Aleksandr Sobolev
 Sobolev with Spartak Moscow in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aleksandr Sergeyevich Sobolev | ||
| Date of birth | 7 March 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Barnaul, Russia | ||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Spartak Moscow | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2016 | Dynamo Barnaul | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2017 | Tom Tomsk | 37 | (9) |
| 2018–2020 | Krylia Sovetov Samara | 42 | (19) |
| 2019 | → Yenisey Krasnoyarsk (loan) | 10 | (3) |
| 2020 | → Spartak Moscow (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2020– | Spartak Moscow | 30 | (16) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Russia U-21 | 2 | (0) |
| 2020– | Russia | 6 | (3) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 May 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 June 2021 | |||
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Sobolev (Russian: Александр Сергеевич Соболев; born 7 March 1997) is a Russian football player who plays for Spartak Moscow as a striker.
Club career
Sobolev made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Tom Tomsk on 5 December 2016 in a game against FC Ufa.[2]
Sobolev scored more goals than any other player in the 2017–18 Russian Cup.
On 2 February 2019, Sobolev joined Yenisey Krasnoyarsk on loan.[3]
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.[4]
On 18 May 2020, Spartak Moscow announced that they had exercised the option to purchase Sobolev from Krylia Sovetov.[5]
International career
On 6 October 2019, Sobolev 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.[6]
He made his debut on 8 October 2020 in a friendly against Sweden and scored an added-time goal in a 1–2 home loss.[7]
On 11 May 2021, he was included in the preliminary extended 30-man squad for UEFA Euro 2020.[8] On 2 June 2021, he was included in the final squad.[9]
Honours
Spartak Moscow
Individual
- Russian Premier League Player of the Month: July 2019,[10] March 2021
Career statistics
Club
- As of 16 May 2021
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Tom Tomsk | 2016–17 | Premier League | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 3 | ||
| 2017–18 | FNL | 24 | 6 | 3 | 3 | – | – | 27 | 9 | |||
| Total | 37 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 12 | ||
| Krylia Sovetov Samara | 2017–18 | FNL | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | – | 2[a] | 0 | 15 | 9 | |
| 2018–19 | Premier League | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 13 | 2 | |||
| Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 10 | 3 | – | – | – | 10 | 3 | |||||
| Krylia Sovetov Samara | 2019–20 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 10 | |||
| Total (2 spells) | 42 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 21 | ||
| Spartak Moscow | 2019–20 | Premier League | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 13 | 3 | ||
| 2020–21 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 24 | 15 | ||||
| Total | 33 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 18 | ||
| Career total | 122 | 47 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 134 | 54 | ||
International goals
Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 8 October 2020 | VEB Arena, Moscow, Russia |  Sweden |
1–2 | 1–2 | Friendly |
| 2. | 24 March 2021 | National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta |  Malta |
3–1 | 3–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3. | 5 June 2021 | VTB Arena, Moscow, Russia |  Bulgaria |
1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
References
- ^ Aleksandr Sobolev at Russian Premier League
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Russia v Sweden game report" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 8 October 2020.
- ^ Расширенный состав сборной России для подготовки к ЕВРО [Extended national team line-up for Euro preparations] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 11 May 2021.
- ^ "Состав сборной России на ЕВРО-2020" [Russia national team line-up for EURO-2020] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 2 June 2021.
- ^ https://www.sport.business-gazeta.ru/news/242854/
External links
- Aleksandr Sobolev at Soccerway
- Aleksandr Sobolev at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
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