Zinetula Khaidarovich "Bill" Bilyaletdinov (, ; born 13 March 1955) is a former

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player of

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descent, who played for the

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. From 1973–1988 Bilyaletdinov played for

HC Dynamo Moscow HC Dynamo Moscow () is a professional ice hockey club based in Moscow, Russia. It is a member of the Tarasov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Dynamo has won the Gagarin Cup twice, in 2011–12 KHL season, 2011–12 and 2012–13 ...

. As a coach, he won the Russian Championship in the 2005–2006 season and the 2007 European Champions Cup, as well as the first-ever

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Gagarin Cup championship as coaching

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. Bilyaletdinov served as an assistant coach for the

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in the 1994 and 1995 seasons, and as an assistant coach for the

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during the 1996–1997 season. In June 2011, Bilyaletdinov was appointed to head coach of the Russian national ice hockey team. As the head coach of the national team, Bilyaletdinov has emphasised defensive discipline. In 2012, Russia won the

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in Helsinki. Russia won all its matches of the tournament in regulation time, the first time any team had done so since the Soviet Union in 1989. After the tournament, star player

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praised Bilyaletdinov's disciplined approach and focus on retaining possession of the puck. He was fired after

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was eliminated in the quarterfinals at the

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Personal life

Bilyaletdinov has a daughter Natalya. His grandson Alexander Romanov is a defenceman for the

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. Father Khaydar Bilyaletdinov was born in

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Mishar village ''Pitsa'' (Пица).

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International

References

External links

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Profile at the website of HC Dynamo Moscow
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