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Timur Faizutdinov
Born (2001-10-06)6 October 2001
Chelyabinsk, Russia
Died 16 March 2021(2021-03-16) (aged 19)
Yaroslavl, Russia
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 88 kg (194 lb; 13 st 12 lb)
Position Defenceman
Played for HC Dinamo Saint Petersburg
Playing career 2017–2021

Timur Ramilevich Faizutdinov (Russian: Тимур Рамилевич Файзутдинов; 6 October 2001 – 16 March 2021) was a Russian ice hockey defenceman. He played for HC Dinamo Saint Petersburg, of which he was the team captain at the time of his death.

On 12 March 2021, Faizutdinov was struck in the head by a hockey puck while playing in the final 16 of the Kharlamov Cup against Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in Yaroslavl, Russia. Faizutdinov's father, Ramil, wrote on social media that his son was struck in the area of the carotid artery. Faizutdinov was hospitalized in serious condition and died on 16 March 2021 at the age of 19. HC Dinamo Saint Petersburg announced that upcoming games would begin with a minute of silence for Faizutdinov.

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