Nikita Iosifov
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 Iosifov with Lokomotiv in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nikita Igorevich Iosifov | ||
| Date of birth | 11 April 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Michurinsk, Tambov Oblast, Russia | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Celje | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2021 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 4 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | → Kazanka Moscow | 15 | (2) |
| 2021–2023 | Villarreal B | 41 | (6) |
| 2022–2023 | Villarreal | 1 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Mirandés | 6 | (0) |
| 2024 | Castellón | 14 | (0) |
| 2024– | Celje | 27 | (8) |
| International career | |||
| 2018–2019 | Russia U18 | 10 | (4) |
| 2021 | Russia U21 | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 October 2025 | |||
Nikita Igorevich Iosifov (Russian: Никита Игоревич Иосифов; born 11 April 2001) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Slovenian club Celje.
He made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Lokomotiv Moscow on 11 August 2020 in a game against FC Rubin Kazan, he substituted Dmitri Barinov in added time.[1]
On 12 July 2021, he joined Villarreal B in Spain on a five-year contract.[2] He was occasionally included in the matchday squads of the senior Villarreal team for La Liga and UEFA Champions League games early in the 2021–22 season, but remained on the bench.[3][4] He made his debut for the senior team on 30 November 2021 in a Copa del Rey game against the sixth-tier club Victoria CF and scored Villarreal's last goal in a 8–0 victory.[5] He made his La Liga debut on 22 January 2022 against Mallorca as an added-time substitute for Moi Gómez.[6] At the end of the 2021–22 season, Villarreal B was promoted to the second-tier Segunda División.
Iosifov left Villarreal in June 2023.[7]
On 5 July 2023, Iosifov signed a two-year contract with Mirandés.[8] The following 19 January, he left the club on a mutual agreement.[9]
