Basel Mansurovich Abdoulfattakh (; born 6 March 1990) is a

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

former professional

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player. His father is of

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descent and his mother is Russian.

Career

He made his

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debut on 9 April 2011 for

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in a game against

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. On 30 June 2014, Abdoulfattakh signed long-term deal with

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outfit Dynamo St. Petersburg. He retired at the end of 2016 after failing to gain eligibility from

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to play for the

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* * 1990 births Russian people of Syrian descent Footballers from Saint Petersburg Living people Russian men's footballers Russia men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football defenders FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk players FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk players FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg players Al-Jaish SC (Syria) players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Russian Second League players Syrian Premier League players Russian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Syria 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-footy-defender-1990-stub