Gennadi Bliznyuk

Gennadiy Petrovich Bliznyuk (Генадзь Блізьнюк, Henadz Bliznyuk, Геннадий Близнюк; born 30 July 1980) is a Belarusian football coach and former player. A former forward, he played in his native Belarus, in Russia, in Germany and Azerbaijan.

Club career
Bliznyuk began his career at Energiya Zhlobin in 1996. In 2004, he joined Russian club Sokol Saratov, and in summer 2005 returned to Belarus and signed a contract with BATE Borisov. Bliznyuk was a starter for BATE Borisov during their successful 2008–09 UEFA Champions League campaign. He scored several important goals in qualifying rounds, helping BATE to qualify to the group stage of the UEFA Champions League for the first time in their history. Bliznyuk participated in four of BATE's matches in the group stage. He left BATE on 13 January 2009 and signed a six-month contract with FSV Frankfurt.

International career
Bliznyuk is a former member of Belarus national team.

Career statistics

 * Scores and results list Belarus' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bliznyuk goal.

Honours
Gomel
 * Belarusian Premier League: 2003
 * Belarusian Cup: 2001–02

BATE Borisov
 * Belarusian Premier League: 2006, 2007,  2008
 * Belarusian Cup: 2005–06

Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
 * Belarusian Cup: 2015–16

Individual
 * Belarusian Premier League top scorer: 2003, 2008