Gennady Petrovich Bliznyuk (Belarusian: Генадзь Пятровіч Блізнюк; Russian: Геннадий Петрович Близнюк; born 30 July 1980) is a Belarusian football coach and former player.

[1] A former forward, he played in his native Belarus, in Russia, in Germany and Azerbaijan.

In 2004, he joined Russian club Sokol Saratov, and in summer 2005 returned to Belarus and signed a contract with BATE Borisov.

Bliznyuk was a starter for BATE Borisov during their successful 2008–09 UEFA Champions League campaign.

He left BATE on 13 January 2009 and signed a six-month contract with FSV Frankfurt.