Dinar Khafizullin
Born (1989-01-05) 5 January 1989
Kazan, Soviet Union
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
KHL team
Former teams		 Salavat Yulaev Ufa
Ak Bars Kazan
HC Vityaz
SKA Saint Petersburg
National team  Russia
Playing career 2007–present

Dinar Ramilevich Khafizullin (Russian: Динар Рамилевич Хафизуллин) (born 5 January 1989) is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman. He currently plays for Salavat Yulaev Ufa of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Playing career

Khafizullin made his Kontinental Hockey League debut playing with Ak Bars Kazan during the 2010–11 KHL season.[1] During his fourth season with HC Vityaz in 2013–14, Khafizullin was traded at the deadline to contending club, SKA Saint Petersburg in exchange for Georgy Berdyukov on 16 January 2014.[2]

Following eight seasons with SKA Saint Petersburg, and following pre-season leading into the 2021–22 season, Khafizullin was traded to Salavat Yulaev Ufa in exchange for Mikhail Vorobyev on 28 August 2021.[3]

On 4 May 2022, Khafizullin signed a two-year contract as a free agent to return to his original KHL club, Ak Bars Kazan.[4] In the 2022–23 season, Khafizullin contributed with 10 assist from the blueline in 41 regular season games.

After completing the first season of his contract with Ak Bars, Khafizullin opted to return to previous club, Salavat Yulaev Ufa, to play the remaining year of contract on 14 July 2023.[5]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2006–07 Ak Bars Kazan RSL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2007–08 Neftyanik Almetievsk RUS2 59 1 8 9 116 7 0 1 1 10
2008–09 Neftyanik Almetievsk RUS2 32 2 3 5 24 8 0 1 1 6
2009–10 Neftyanik Almetievsk RUS2 34 1 4 5 28 10 0 1 1 33
2010–11 HC Vityaz KHL 44 3 9 12 46 — — — — —
2010–11 Ak Bars Kazan KHL 3 0 0 0 2 — — — — —
2011–12 HC Vityaz KHL 50 0 5 5 26 — — — — —
2012–13 HC Vityaz KHL 46 3 8 11 12 — — — — —
2013–14 HC Vityaz KHL 45 5 9 14 14 — — — — —
2013–14 SKA Saint Petersburg KHL 8 1 3 4 0 9 0 2 2 29
2014–15 SKA Saint Petersburg KHL 39 2 8 10 12 18 0 0 0 8
2015–16 SKA Saint Petersburg KHL 37 1 7 8 12 14 1 1 2 8
2016–17 SKA Saint Petersburg KHL 46 3 15 18 37 18 3 3 6 8
2017–18 SKA Saint Petersburg KHL 43 4 12 16 20 9 0 1 1 0
2018–19 SKA Saint Petersburg KHL 49 7 14 21 37 15 2 6 8 2
2019–20 SKA Saint Petersburg KHL 29 0 7 7 10 4 0 0 0 0
2020–21 SKA Saint Petersburg KHL 41 1 5 6 12 16 0 2 2 2
2021–22 Salavat Yulaev Ufa KHL 34 2 5 7 12 11 1 4 5 8
2022–23 Ak Bars Kazan KHL 41 0 10 10 14 4 0 0 0 6
KHL totals 556 32 117 149 266 118 7 19 26 71
Medal record
Ice hockey
Representing  Russia
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2019 Slovakia
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place2009 Canada

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2009 Russia WJC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2 0 0 0 0
2018 Russia WC 6th 6 0 3 3 4
2019 Russia WC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 10 1 4 5 2
Junior totals 2 0 0 0 0
Senior totals 16 1 7 8 6

Awards and honors

Award Year
KHL
Gagarin Cup (SKA Saint Petersburg) 2015, 2017 [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Dinar Khafizulin player profile". Kontinental Hockey League. 7 June 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "KHL announces transfers" (in Russian). Kontinental Hockey League. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "SKA wishes Dinar Khafizullin luck!" (in Russian). SKA Saint Petersburg. 28 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Dinar Khafizullin returns to Ak Bars" (in Russian). Ak Bars Kazan. 4 May 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  5. ↑ "Khaizullin returns to Salavat Yualev" (in Russian). Salavat Yulaev Ufa. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  6. ↑ "Metallurg Magnitogorsk 3 SKA St. Petersburg 5". Kontinental Hockey League. 16 April 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
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