Igor Smolnikov

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Full name Igor Aleksandrovich Smolnikov
Date of birth (1988-08-08) 8 August 1988 (age 37)
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Igor Smolnikov
Smolnikov with Arsenal Tula in 2022
Personal information
Full name Igor Aleksandrovich Smolnikov
Date of birth (1988-08-08) 8 August 1988 (age 37)
Place of birth Kamensk-Uralsky, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position Right-back
Team information
Current team
Ural Yekaterinburg (scout)
Youth career
1995–1999 FC Udacha Kamensk-Uralsky
2000–2005 Lokomotiv Moscow
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Torpedo Moscow 30 (2)
2008–2012 Lokomotiv Moscow 15 (0)
2009Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast (loan) 12 (0)
2009Chita (loan) 15 (2)
2011Zhemchuzhina-Sochi (loan) 18 (1)
2011–2012Rostov (loan) 23 (1)
2012–2013 Krasnodar 30 (0)
2013–2020 Zenit Saint Petersburg 143 (8)
2020–2021 Krasnodar 23 (0)
2021–2022 Arsenal Tula 27 (1)
2022 Torpedo Moscow 16 (1)
2023 Lokomotiv Moscow 6 (0)
Total 358 (16)
International career
2007 Russia U-19 3 (0)
2010 Russia U-21 1 (0)
2012 Russia-2 1 (0)
2013–2021 Russia 30 (0)
Managerial career
2024–2025 Ural Yekaterinburg (scout)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Igor Aleksandrovich Smolnikov (Russian: Игорь Александрович Смольников; born 8 August 1988) is a Russian former football player who played as a right-back.

On 29 July 2020, he returned to Krasnodar, signing a 2-year contract with a 1-year extension option.[2] On 8 June 2021, his contract with Krasnodar was terminated by mutual consent.[3]

On 23 July 2021, he joined Arsenal Tula.[4]

On 8 February 2023, Smolnikov returned to Lokomotiv Moscow on a contract until the end of the 2022–23 season.[5] Smolnikov left Lokomotiv in June 2023.[6]

Smolnikov announced retirement from playing in August 2023.[7]

International career

Smolnikov was called up by Fabio Capello to the Russia squad for the first time on 4 October 2013 for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Luxembourg and Azerbaijan.[8] He made his debut for the national team on 19 November 2013 in a friendly against South Korea.

On 11 May 2018, he was included in Russia's extended 2018 FIFA World Cup squad.[9] On 3 June 2018, he was included in the finalized World Cup squad.[10] He played his first and last World Cup game in the last group stage game against Uruguay on 25 June 2018 when he started the game, but was sent-off for two yellow cards in the 36th minute.

On 11 May 2021, he was named as a back-up player for Russia's UEFA Euro 2020 squad.[11]

Career statistics

Honours

References

Related Articles

Wikiwand AI