Ruslan Litvinov

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Romanovich and the family name is Litvinov.
Ruslan Litvinov
Litvinov with Spartak Moscow in 2021
Personal information
Full name Ruslan Romanovich Litvinov
Date of birth (2001-08-18) 18 August 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth Voronezh, Russia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 FC Spartak Moscow
Number 68
Youth career
2005–2016 Shmarov Football Center-73 Voronezh
2016–2019 Spartak Moscow
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 Spartak-2 Moscow 35 (3)
2020– Spartak Moscow 74 (5)
International career‡
2017–2018 Russia U-17 6 (1)
2018–2019 Russia U-18 19 (5)
2019 Russia U-19 7 (0)
2019 Russia U-20 5 (1)
2020–2021 Russia U-21 8 (0)
2022– Russia 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 September 2023

Ruslan Romanovich Litvinov (Russian: Руслан Романович Литвинов; born 18 August 2001) is a Russian football player who plays as a centre back for FC Spartak Moscow and the Russian national team.

Club career

He made his debut in the Russian Football National League for FC Spartak-2 Moscow on 20 August 2019 in a game against FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk, he substituted Mikhail Ignatov in the 79th minute.[2]

He made his debut for the main squad of FC Spartak Moscow on 21 October 2020 in a Russian Cup game against FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk.[3] He made his Russian Premier League debut for Spartak on 5 December 2020 in a game against FC Tambov, he substituted Alex Král in the 3rd added minute.[4]

On 7 February 2022, Litvinov extended his contract with Spartak until May 2026.[5] On 29 May 2022, he won the Russian Cup, playing the full final against Dynamo Moscow, which Spartak won 2-1.

International career

Litvinov was called up to the Russia national football team for the first time in November 2022 for friendly games against Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.[6] He made his debut against Uzbekistan on 20 November 2022.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 25 May 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
Spartak-2 Moscow 2019–20 Russian Football National League 7 0 – – – 7 0
2020–21 Russian Football National League 24 2 – – – 24 2
2021–22 Russian Football National League 4 1 – – – 4 1
Total 35 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 3
Spartak Moscow 2020–21 Russian Premier League 6 0 1 0 – – 7 0
2021–22 Russian Premier League 19 2 4 0 4[a] 0 – 27 2
2022–23 Russian Premier League 25 3 6 0 – 1[b] 0 32 3
2023–24 Russian Premier League 24 0 7 0 – – 31 0
Total 74 5 18 0 4 0 1 0 97 5
Career total 109 8 18 0 4 0 1 0 132 8
  1. ^ Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearances in the Russian Super Cup

International

As of match played 12 September 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Russia 2022 1 0
2023 3 0
Total 4 0

Honours

Spartak Moscow
Individual

References

  1. ^ "Ruslan Litvinov". FC Spartak Moscow. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Game Report by FNL" (in Russian). Russian Football National League. 20 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Yenisey v Spartak game report". Russian Premier League. 21 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Spartak v Tambov game report". Russian Premier League. 5 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Литвинов и Денисов переподписали контракты со "Спартаком", Маслову предоставили опцию продления" (Press release) (in Russian). FC Spartak Moscow. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Тренерский штаб сборной России вызвал 30 футболистов на ноябрьский сбор" [The coaching staff of the Russian national team called 30 players to the November training camp] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 7 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Сборные Узбекистана и России не забили голов в Ташкенте" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 20 November 2022.
  8. ^ ""Спартак" обыграл "Динамо" и стал 4-кратным победителем Кубка России" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 29 May 2022.
  9. ^ "Руслан Литвинов – обладатель награды Winline лучший гол марта!" [Ruslan Litvinov is the winner of the Winline best goal award for November!] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 31 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Все лауреаты первой ежегодной премии Winline Герои РПЛ" [All winners of the first Winline Heroes of the RPL award] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 4 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.

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