Anton Miranchuk

Anton Andreyevich Miranchuk (Russian: Антон Андреевич Миранчук, IPA: [ɐnˈton ɐnˈdrʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ mʲɪrɐnˈtɕuk]; born 17 October 1995) is a Russian professional football player who plays as a centre midfielder or attacking midfielder for Lokomotiv Moscow and the Russia national team.

In this Eastern Slavic name, the patronymic is Andreyevich and the family name is Miranchuk.
For his brother, see Aleksei Miranchuk.

Anton Miranchuk
Miranchuk with Lokomotiv in 2020
Personal information
Full name Anton Andreyevich Miranchuk
Date of birth (1995-10-17) 17 October 1995
Place of birth Slavyansk-na-Kubani, Russia
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 FC Lokomotiv Moscow
Number 11
Youth career
2008–2010 Olymp Slavyansk-na-Kubani
2011 Spartak Moscow
2011–2013 Lokomotiv Moscow
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013– Lokomotiv Moscow 92 (22)
2016 → Levadia Tallinn (loan) 30 (14)
National team‡
2013 Russia U18 8 (0)
2013 Russia U19 2 (0)
2016 Russia U21 1 (0)
2017– Russia 19 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2020

Club career

Youth career

Born in Slavyansk-na-Kubani, Miranchuk joined Spartak Moscow from his hometown football school Olymp. He was dismissed from the club because of weak physical abilities. After that, he and his twin brother Aleksei moved to Lokomotiv Moscow.[2]

Lokomotiv Moscow

On 30 October 2013, Miranchuk made his competitive debut in senior football in a Russian Cup game against Rotor Volgograd replacing Victor Obinna in the 88th minute.[3]

Loan to Levadia

On 2 February 2016, Miranchuk was sent on loan to Estonian club Levadia Tallinn.[4] He made his debut for the new team on 2 April 2016, in a 1–1 home draw with Nõmme Kalju.[5] On 30 June 2016, Miranchuk made his debut in UEFA Europa League, in a 1–1 draw with Faroese side HB in a first qualifying round.[6] By the end of 2016 Meistriliiga season, he scored 14 goals and became the best goalscorer of his team in the league.

Return to Lokomotiv Moscow

He made his debut in the Russian Premier League for Lokomotiv Moscow on 9 April 2017 in a game against FC Rostov.[7] On 24 October 2018, he scored his first UEFA Champions League goal in a 1–3 home defeat against Porto in the 2018–19 season.[8] On 27 October 2020, he scored a goal in a 1–2 home defeat against Bayern Munich in the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League.[9] He scored again on 3 November against Atlético Madrid in the same competition.

International career

He made his debut for Russia national football team on 7 October 2017 in a friendly game against South Korea.[10]

On 11 May 2018, he was included in Russia's extended 2018 FIFA World Cup squad.[11] On 3 June 2018, he was included in the finalized World Cup squad.[12] He did not make any appearances at the tournament as Russia was eliminated by Croatia in the quarterfinal shoot-out.

Personal life

He is the identical twin brother of Aleksei Miranchuk, who is also his teammate on the Russia national team.

Career statistics

Club
As of 3 November 2020[13]
Club Season League Cup Europe Other[lower-alpha 1] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lokomotiv Moscow 2013–14 Russian Premier League 0010——10
2014–15 000000—00
2015–16 0000000000
2016–17 3000——30
2017–18 2941010110415
2018–19 26117461104016
2019–20 173001010193
2020–21 122003210164
Total 8720942044012028
Levadia Tallinn (loan) 2016 Meistriliiga 30141041—3515
Career total 117341042454015543
  1. Includes Russian Super Cup.

International
As of match played 14 October 2020[14]
Russia
YearAppsGoals
201720
201850
201941
202052
Total163

International goals
As of 11 October 2020 (Russia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Miranchuk goal)
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.8 June 2019Mordovia Arena, Saransk, Russia San Marino4–09–0UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
2.6 September 2020Puskás Aréna, Budapest, Hungary Hungary1–03–22020–21 UEFA Nations League B
3.11 October 2020VTB Arena, Moscow, Russia Turkey1–01–12020–21 UEFA Nations League B

Honours
Lokomotiv Moscow

References
  1. "2018 FIFA World Cup: List of players" (PDF). FIFA. 17 June 2018. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  2. "Антон Андреевич МИРАНЧУК" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  3. "Матч Ротор (Волгоград) vs Локомотив (Москва)" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 30 October 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  4. "Антон Миранчук - в "Левадии"". FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  5. "FCI LEVADIA VS. NÕMME KALJU 1 - 1". Soccerway. 2 April 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  6. "ФК ЛЕВАДИЯ СЫГРАЛА В НИЧЬЮ ПРОТИВ КОМАНДЫ HB TÓRSHAVNIGA 1:1" (in Russian). FCI Levadia Tallinn. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  7. "Game Report by RFPL". Russian Premier League. 9 April 2017.
  8. "Lokomotiv Moscow 1–3 FC Porto". Sky Sports. 24 October 2018.
  9. "Lokomotiv Moscow 1–2 Bayern Munich". BBC Sport. 27 October 2020.
  10. Уверенно победили Корею (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 7 October 2017.
  11. "Расширенный состав для подготовки к Чемпионату мира" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 11 May 2018.
  12. Заявка сборной России на Чемпионат мира FIFA 2018 (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 3 June 2018.
  13. Anton Miranchuk at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  14. Anton Miranchuk at National-Football-Teams.com
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