Zinetula Bilyaletdinov

Zinetula Bilyaletdinov played his entire career from 1973-88 with one club – Dynamo Moskva. Although he never won a Soviet title with them, he was seven times a runner-up (1977-80, 1985-87) and won bronze six times (1974-75, 1981-83, 1988). Internationally besides his two Olympic medals, Bilyaletdinov was World champion six times (1978-79, 1981-83, 1986) and European champion seven times (1979, 1981-83, 1985-87), also winning a silver (1987) and bronze (1985) at the World Championships and a silver (1978) at the European Championships. In 1979 Bilyaletdinov played on the winning Soviet Union team in the Challenge Cup between the Soviet Union and NHL All-Stars and in 1981 he won the Canada Cup. He also won bronzes at the 1976 and 1984 Canada Cup. After his sporting career Bilyaletdinov had a successful career as a hockey coach. From 1988-92 he worked as a coach with Dynamo Moskva, before working with the NHL [Winnipeg Jets] (later the [Phoenix Coyotes]) from 1993-97. From 1997-2000 and 2002-04 Bilyaletdinov was the head coach of Dynamo Moskva. In 2001 for a short time Bilyaletdinov was a coach of the [Chicago Blackhawks] and in 2001-02 was the head coach at [HC Lugano]. In 2004 Bilyaletdinov was named the head coach of [Ak Bars Kazan] and won Russian Championships with them in 2006 and 2009 and European Champions Cup in 2007. From 2004-05 Bilyaletdinov was head coach of the Russian national team.