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Belarusian beach soccer player (born 1987) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ihar Uladzimiravich Bryshtel (Belarusian: Ігар Уладзіміравіч Брыштэль; Russian: Игорь Владимирович Бриштель; born 13 July 1987) is a Belarusian beach soccer and occasional association football player who plays as a forward for the Belarus national team.
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Bryshtel at the 2019 European Games. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ihar Uladzimiravich Bryshtel | ||
| Date of birth | 13 July 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Kobryn District, Brest Region, Belarus SSR, Soviet Union[1] | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006 | Kobrin | 10 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Kobrin | 14 | (15) |
| 2014 | Belita-Viteks Uzda | 6 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2009– | Belarus (beach soccer) | >100 | (>100) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 April 2023[2] | |||
Bryshtel made his debut for Belarus soon after the national team was formed, against the Netherlands at the third stage of the 2009 Euro Beach Soccer League.[3][4] Over the next ten years, he collected over 100 caps for Belarus and established a reputation as one of Europe's most prolific strikers, scooping multiple top scorer and best player awards in international competitions; he was also named best Belarusian player of the year seven times during this period.[1]
In July 2017, Bryshtel scored his 100th goal for Belarus against Lithuania at an exhibition tournament.[5] In 2019, he signed for top Russian club Kristall,[6] having played for other Russian clubs since 2011.[7] He was also part of the Belarusian squad the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup,[2] Belarus's first appearance at the World Cup, ending the tournament as the team's top goalscorer with four.[8]
In August 2020, Bryshtel was one of many Belarusian athletes to speak out against the Lukashenko regime during the 2020–2021 Belarusian protests. As a matter of politics, this resulted in his banishment from the national team; he was captain at the time of his exclusion, and his time in exile included missing out on Belarus's 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup campaign.[2] He continued to play club beach soccer in Russia, for Kristall, during this time, racking up over 100 goals and appearances, winning multiple Russian league titles.[9] In February 2023, Bryshtel publicly expressed "repentance" for his actions and was assimilated back into the national team.[10][11]
Bryshtel's impact on his return was instant, winning the best player award at the World Cup qualifiers in July[12] and being voted as Belarusian player of the year for an eighth time.[13] He was subsequently included in Belarus's 12-man roster for the 2024 World Cup.[14]
Note: Some of the sources of these statistics may have counted an appearance when the player was actually an unused substitute.
As of 2023.
The following is a selection, not an exhaustive list, of the major honours Bryshtel has achieved:
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