Aleksandr Sobolev (footballer, born 1997)
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Sobolev (Russian: Александр Сергеевич Соболев; born 7 March 1997) is a Russian football player who plays for Spartak Moscow as a striker.
Sobolev with Spartak Moscow in 2020 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Aleksandr Sergeyevich Sobolev | ||
Date of birth | 7 March 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Barnaul, Russia | ||
Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
Playing position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Spartak Moscow | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Youth career | |||
2002–2016 | Dynamo Barnaul | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2017 | Tom Tomsk | 40 | (12) |
2018–2020 | Krylia Sovetov Samara | 42 | (19) |
2019 | → Yenisey Krasnoyarsk (loan) | 10 | (3) |
2020 | → Spartak Moscow (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2020– | Spartak Moscow | 10 | (3) |
National team‡ | |||
2018 | Russia U-21 | 2 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 August 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 September 2018 |
Career
Sobolev made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Tom Tomsk on 5 December 2016 in a game against FC Ufa.[1]
Sobolev scored more goals than any other player in the 2017–18 Russian Cup.
On 2 February 2019, Sobolev joined Yenisey Krasnoyarsk on loan.[2]
On 29 January 2020, Sobolev joined Spartak Moscow on loan until the end of the 2019–20 season, with Spartak holding an option to purchase his rights at the end of the loan.[3]
On 18 May 2020, Spartak Moscow announced that they had exercised the option to purchase Sobolev from Krylia Sovetov.[4]
International
On 6 October 2019 he was called up to the Russia national football team for the first time for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Scotland and Cyprus, replacing injured Fedor Smolov.[5]
Honors
Individual
- Player of the Month Russian Premier League:July 2019[6]
References
- "Ufa-Tom game report" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 5 December 2016.
- "АЛЕКСАНДР СОБОЛЕВ ПЕРЕШЕЛ В "ЕНИСЕЙ"" [Aleksandr Sobolev moved to Yenisey] (in Russian). FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk. 2 February 2019.
- "Александр Соболев переходит в "Спартак"" (in Russian). PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara. 29 January 2020.
- "Соболев подписал со «Спартаком» долгосрочный контракт". spartak.com/ (in Russian). FC Spartak Moscow. 18 May 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- "Соболев вместо Смолова" [Sobolev instead of Smolov]. RFU (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 6 October 2019.
- https://m.sport.business-gazeta.ru/news/242854/