Anton Shunin

Anton Vladimirovich Shunin (Russian: Антон Владимирович Шунин; born 27 January 1987) is a Russian association football goalkeeper who currently plays for Dynamo Moscow and the Russian national team.

Anton Shunin
Shunin with Dynamo Moscow in 2018
Personal information
Full name Anton Vladimirovich Shunin
Date of birth (1987-01-27) 27 January 1987
Place of birth Moscow, Soviet Union
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Dynamo Moscow
Number 1
Youth career
1994–2004 Dynamo Moscow
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004– Dynamo Moscow 265 (0)
National team‡
2007 Russia U-21 6 (0)
2011 Russia-2 1 (0)
2007– Russia 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 October 2020
In this Eastern Slavic name, the patronymic is Vladimirovich and the family name is Shunin.

Club career

Shunin is a youth product of Dynamo Moscow. He made his debut on 21 April 2007 in a 2–1 win over Khimki.

On 17 November 2012, Shunin was struck by a firecracker thrown from the stands during a Russian Premier League match against FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. After the match had been stopped, it was confirmed that Shunin had sustained a burn of the cornea in one eye.[1]

He was voted as player of the month for November 2019 by Dynamo fans.[2]

On 4 August 2020, he was voted Player of the Year by Dynamo fans for the 2019–20 season, the prize he also won in 2018–19.[3] He was voted player of the month again for August 2020 and September 2020.[4]

International career
Shunin with the Russia national football team in 2011

He made his international debut on 27 August 2007 in a friendly match which ended 2–2 against Poland.

After a three-year break, he was called up for the national team again for a friendly game against Belgium on 17 November 2010.[5]

He was confirmed for the finalized UEFA Euro 2012 squad on 25 May 2012.[6]

After another 6 years without call-ups, he was included in the squad for the games against Turkey and Czech Republic in September 2018, two months after then retirement of goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev from international football.[7] He played his first competitive match for his country on 19 November 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against San Marino, keeping a clean sheet.

In the UEFA Nations League in 2020, Shunin gradually became the first choice goalkeeper of the national team.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 1 November 2020[8]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Dynamo Moscow 2007 Premier League 23-252-8–25-33
2008 9-1100–9-11
2009 8-1300008-13
2010 9-61-2–10-8
2011–12 41-435-2–46-45
2012–13 23-272-23-528-34
2013–14 7-1000–7-10
2014–15 2-21-2104-4
2015–16 7-111-3–8-14
2016–17 National League 35-2500–35-25
2017–18 Premier League 30-3000–30-30
2018–19 30-2800–30-28
2019–20 23-211-1–24-22
2020–21 13-10001-214-12
Career total 260-26213-205-7278-289

International
As of match played 14 October 2020[9]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Russia
200710
201110
201910
202040
Total70

Honours

Club
Dynamo Moscow

Individual
  • List of top 33 players in the Russian Premier League: 2011–12 (3rd place)[11]

Personal life

He has a son named Artemy with his first wife, Veronica. Alena Shishkova and Anton Shunin had a relationship from 2015 to 2015. In July 2018, Anton Shunin married Victoria's Secret Angel, Kate Grigorieva.[12][13]

References
  1. "Fans throw firecrackers; match stopped". 17 November 2012.
  2. "Антон Шунин – лучший игрок ноября" [Anton Shunin is the best player in November] (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 29 November 2019.
  3. "Антон Шунин – «ВТБ Лучший игрок» сезона 2019/20" (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 4 August 2020.
  4. "Антон Шунин признан ВТБ Игроком месяца в сентябре" (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 3 October 2020.
  5. Шунин заменил в сборной Рыжикова
  6. "Advocaat announced the finalized Euro Squad" (in Russian). 25 May 2012.
  7. Состав сборной России на Турцию и Чехию (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 27 August 2018.
  8. "Anton Shunin". SofaScore. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  9. "Anton Shunin". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  10. "2015 Atlantic Cup results". The Atlantic Cup. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  11. РФС назвал 33-х лучших игроков чемпионата России (in Russian). RBK Group. 15 May 2012.
  12. "Hottest WAG ever? Victoria's Secret model marries Russian footballer".
  13. "Model Kate Grigorieva met the family of her boyfriend – soccer player Anton Shunin".


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.