Russian football player
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
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
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
Club
As of match played 1 September 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
27
1
7
0
—
—
34
1
2024–25
Russian Premier League
6
0
3
0
—
1[ b]
0
10
0
Total
76
3
19
1
0
0
1
0
96
4
Career total
136
7
19
1
0
0
2
0
157
8
International
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
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