Aleksandr Sobolev (footballer, born 1997)

Aleksandr Sergeyevich Sobolev (Russian: Александр Сергеевич Соболев; born 7 March 1997) is a Russian football player who plays for Spartak Moscow as a striker.

In this Eastern Slavic name, the patronymic is Sergeyevich and the family name is Sobolev.
Aleksandr Sobolev
Sobolev with Spartak Moscow in 2020
Personal information
Full name Aleksandr Sergeyevich Sobolev
Date of birth (1997-03-07) 7 March 1997
Place of birth Barnaul, Russia
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Spartak Moscow
Number 7
Youth career
2002–2016 Dynamo Barnaul
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Tom Tomsk 40 (12)
2018–2020 Krylia Sovetov Samara 42 (19)
2019 → Yenisey Krasnoyarsk (loan) 10 (3)
2020 → Spartak Moscow (loan) 3 (0)
2020– Spartak Moscow 20 (7)
National team‡
2018 Russia U-21 2 (0)
2020– Russia 3 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 November 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 November 2020

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

On 6 October 2019 he 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]

Honors

Individual

International goals

Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first.

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.8 October 2020VEB Arena, Moscow, Russia Sweden1–21–2Friendly

References
  1. Aleksandr Sobolev at Russian Premier League
  2. "Ufa-Tom game report" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 5 December 2016.
  3. "АЛЕКСАНДР СОБОЛЕВ ПЕРЕШЕЛ В "ЕНИСЕЙ"" [Aleksandr Sobolev moved to Yenisey] (in Russian). FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk. 2 February 2019.
  4. "Александр Соболев переходит в "Спартак"" (in Russian). PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara. 29 January 2020.
  5. "Соболев подписал со «Спартаком» долгосрочный контракт". spartak.com/ (in Russian). FC Spartak Moscow. 18 May 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  6. "Соболев вместо Смолова" [Sobolev instead of Smolov]. RFU (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 6 October 2019.
  7. "Russia v Sweden game report" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 8 October 2020.
  8. https://m.sport.business-gazeta.ru/news/242854/
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