Biography
Rushan Rafikov is a Russian hockey player who speaks to the position of the defender. In his free time, the athlete goes to cinemas and karaoke, drives with friends to picnics, and during the coronavirus pandemic a man learned to cook.Childhood and youth
Rushan Ruslanovich Rafikov was born on May 15, 1995 in Saratov, Tatar by nationality. When he reached 4 years of age, the parents led the boy to the ice, where his elder brother was already engaged.
At the beginning of a sports biography, Mentors Nikolai Kazakevich, Sergey Vytrov and Viktor Zhukov, were supported by a hockey player. In 2018, the young man graduated from the Yaroslavl State Pedagogical University named after K. D. Ushinsky.
Hockey
He started Rushan in the reserve of the Yaroslavl "Locomotive". In November 2014, Rafikov became the captain of the Russia youth team during the Super Series of Subway, where the "Red Car" beat in the Bullite series, the Western League team, playing hard, but honestly. The young man learned about the appointment right before the match, but not confused.In 2015, the hockey player held 17 matches for Vladivostok "Admiral", which considered a step forward, as he received a sufficient amount of playing time in the KHL. But in December, he returned to his native team, becoming a key player of defense after the departure of Mikhail Pashnin and Vladislav Gavrikova. In the 2017 season, under the post, Alexei Kudashov, the club started not very successfully, although he won two summer tournaments. One of the reasons for raffikov called a bad game in the minority. I had to change the coach in the course of the championship, and under the leadership of Dmitry quarterly "Lokomotiv" began to act more active, and the links changed more often, which allowed players to do a breather.
In November 2019, Rushan became an assistant captain of the Russian national team Anton Burdasov at the Cariala Cup. In January 2020, the National Team was part of the National Team at the third stage of Europe - Swedish hockey games - along with Timur Bilyalov, George Drontov, Dmitry Vorontkov, Alexander Schehov.
In September 2020, Rafikov scored Moscow Dynamo. Trainers on the eve of the match warned that after two defeats, the rivals would act as aggressively. In an interview, Rushan said that the partners pulled all rivals on themselves, and before him there was an empty space, and the links of other people's defenders by the end of the shift were tired, so he spoken the attack. In addition, Yaroslavl defeated "Spartak" and the dough overwhelmed "Amur". Showing generosity, hockey player noted that the opponents had a lot of pain, so they had to be not easy. Together with Emil Garipov, Tatar was recognized as the best player of the week.
Personal life
Rafikov does not condemn girls who dream to go out for a rich athlete, as each person has the right to live as it seems necessary. Hockey player almost does not talk about personal life in an interview, but in 2017 he expressed a desire to marry and create a strong family.
Growth Rushan 189 cm, weight 89 kg.
Rushan Rafikov now
In April 2021, Yaroslavl Lokomotiv extended agreements with Rafikov, Nikita Cherepanov, Maxim Osipov, Artem Ilchenko, Egorov Averin and Denis Alekseev. Rushan's contract was concluded until April 2023.
In May 2021, Rafikov became one of the highest paid KHL players with a salary of 45 million rubles. Also on the list were Dmitry Yashkin, Darren Ditz, Vadim Schipachev.
In the same month, the player became part of the Russian national team at the World Championship in Latvia, together with Ivan Bocharov, Alexei Marchenko, George Drontov, Dmitry Yudin, Anton Burdasov, Sergey Tolchinsky. The defender was declared for the game with Sweden, but then fell out of the list when Dmitry Orlov and Artem Tooth returned from Quarantine. Russians won on Bullites 3: 2, which is why "Tre Korunur" for the first time in history did not go to the quarterfinals of the tournament. On June 2, Rushan came to workout with Igor Veliabanov and Sergey Bobrovsky on the eve of the match with Canada.
Achievements
- 2008, 2010, 2012 - Silver winner of the Junior Championship of Russia
- 2009 - Bronze medalist of the championship of federal districts
- 2012 - owner of the World Cup
- 2014 - Winner SUBWAY SUPER SERIES
- 2015 - Silver winner of the World Youth Championship
- 2015 - Winner of the Universiade
- 2015 - Bronze medalist of the MHL Championship
- 2016 - Harlamov Cup owner
- 2017 - Bronze Camera Championship of Russia