Ihar Bryshtel

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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Uladzimiravich and the family name is Bryshtel.
Ihar Bryshtel
Bryshtel at the 2019 European Games.
Personal information
Full name Ihar Uladzimiravich Bryshtel
Date of birth (1987-07-13) 13 July 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Kobryn District, Brest Region, Belarus SSR, Soviet Union[1]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
International career‡
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009– Belarus >100 (>100)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 April 2023[2]

Ihar Uladzimiravich Bryshtel (Belarusian: Ігар Уладзіміравіч Брыштэль; Russian: Игорь Владимирович Бриштель; born 13 July 1987) is a Belarusian beach soccer player who plays as a forward for the Belarus national team.

Career[edit]

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]

Statistics[edit]

Note: Some of the sources of these statistics may have counted an appearance when the player was actually an unused substitute.

Honours[edit]

As of 2023.

The following is a selection, not an exhaustive list, of the major honours Bryshtel has achieved:

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Beating both Russia and Portugal in the same group is something not to be forgotten". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Найлепшага гульца Беларусі па пляжным футболе вярнулі ў зборную пасля рэпрэсій: павінен дапамагчы трапіць на ЧС, але ўдзел у адборы пад вялікім пытаннем". Tribuna (in Belarusian). 3 April 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Парень из-под Кобрина стал звездой пляжного футбола". KBR.by (in Russian). 8 January 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Игорь Бриштель: "Я считаю, что белорусская "пляжка" входит в топ 5 сборных в мире"". sport5.by (in Russian). 28 September 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  5. ^ Antonov, Sergey (6 July 2017). "Сборная Беларуси стала победителем 7-го международного турнира по пляжному футболу "Кубок дружбы" в Витебске". Vitebsk News (in Russian). Retrieved 8 February 2024. Igor
  6. ^ "Игорь Бриштель в сезоне 2019 года будет играть за "Кристалл"". BSRussia (in Russian). 22 March 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Новая победа сборной "пляжки" в составе с Игорем Бриштелем". Кобрин Сити (in Russian). 5 August 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  8. ^ "FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Paraguay 2019 - Belarus". FIFA.com. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  9. ^ Shcherbatsevich, Roman (5 July 2021). "100 "оранжевых" голов кобринчанина! Игорь Бриштель стал чемпионом России по пляжному футболу". Кобрин Сити (in Russian). Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  10. ^ "Вернувшийся после репрессий в сборную Беларуси по пляжному футболу Игорь Бриштель дал "покаянное" интервью". Зеркало (in Russian). 26 May 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  11. ^ "Возвращенный в сборную Беларуси Бриштель: «В августе 2020-го все резко стали политиками и экономистами. Каждый должен заниматься своим делом»". Tribuna (in Russian). 26 May 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  12. ^ "Сборная Беларуси по пляжному футболу в третий раз подряд выступит на чемпионате мира". Belarus Today (in Russian). 11 July 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  13. ^ "Пляжный Футбол. Игорь Бриштель: На Чемпионате Мира У Нас Подобралась Самая Ровная Группа, Каждый Может Оказаться В Призерах". pressball. 23 November 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  14. ^ "Национальная сборная Беларуси по пляжному футболу улетела за мечтой на чемпионат мира в Дубай". sport5.by (in Russian). 6 February 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  15. ^ "Игорь Бриштель – лучший пляжный футболист Беларуси-2018!". beachsoccer.by (in Russian). 2 November 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  16. ^ "По итогам голосования Игорь Бриштель признан лучшим футболистом 2023 по пляжному футболу!". beachsoccer.by (in Russian). 8 November 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2024.

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