Daniil Lesovoy

Daniil Olegovich Lesovoy (Russian: Даниил Олегович Лесовой; born 12 January 1998) is a Russian professional footballer who plays for FC Dynamo Moscow.

In this Eastern Slavic name, the patronymic is Olegovich and the family name is Lesovoy.
Daniil Lesovoy
Lesovoy with Dynamo Moscow in 2020
Personal information
Full name Daniil Olegovich Lesovoy
Date of birth (1998-01-12) 12 January 1998
Place of birth Moscow, Russia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder/Forward
Club information
Current team
 FC Dynamo Moscow
Number 19
Youth career
2004–2016 Dynamo Kyiv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 Zenit St. Petersburg 0 (0)
2017–2018 → Zenit-2 St. Petersburg 32 (1)
2018–2020 → Arsenal Tula (loan) 36 (5)
2020 Arsenal Tula 10 (2)
2020– Dynamo Moscow 12 (4)
National team‡
2014 Ukraine U16 10 (3)
2014–2015 Ukraine U17 15 (3)
2018–2019 Russia U20 6 (1)
2019– Russia U21 7 (1)
* 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 13 October 2020

Club career

Born in Moscow, Russia, Lesovoy moved to Prague, Czech Republic at early age, and later moved to Kyev, Ukraine.

He made his debut in the Russian Football National League for FC Zenit-2 St. Petersburg on 18 March 2017 in a game against PFC Spartak Nalchik.[1]

On 28 July 2018, he joined FC Arsenal Tula on loan for the 2018–19 season.[2]

On 4 July 2019, the loan was extended for the 2019–20 season.[3]

On 3 July 2020, Arsenal used their purchase option in the loan contract and signed a 3-year contract with Lesovoy.[4]

On 7 September 2020, he signed a five-year contract with FC Dynamo Moscow.[5]

International career

After representing Ukraine on under-16 and under-17 level, he debuted for Russia national under-20 football team in September 2018.[6]

In November 2020, he was called up to the Russia national football team for the first time for the games against Moldova, Turkey and Serbia.[7]

References
  1. "Game Report by FNL". Russian Football National League. 18 March 2017.
  2. "Даниил Лесовой проведет сезон в «Арсенале»" (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 28 July 2018.
  3. "Даниил Лесовой проведет следующий сезон в тульском «Арсенале»" [Daniil Lesovoy will spend the next season at Arsenal Tula] (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 4 July 2019.
  4. "«АРСЕНАЛ» ВЫКУПИЛ ТРАНСФЕР ДАНИИЛА ЛЕСОВОГО" [Arsenal bought out the transfer of Daniil Lesovoy] (in Russian). FC Arsenal Tula. 3 July 2020.
  5. "Даниил Лесовой стал игроком «Динамо»!" (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 7 September 2020.
  6. "Croatia U-20 vs. Russia U-20 game report" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 7 September 2018.
  7. "Состав на Молдавию, Турцию и Сербию" [Line-up for Moldova, Turkey and Serbia] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 2 November 2020.
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