Alexander Viktorovich Selujanow

Alexander Seluyanov
Date of birth	March 24, 1982
place of birth	Ufa , Russian SFSR
size	188 cm
Weight	86 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2000 , 4th lap, 128th position Detroit Red Wings
Career stations
1998-1999	Nowoil Ufa
1999-2001	Salawat Yulayev Ufa
2001-2005	HK Lada Tolyatti
2005-2010	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk
2010-2011	OHK dynamo
2011	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
2011–2012	HK Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk
2012-2013	Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk
2013	Awtomobilist Ekaterinburg

Alexander Wiktorowitsch Selujanow ( Russian Александр Викторович Селуянов ; born April 24, 1982 in Ufa , Russian SFSR ) is a former Russian ice hockey player who was most recently under contract with Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg in the Continental Hockey League . His younger brother Vyacheslav is also a hockey player.

Career

Alexander Selujanow began his career as a hockey player with Novoil Ufa , for which he was active in the third-class Pervaya League in the 1998/99 season . He then moved to Salawat Julajew Ufa , for which he made his debut in the Russian Super League in the following season , scoring three points in 13 games, including one goal. After two years, the defender left Salawat and signed a contract with their league rivals HK Lada Tolyatti , with whom he was runner-up in the 2004/05 season. The former junior national player was then signed by HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk , with whom he first won the Spengler Cup in December 2005 and the IIHF European Champions Cup in 2008. Furthermore, Selujanow was 2007 with his team for the first time Russian champions . In the 2008/09 season he reached the final of Metallurg in the newly formed Champions Hockey League , where he and his team the ZSC Lions of the Swiss National League A defeated.

At the end of September 2010, Selujanow moved within the KHL to OHK Dynamo , before he was signed by Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in May 2011 . There he did not stay long either and at the end of October 2011 moved again within the KHL, this time to HK Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk .

From July 2012 he was under contract with Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk , and a year later he moved to Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg .

International

For Russia , Alexander Selujanow took part in the U18 Junior World Championship in 2000 and the U20 Junior World Championship in 2001 .

Achievements and Awards

• 2000 silver medal at the U18 Junior World Championship
• 2005 Russian runner-up with the HK Lada Tolyatti
• 2005 Spengler Cup win with HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk
• 2007 Russian champion with HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk
• 2008 IIHF European Champions Cup -Win with HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk
• 2009 2nd place in the Champions Hockey League with HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk

KHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	3	117	7th	32	39	97
Playoffs	1	10	0	1	1	8th

(Status: end of the 2010/11 season)

Web links

• Alexander Selujanow at eliteprospects.com (English)