Nikolai Zabolotny
Russian footballer
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Nikolai Archilovich Zabolotny (Russian: Никола́й Арчи́лович Заболо́тный; born 16 April 1990) is a Russian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Full name
Nikolai Archilovich Zabolotny
Date of birth
16 April 1990
Place of birth
Leningrad, Russian SFSR
Height
1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
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Zabolotny with PFC Sochi in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nikolai Archilovich Zabolotny | ||
| Date of birth | 16 April 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Leningrad, Russian SFSR | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2009 | Zenit St. Petersburg | ||
| 2010–2011 | Spartak Moscow | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2009 | Zenit St. Petersburg | 0 | (0) |
| 2010–2013 | Spartak Moscow | 6 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | → Rostov (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2013 | → Spartak-2 Moscow | 9 | (0) |
| 2014–2017 | Ural Yekaterinburg | 72 | (0) |
| 2018 | Rotor Volgograd | 13 | (0) |
| 2018–2025 | Sochi | 81 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2008 | Russia U18 | 7 | (0) |
| 2009 | Russia U19 | 4 | (0) |
| 2010–2013 | Russia U21 | 24 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22 March 2013 | |||
Club career
During his time with Zenit St. Petersburg, Zabolotny received several call-ups to the senior squad in 2008 and 2009, but remained on the bench in all of those games.[1]
He made his debut for the main Spartak Moscow squad on 2 April 2011 in a Russian Premier League game against Kuban Krasnodar.[2]
On 8 September 2017, his contract with Ural Yekaterinburg was dissolved by mutual consent.[3]
On 30 May 2023, Zabolotny extended his contract with Sochi.[4] On 5 September 2025, he left Sochi by mutual consent.[5]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 24 May 2025
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2008 | Russian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Spartak Moscow | 2010 | Russian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011–12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2012–13 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Rostov (loan) | 2012–13 | Russian Premier League | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||
| Spartak-2 Moscow | 2013–14 | Russian Second League | 9 | 0 | – | – | – | 9 | 0 | |||
| Ural Yekaterinburg | 2013–14 | Russian Premier League | 11 | 0 | – | – | – | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 0 | ||||
| 2015–16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 0 | ||||
| 2016–17 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 72 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 0 | ||
| Rotor Volgograd | 2017–18 | Russian First League | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5[a] | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Sochi | 2018–19 | Russian First League | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | Russian Premier League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 2023–24 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 0 | ||||
| 2024–25 | Russian First League | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 81 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 182 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 206 | 0 | ||
- Appearances in UEFA Conference League
