[citation needed] In April 2018, it was reported that Fayzulin was nearing a comeback after being sidelined with a knee injury since September 2015.

[1] After his contract with Zenit Saint Petersburg expired at the end of the 2017–18 season, he announced his retirement after missing 2.5 years due to injury.

[2] He made his national team debut on 15 August 2012 in a friendly against Ivory Coast.

He scored his first goal for the national team in his next game, a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Northern Ireland on 7 September 2012.

He scored once again in his next game, another World Cup qualifier against Israel on 11 September 2012.