Albert Yarullin

{{short description|Russian ice hockey player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| alt =

| name = Albert Yarullin

| image = Albert Yarullin, 2013.jpg

| caption =

| image_size = 230px

| team = Ak Bars Kazan

| league = KHL

| prospect_team =

| prospect_league =

| former_teams = Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
Atlant Moscow Oblast
Traktor Chelyabinsk

| position = Defence

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|05|03}}

| birth_place = Kazan, Russia

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 209

| shoots = Right

| draft =

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| career_start = 2011

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Albert Yarullin ({{langx|tt-Cyrl|Әлбирт Яруллин}}; born May 12, 1993) is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently playing under contract with Ak Bars Kazan of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Playing career

Yarullin originally played with Ak Bars Kazan in the KHL during the 2011–12 season.{{cite web| url = http://www.eliteprospects.com/team.php?team=184&year0=2013&status=stats | title = 2011–12 Ak Bars Kazan player statistics | website = eliteprospects.com | date = 2013-04-05 | accessdate = 2013-04-05}}

Yarullin spent parts of two seasons with HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk and Atlant Moscow Oblast before returning to Ak Bars in a trade prior to the 2015–16 season on June 3, 2015.{{cite web| url = https://www.khl.ru/news/2015/06/03/234953.html | title = KHL Med sign three Russians | publisher = Kontinental Hockey League | date = 2015-06-03 | accessdate = 2015-06-03 | language = Russian}}

Following his ninth season in the KHL with Ak Bars in 2020–21, Yarullin left the club as a free agent to sign a three-year contract with Traktor Chelyabinsk on 13 May 2021.{{cite web| url = https://hctraktor.org/media/news/38656-albert-yarullin-v-traktore/ | title = Albert Yarullin in Traktor | publisher = Traktor Chelyabinsk | date = 13 May 2021 | accessdate = 13 May 2021 | language = Russian}}

Yarullin played three seasons with Traktor Chelyabinsk, before leaving at the conclusion of the 2023–24 season to return to his original club, Ak Bars Kazan, on a three-year contract on 17 June 2024.{{citeweb| url = https://www.ak-bars.ru/news/24965 | title = Albert Yarullin returns home | publisher = Ak Bars Kazan | date = 17 June 2024 | accessdate = 17 June 2024 | language = Russian }}

Awards and honours

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! Award

! Year

!

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| colspan="3" | KHL

Gagarin Cup (Ak Bars Kazan)

| 2018

| {{cite web| url = https://en.khl.ru/news/2018/04/22/387278.html | title = Ak Bars wins the Gagarin Cup | publisher = Kontinental Hockey League | date = 2018-04-22 | accessdate = 2018-04-22}}

References

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