Ruslan Valiullin

{{Short description|Kazakhstani footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Ruslan Valiullin | fullname = Ruslan Damirovich Valiullin | image = | caption = | height = 1.80 m<ref name="SW">{{Soccerway}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1994|9|9}} | birth_place = Oral, Kazakhstan | position = Midfielder | currentclub = Kyzylzhar | clubnumber = 9 | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 2011–2017 | clubs1 = Akzhayik | caps1 = 92 | goals1 = 12 | years2 = 2017–2018 | clubs2 = Aktobe | caps2 = 46 | goals2 = 3 | years3 = 2019–2021 | clubs3 = Tobol | caps3 = 62 | goals3 = 5 | years4 = 2023–2024 | clubs4 = Tobol | caps4 = 14 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2025– | clubs5 = Kyzylzhar | caps5 = 18 | goals5 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2016 | nationalteam1 = Kazakhstan U21 | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2021– | nationalteam2 = Kazakhstan | nationalcaps2 = 4 | nationalgoals2 = 2 | pcupdate = 2 November 2025 | ntupdate = 22:10, 1 September 2021 (UTC) }} '''Ruslan Damirovich Valiullin''' ({{langx|ru|Руслан Дамирович Валиуллин}}; {{langx|tt-Cyrl|Руслан Дамир улы Вәлиуллин}}; born 9 September 1994) is a Kazakhstani footballer who plays as a midfielder for Kyzylzhar and the Kazakhstan national team.<ref>{{WorldFootball.net}}</ref>

==Club career== On 23 August 2023, Tobol announced the return of Valiullin to their squad until the end of the 2023 season following a ban for doping.<ref>{{cite web |title=Руслан вернулся! |url=https://fctobol.kz/2023/08/23/%d1%80%d1%83%d1%81%d0%bb%d0%b0%d0%bd-%d0%b2%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%bd%d1%83%d0%bb%d1%81%d1%8f/ |website=fctobol.kz |publisher=FC Tobol |access-date=29 August 2023 |language=Kazakh |date=23 August 2023}}</ref>

==International career== Valiullin made his international debut for Kazakhstan on 28 March 2021 in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification match against France.<ref name="SW"/>

Following scoring two goals in Kazakhstan's 2-2 draw at home to Ukraine in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier on 1 September 2021, Valiullin was informed that he had failed a drugs test after his club, Tobol, played against MŠK Žilina in the UEFA Europa Conference League on 12 August 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kazakhstan soccer player Valiullin fails UEFA doping test |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/soccer/2021/09/09/kazakhstan-soccer-player-valiullin-fails-uefa-doping-test/49055603/ |website=usatoday.com/ |publisher=USA Today |access-date=13 February 2022 |date=9 September 2021}}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===International=== {{updated|1 September 2021|<ref name="SW"/>}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !colspan=3|Kazakhstan |- !Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |2021||4||2 |- !Total!!4!!2 |}

===International goals=== :''Scores and results list Kazakhstan's goal tally first.''

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%;" ! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. || rowspan=2| 1 September 2021 || rowspan=2|Astana Arena, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan || rowspan=2| {{fb|UKR}} || align=center | '''1'''–1 || align=center rowspan=2| 2–2 || rowspan=2|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |- | 2. || align=center | '''2'''–2 |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{FootballFacts.ru}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Valiullin, Ruslan}} Category:1994 births Category:Sportspeople from Oral, Kazakhstan Category:Living people Category:21st-century Kazakhstani sportsmen Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Kazakhstani men's footballers Category:Kazakhstan men's under-21 international footballers Category:Kazakhstan men's international footballers Category:FC Akzhayik players Category:FC Aktobe players Category:FC Tobol players Category:FC Kyzylzhar players Category:Kazakhstan Premier League players Category:Kazakhstan First Division players