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Vitali Rodionov

Vitali Rodionov
Vital Radzivonaŭ 2012 BLR.jpg
Personal information
Full name Vital Viktaravich Radzivonaw
Date of birth (1983-12-11) 11 December 1983 (age 33)
Place of birth Vitebsk, Belarusian SSR
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
BATE Borisov
Number 20
Youth career
0000–2001 Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2002 Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk 49 (6)
2003–2005 Torpedo Zhodino 57 (21)
2006– BATE Borisov 253 (112)
2009 SC Freiburg (loan) 12 (4)
National team
2002–2005 Belarus U21 10 (2)
2007– Belarus 46 (10)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 December 2016.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 May 2014

Vital Viktaravich Radzivonaw (Belarusian: Віталь Віктаравіч Радзівонаў; Russian: Виталий Родионов; born 11 December 1983) is a Belarusian footballer (striker) playing currently for BATE Borisov.

He began his career in Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk, before being scouted from Torpedo Zhodino. He played 57 games for Torpedo, before being transferred to BATE Borisov in 2005. On 10 January 2009, he was loaned out from BATE Borisov, until summer 2009 to SC Freiburg, who had an option of purchase, but selected not to use it. On 24 May 2012, Rodionov scored twice in the 2–0 win over Minsk and became the top scorer for BATE in the Belarusian Premier League with 57 goals, surpassing Vitali Kutuzov's record of 56 goals that had been set between 1998 and 2001. On 19 September 2012, Rodionov scored the second goal in BATE's 3–1 away victory over LOSC Lille, which was the first Champions League group stage win in the team's history. On 2 October 2012, he also scored in BATE's first group match home win in the Champions League – a 3–1 success against Bayern Munchen. As of July 2016, he has netted 20 goals in European tournaments, the most of any Belarusian player.

He is a member of the Belarus national football team and has represented his country in Euro and World Cup qualifiers.

BATE Borisov


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