Dmitri Skopintsev

Dmitri Vladimirovich Skopintsev (Russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Скопинцев; born 2 March 1997) is a Russian football player who plays for FC Dynamo Moscow. He plays as a left back or left midfielder.

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Vladimirovich and the family name is Skopintsev.

Dmitri Skopintsev

Skopintsev with Dynamo Moscow in 2020
Personal information
Full name	Dmitri Vladimirovich Skopintsev
Date of birth	(1997-03-02) 2 March 1997
Place of birth	Voronezh, Russia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position(s)	Midfielder/Defender
Club information
Current team	Dynamo Moscow
Number	7
Youth career
0000–2010	DYuSShOR-15 Voronezh
2010–2014	Dynamo Moscow
2014–2015	Zenit St. Petersburg
2015	RB Leipzig
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2016	Liefering	13	(0)
2016–2019	Rostov	26	(0)
2017	→ Baltika Kaliningrad (loan)	36	(11)
2019	Krasnodar	14	(2)
2020–	Dynamo Moscow	12	(1)
National team^‡
2011–2012	Russia U15	7	(0)
2011–2013	Russia U16	22	(1)
2013–2014	Russia U17	13	(0)
2014–2015	Russia U18	8	(0)
2015–2016	Russia U19	8	(0)
2017	Russia U21	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 August 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 March 2017

Club career

Born in Voronezh, Skopintsev moved to Moscow as a child and began playing football in FC Dynamo Moscow's youth system. He also played youth football with FC Zenit St. Petersburg before moving to Austria where he played in FC Red Bull Salzburg's club system. Upon returning to Russia, Skopintsev signed with FC Rostov.[1]

He made his debut for the FC Rostov main squad on 21 September 2016 in a Russian Cup game against FC Dynamo Moscow.[2]

He made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Rostov on 29 October 2016 in a game against FC Amkar Perm.[3]

He scored 10 goals for FC Baltika Kaliningrad where he played on loan in the first part of the 2017–18 season and during the winter break FC Rostov recalled him from loan.[4]

On 20 February 2019, he signed a 4.5-year contract with FC Krasnodar.[5]

On 7 January 2020, he returned to FC Dynamo Moscow, signing a 4.5-year contract.[6] He reunited with Kirill Novikov, who coached him for 4 years while at Dynamo academy. In his third game for Dynamo on 13 March 2020, he scored the decisive third goal in the 3–2 away defeat of FC Akhmat Grozny.

Career statistics

Club

As of 13 May 2018

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FC Dynamo Moscow	2013–14	Russian Premier League	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg	2014–15		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FC Liefering	2015–16	Austrian Football First League	13	0	–		–		13	0
FC Rostov	2016–17	Russian Premier League	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
FC Baltika Kaliningrad	2016–17	FNL	12	1	–		–		12	1
	2017–18		24	10	1	0	–		25	10
	Total		36	11	1	0	0	0	37	11
FC Rostov	2017–18	Russian Premier League	10	0	–		–		10	0
	Total (2 spells)		11	0	1	0	0	0	12	0
Career total			60	11	2	0	0	0	62	11

References

1. "Воронежский футболист забил первый гол за «Краснодар»" (in Russian). RIA Novosti (Voronezh). 12 March 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
2. "Dynamo Moscow-Rostov game report". Russian Football National League. 21 September 2016.
3. "Amkar-Rostov gama report" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 29 October 2016.
4. Интервью Кирилла Котова (in Russian). FC Baltika Kaliningrad. 6 December 2017.
5. ""КРАСНОДАР" ОФИЦИАЛЬНО ОФОРМИЛ ОТНОШЕНИЯ С ДМИТРИЕМ СКОПИНЦЕВЫМ" [Krasnodar officially signs Dmitri Skopintsev] (in Russian). FC Krasnodar. 20 February 2019.
6. "Дмитрий Скопинцев перешёл в «Динамо»" (Press release) (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 7 January 2020.

External links

• Dmitri Skopintsev at Russian Premier League