Aleksandr Chernikov (footballer, born 2000)

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Aleksandr Chernikov
Chernikov with FC Krasnodar in 2019
Personal information
Full name Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Chernikov
Date of birth (2000-02-01) 1 February 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Vyselki, Russia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
FC Krasnodar
Number 53
Youth career
DYuSSh Vyselki
0000–2019 Krasnodar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 FC Krasnodar-3 3 (0)
2018–2022 FC Krasnodar-2 57 (4)
2019– FC Krasnodar 65 (3)
International career
2016 Russia U-16 3 (0)
2018 Russia U-18 3 (1)
2018–2019 Russia U-19 5 (0)
2019 Russia U-20 2 (0)
2021 Russia U-21 1 (0)
2023– Russia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2023

Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Chernikov (Russian: Александр Евгеньевич Черников; born 1 February 2000) is a Russian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for FC Krasnodar and Russia national team.

Club career[edit]

He made his debut in the Russian Professional Football League for FC Krasnodar-2 on 17 March 2018 in a game against FC Biolog-Novokubansk.[1] He made his Russian Football National League debut for Krasnodar-2 on 22 July 2018 in a game against FC SKA-Khabarovsk.[citation needed]

He made his debut for the main squad of FC Krasnodar on 25 September 2019 in a Russian Cup game against FC Nizhny Novgorod.[2] He made his Russian Premier League debut for Krasnodar on 1 March 2020 in a game against FC Ufa, he started the game and was substituted at half-time.[3]

International career[edit]

He was called up to the Russia national football team for the first time in October 2021 for the World Cup qualifiers against Cyprus and Croatia. He was included in the extended 41-players list of candidates.[4]

Chernikov made his debut on 20 November 2023 in a friendly against Cuba.[5]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of match played 13 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Krasnodar-2 2017–18 Russian Second League 3 0 1[a] 0 4 0
2018–19 Russian First League 21 2 21 2
2019–20 Russian First League 15 2 15 2
2020–21 Russian First League 16 0 16 0
2021–22 Russian First League 2 0 2 0
Total 57 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 58 4
Krasnodar-3 2018–19 Russian Second League 1 0 1 0
2019–20 Russian Second League 2 0 2 0
Total 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Krasnodar 2018–19 Russian Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019–20 Russian Premier League 6 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
2020–21 Russian Premier League 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2021–22 Russian Premier League 23 2 2 1 25 3
2022–23 Russian Premier League 13 0 6 0 19 0
2023–24 Russian Premier League 21 1 7 0 28 1
Total 64 3 16 1 0 0 0 0 80 4
Career total 124 7 16 1 0 0 1 0 141 8
  1. ^ Appearances in the FNL Cup

International[edit]

As of match played 20 November 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Russia 2023 1 0
Total 1 0

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Game Report by PFL". Russian Professional Football League. 17 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Nizhny Novgorod v Krasnodar game report". Russian Premier League. 25 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Krasnodar v Ufa game report". Russian Premier League. 1 March 2020.
  4. ^ Расширенный состав на Кипр и Хорватию [Expanded squad for Cyprus and Croatia] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 25 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Russia v Cuba game report" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 20 November 2023.

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