Dmitry Byakov

Dmitriy Nikolayevich Byakov (Дмитрий Бяков; born 9 April 1978) is a Kazakh football midfielder. He plays for FC Zhetysu. Byakov also plays for the Kazakhstan national football team. His first name is also sometimes translated as Dmitry or Dmitri.

Club career
Dmitriy Byakov's club career started in the year 1998 with the CSKA Kairat Almaty club.

Incident
On 9 April 2003, on his 25th birthday, Dmitriy was stabbed in the heart after a brawl in a nightclub in Almaty. He returned to professional level football after two years of recovery.

International career
Dmitriy first played for the Kazakhstan national football team in 2000. He was Kazakhstan's top scorer in UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying, scoring 5 goals against Azerbaijan, Finland, Belgium, Poland and Portugal, three of which were away goals.