# Vitali Rodionov

Vital Viktaravich Radzivonaw (Belarusian: Віталь Віктаравіч Радзівонаў; Russian: Виталий Родионов; born 11 December 1983) is a Belarusian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He spent most of his career with BATE Borisov. After retirement, he stayed with BATE as the team's sporting director.

## Club career

Rodionov began his career in Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk, before being scouted from Torpedo Zhodino. He played 57 games for Torpedo, before being transferred to BATE Borisov in 2005. On 10 January 2009, he was loaned out from BATE Borisov, until summer 2009 to SC Freiburg, who had an option of purchase, but selected not to use it. On 24 May 2012, Rodionov scored twice in the 2–0 win over Minsk and became the top scorer for BATE in the Belarusian Premier League with 57 goals, surpassing Vitali Kutuzov's record of 56 goals that had been set between 1998 and 2001. On 19 September 2012, Rodionov scored the second goal in BATE's 3–1 away victory over LOSC Lille, which was the first Champions League group stage win in the team's history. On 2 October 2012, he also scored in BATE's first group match home win in the Champions League – a 3–1 success against Bayern München. As of July 2016, he has netted 20 goals in European tournaments, the most of any Belarusian player.

## International career

Rodionov was a member of the Belarus national team and represented his country in Euro and World Cup qualifiers.

## Career statistics

    Scores and results list Belarus goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rodionov goal.
List of international goals scored by Vitali Rodionov :
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 10 September 2008 | Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella, Andorra | Andorra | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 1 April 2009 | Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan | Kazakhstan | 5–1 | 5–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3 | 10 June 2009 | Haradski Stadium, Barysaw, Belarus | Moldova | 1–0 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 4 | 3 March 2010 | Atatürk Stadium, Antalya, Turkey | Armenia | 3–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 5 | 12 October 2010 | Dinamo Stadium, Minsk, Belarus | Albania | 1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualification |
| 6 | 17 November 2010 | Seeb Stadium, Seeb, Oman | Oman | 4–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
| 7 | 25 March 2013 | Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar | Canada | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 8 | 3 June 2013 | A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia | Estonia | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 9 | 6 September 2013 | Dinamo Stadium, Minsk, Belarus | Kyrgyzstan | 2–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 10 | 19 November 2013 | Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin, Turkey | Turkey | 1–1 | 1–2 | Friendly |

## Honours

BATE Borisov
* Belarusian Premier League: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
* Belarusian Cup: 2005–06, 2009–10, 2014–15
* Belarusian Super Cup: 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Individual
* CIS Cup top goalscorer: 2007 (shared)
* Best forward in the Belarusian Premier League for the 2010 and 2011 seasons
* Listed among the 22 best players in the Belarusian Premier League (2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011)
* Top scorer in the Belarusian Premier League in 2008 (honor shared with Gennadi Bliznyuk), 2013 and 2016 (shared with Mikhail Gordeichuk).
* Second place in the 2012 Belarusian Footballer of the Year rankings