Aleksandr Sapeta

Aleksandr Sapeta

Sapeta with Dynamo Moscow in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Aleksandr Sergeyevich Sapeta
Date of birth	(1989-06-28) 28 June 1989
Place of birth	Engels, Saratov, Soviet Union
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	FC Nizhny Novgorod
Number	41
Youth career
	Master-Saturn Yegoryevsk
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2010	Saturn Moscow Oblast	40	(3)
2011–2014	Dynamo Moscow	52	(2)
2013–2014	→ Ural (on loan)	6	(1)
2014–2016	Ural	47	(8)
2016–2017	Dynamo Moscow	45	(3)
2018	Rostov	5	(0)
2018–	Nizhny Novgorod	45	(3)
International career‡
2005–2006	Russia U17	5	(0)
	Russia U20	8	(2)
2010	Russia U21	4	(1)
2011–2012	Russia-2	5	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 March 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 September 2012

Aleksandr Sergeyevich Sapeta (Russian: Александр Серге́евич Сапета; born 28 June 1989) is a Russian footballer who plays as central midfielder for FC Nizhny Novgorod.

Club career

He has been playing in the Saturn system throughout his youth years. He made his debut for the main Saturn team on 26 October 2008 when he was a starter in the Premier League match against FC Moscow.

In winter 2011 Sapeta was signed by FC Dynamo Moscow.

On 9 August 2012, he came off the bench to score a brace in a 5-0 win against Dundee United F.C. in the second leg of their third qualifying round tie in the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.

On 22 February 2018, he signed a 2-year contract with FC Rostov. He was released from his Rostov contract by mutual consent on 21 August 2018.

International career

Sapeta was one of the members of the Russian U-17 squad that won the 2006 UEFA U-17 Championship.

Career statistics

As of 13 May 2018

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FC Saturn Ramenskoye	2005	Premier League	0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
	2006		0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
	2007		0	0	1	0	–		–		1	0
	2008		2	0	0	0	1	0	–		3	0
	2009		14	0	1	0	–		–		15	0
	2010		24	3	1	0	–		–		25	3
	Total		40	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	44	3
FC Dynamo Moscow	2011–12	Premier League	32	2	4	1	–		–		36	3
	2012–13		20	0	2	0	3	2	–		25	2
FC Ural Yekaterinburg	2013–14		6	1	0	0	–		–		6	1
	2014–15		18	1	0	0	–		1	0	19	1
	2015–16		29	7	2	0	–		–		31	7
	Total		53	9	2	0	0	0	1	0	56	9
FC Dynamo Moscow	2016–17	National League	33	3	3	0	–		–		36	3
	2017–18	Premier League	12	0	1	0	–		–		13	0
	Total (2 spells)		97	5	10	1	3	2	0	0	110	8
FC Rostov	2017–18	Premier League	5	0	–		–		–		5	0
Career total			195	17	15	1	4	2	1	0	215	20

External links

• (in Russian) Player page on the official FC Saturn Moscow oblast site
• Aleksandr Sapeta at Russian Premier League