Nikita Medvedev
 Medvedev with Lokomotiv in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nikita Olegovich Medvedev | ||
| Date of birth | 17 December 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Izhevsk, Russia | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Lokomotiv Moscow | ||
| Number | 30 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | FC Zenit-Izhevsk | 44 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | FC Rostov | 17 | (0) |
| 2017– | FC Lokomotiv Moscow | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 September 2017 | |||
Nikita Olegovich Medvedev (Russian: Никита Олегович Медведев; born 17 December 1994) is a Russian football player. He plays as a goalkeeper for FC Lokomotiv Moscow.
Career
Club
He made his professional debut in the Russian Professional Football League for FC Zenit-Izhevsk Izhevsk on 29 September 2013 in a game against FC Oktan Perm.[1]
He made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Rostov on 9 September 2016 against FC Krylia Sovetov Samara.[2]
Following Soslan Dzhanayev's injury, he became the first-choice FC Rostov goalkeeper during the 2016–17 season, including the Champions League 3–2 victory over Bayern and Europa League matchup against Manchester United. He kept the clean sheet for Rostov for 952 minutes in the national league as of 25 April 2017 and has beaten the all-time Russian league record of 939 minutes set by Ruslan Nigmatullin.[3] He left Rostov on 9 June 2017.[4]
On 14 June 2017, he signed a 5-year contract with FC Lokomotiv Moscow.[5] In the first half of the 2017–18 season he was at first the backup to Guilherme and played two games, one in the Russian Cup and one in the Europa League. When Guilherme was injured, Lokomotiv manager decided to start Anton Kochenkov instead for the next several games, moving Medvedev to third-choice goalkeeper on the squad.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 13 May 2018[6]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| FC Zenit-Izhevsk | 2012–13 | PFL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013–14 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 26 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | |||
| Total | 44 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | ||
| FC Rostov | 2015–16 | Russian Premier League | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Total | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| FC Lokomotiv Moscow | 2017–18 | Russian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Career total | 61 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 73 | 0 | ||
Honours
Club
- Lokomotiv Moscow
References
- ^ "Career Summary". Sportbox. 5 October 2014.
- ^ "Rostov-Krylia Sovetov game report" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 9 September 2016.
- ^ "Medvedev becomes the "driest" keeper in Russian football championships history" (in Russian). championat.ru. 25 April 2017.
- ^ Спасибо, Никита! (in Russian). FC Rostov. 9 June 2017.
- ^ Никита Медведев – в «Локо» (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 14 June 2017.
- ^ "N.Medvedev". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
External links
Media related to Nikita Medvedev at Wikimedia Commons
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