Vitali Rodionov

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 in BATE as the team's sporting director.[2]

Vitali Rodionov
Rodionov in 2012
Personal information
Full name Vital Viktaravich Radzivonaw
Date of birth (1983-12-11) 11 December 1983
Place of birth Vitebsk, Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
0000–2001 Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2002 Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk 49 (6)
2003–2005 Torpedo Zhodino 57 (21)
2006–2017 BATE Borisov 272 (120)
2009 → SC Freiburg (loan) 12 (4)
International career
2002–2005 Belarus U21 10 (2)
2007–2017 Belarus 48 (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, 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.
List of international goals scored by Vitali Rodionov[8]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
110 September 2008Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella, Andorra Andorra2–13–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification
21 April 2009Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan Kazakhstan5–15–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification
310 June 2009Haradski Stadium, Barysaw, Belarus Moldova1–02–2Friendly
43 March 2010Atatürk Stadium, Antalya, Turkey Armenia3–13–1Friendly
512 October 2010Dinamo Stadium, Minsk, Belarus Albania1–02–0UEFA Euro 2012 qualification
617 November 2010Seeb Stadium, Seeb, Oman Oman4–04–0Friendly
725 March 2013Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar Canada1–02–0Friendly
83 June 2013A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia Estonia2–02–0Friendly
96 September 2013Dinamo Stadium, Minsk, Belarus Kyrgyzstan2–03–1Friendly
1019 November 2013Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin, Turkey Turkey1–11–2Friendly

Honours

BATE Borisov

Individual

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