. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  10. [10]
    Футболист года. Брессан, Родионов, Глеб. Кто за кого? (in Russian). Pressball.by. 10 December 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
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