Aleksandr Prudnikov

Aleksandr Prudnikov

Prudnikov with Amkar in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Prudnikov
Date of birth	(1989-02-24) 24 February 1989
Place of birth	Smolensk, USSR
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	FK Spartaks Jūrmala
Youth career
2005–2007	FC Spartak Moscow
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2012	FC Spartak Moscow	33	(4)
2009	→ FC Terek Grozny (loan)	7	(0)
2009	→ Sparta Prague (loan)	8	(0)
2010	→ FC Tom Tomsk (loan)	6	(0)
2011–2012	→ FC Anzhi Makhachkala (loan)	19	(3)
2012	FC Kuban Krasnodar	2	(0)
2013	FC Alania Vladikavkaz	3	(0)
2013–2014	FC Rubin Kazan	17	(3)
2014	FC Dynamo Moscow	6	(0)
2015–2016	FC Amkar Perm	41	(6)
2016	FC Orenburg	4	(0)
2017–2018	FC Anzhi Makhachkala	29	(4)
2018–	FK Spartaks Jūrmala
International career‡
2005–2006	Russia U-17	10	(7)
2007	Russia U-19	9	(6)
2007–2010	Russia U-21	18	(6)
2011–2012	Russia-2	3	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 May 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 August 2012

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Prudnikov (Russian: Александр Александрович Прудников; born 24 February 1989) is a Russian football player. He plays as a striker for FK Spartaks Jūrmala in Latvia.

Career

On 8 April 2007, he made his debut for Spartak first team, scoring a winning goal in the game against Luch Vladivostok.

On 22 April 2007, Chelsea FC sporting director Frank Arnesen while visiting Moscow told the Russian sports newspaper Sovietskiy sport after the match against FC Krylya Sovetov Samara, that he liked the way Prudnikov performed in the game. FC Spartak Moscow sold on loan the striker, already with Russia's national team moves to FC Terek Grozny.

On 15 July 2009, Prudnikov agreed to join Czech giants Sparta Prague on a one-year-long loan deal. However, the contract was ripped up after a half-year.

On 31 March 2010, Prudnikov was loaned to FC Tom Tomsk.

As of 21 June 2013, it was confirmed that Prudnikov was on trial with FC Rubin Kazan in order to try and win a contract. He travelled with the club to their pre-season tour of Austria and started up front in a pre-season friendly against FC Steaua București on 22 June 2013. He signed for the club not long after, and scored on his debut away to FK Jagodina in the UEFA Europa League.

On 16 July 2014, FC Dynamo Moscow announced signing Prudnikov on a 1-year deal.

Career statistics

As of 20 May 2018

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Spartak Moscow	2005	Russian Premier League	0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
	2006		0	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
	2007		12	2	3	1	2	0	–		17	3
	2008		21	2	2	1	6	0	–		29	3
Terek Grozny	2009		7	0	–		–		–		7	0
Sparta Prague	2009–10	Czech First League	8	0	0	0	6	0	–		14	0
Tom Tomsk	2010	Russian Premier League	6	0	0	0	–		–		6	0
Spartak Moscow			0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
	Total (2 spells)		33	4	5	2	8	0	0	0	46	3
Anzhi Makhachkala	2011–12	Russian Premier League	19	3	2	0	–		–		21	3
Kuban Krasnodar	2012–13		2	0	2	1	–		–		4	1
Alania Vladikavkaz			3	0	–		–		–		3	0
Rubin Kazan	2013–14		17	3	1	0	10	3	–		28	6
Dynamo Moscow	2014–15		6	0	1	0	4	0	–		11	0
Amkar Perm			13	4	–		–		–		13	4
	2015–16		29	2	3	1	–		–		32	3
	Total		42	6	3	1	0	0	0	0	45	7
Orenburg	2016–17	Russian Premier League	4	0	0	0	–		–		4	0
Anzhi Makhachkala			10	3	1	0	–		–		11	3
	2017–18		19	1	0	0	–		1	0	20	1
	Total (2 spells)		48	7	3	0	0	0	1	0	52	7
Career total			176	20	15	4	28	3	1	0	220	27

International career

Prudnikov was one of the stars of the Russian U-17 squad that won the 2006 UEFA U-17 Championship. He was a part of the Russia U-21 side that was competing in the 2011 European Under-21 Championship qualification.

External links

• Media related to Aleksandr Prudnikov at Wikimedia Commons
• Aleksandr Prudnikov's profile on Spartak Moscow website.
• Aleksandr Prudnikov's website