Biography of Amir Miftakhov

When I lived in America, I missed my home food ”Summer Amir Miftakhov, a pupil of the Ak Bars school - after the season behind the ocean again protects the gates of his native team. The correspondent of the Schri Kazan newspaper talked with a young hockey player about impressions of work in America, his best matches and the attitude for the future. Tatars ”offers a translation of the conversation.

The most famous among them - Khabibulin, who was nicknamed the "Bulin wall" - played in Kazan when you were about 5 years old. He, by chance, did not become your idol? And when I already consciously began to follow the game of goalkeepers, I heard about this legendary goalkeeper, of course. In a word - a legend. But the idols, perhaps, appeared later. It was very interesting to watch their game and technology that they had their own chips in protecting the gate.

Emil Garipov also caused me admiration. I was just amazed at his speed, as he finds a way out of the most difficult situations. No wonder they perform in the strongest League of the world. Photo Source: Shahrikazan. Also a goalkeeper. Only because of serious injuries he was forced to put an end to his sports career. My father also brought me to hockey. I was already put on skates in the years, then I was sent to the Ak Bars school.

At first he was a player, and by seven years he had already got into the goal. It seems that at first dad seemed to be against it, but my desire and perseverance were very strong. According to parents, at our house everything resembled a hockey platform - toy cars became a puck, and any stick - a club. In short, I didn’t have to choose particularly - there was hockey around me.

Ah, I remembered! At that time, a special class was created for future hockey players, which was completed from boys of the same age. Does this speak of a strong school of goalkeepers? Because there are very strong coaches from an early age. Taking this opportunity, I would like to express my gratitude to my first coach - the goalkeeper coach Almaz Ilshatovich Yakupov.

I am also very grateful to the coach of the hockey school Ayrat Talgatovich Mirkhanov. He was always sure of me. Therefore, my self -confidence only grew up. It seems that I justified his hopes. All of them believed in me, created the opportunity to show themselves in the game. Therefore, if we show some hockey skill today, then this is a worthy result of the work of the coaches working with us.

I am happy to be a pupil of this school. The skill of the goalkeepers who passed through the Kazan school is not in doubt. There, Emil Garipov has already helped the team win the cup. When you left Kazan, he spoke well of you. Do you communicate? On occasion, of course, we communicate. We know each other very well. You can’t wish an injury to anyone, even the enemy. Of course, you are worried.

Let him rather get into operation and continue to show beautiful hockey. Do you know his poems? But so suddenly I don’t remember what he wrote. In my family, only my grandmother with my father’s side spoke well in Tatar. Mom is Russian. Therefore, I did not have to communicate on the Tatar. Not regularly. In my soul I believe in God. The first pancake is lumpy? Because the contract was terminated at will.

I was not traveling to the NHL, I knew where I was going. I knew well that I would play a reserve team in the farm club, in which, as a rule, young players are running around - ed. I am not the first to go such a way, and I will not be the last. The season in America was not easy. Especially in terms of adaptation. Somewhere there were moments when he was left alone with problems.

I have lived all my life only in Kazan. And here is far from the family - one, it is also a way out of the comfort zone. People are different, the mentality is different. Therefore, it took time to adapt. But I was able to overcome all these problems. I would not call a return to the club a step back. This is good for my professional growth. After he talked with his family and his agent, he learned the opinion of many coaches, made such a decision.

And I have no doubt that this is right. I never close the doors there. I know that to realize a dream you need to work continuously, try. As a more prepared, mature goalkeeper, I hope for a new contract. But it’s too early to think about it. Today I am in Ak Bars, here we have our own goals and objectives. Not that to leave the ocean, it is impossible to even think. At the final of the World Cup among youth teams in the year, he played against the Canadian national team first of all recalls the game for the national team.

Yes, it was still a championship among summer u this is a childhood dream. And now you go out on the ice in the starting lineup. Then they believed in me in my club and made it possible to show myself in the KHL. It was a game against Sochi. Just two days before the match, they said that I would stand at the gate. At first I did not even believe it. But still, realizing that we must recover, he seriously prepared.

True, we lost - and, of course, the most remembered game - the final of the World Cup in the year. Here are already internal emotions. If before this game of the championship with your family watched on TV, here is already against the main opponent - the national team of Canada - you play yourself in the final, you enjoy the game, try to contribute to the victory.INFORMATIONS OF THE ENOWS and experiences.

Now, after all, the situation is different. I really look. If I am here today, I must benefit the club. If there is an invitation, of course, it will be cool. If not, I will continue to work further. What do you spend money on? I don't even think about it. I usually spend salaries on family expenses, on food. Amir Miftakhov loves fishing. What other hobbies do the young hockey player have?

In the season, for example, after training I come home just to sleep. I usually try to be with my family, we can go somewhere to eat.