Andrea Chukanov

Andrea Chukanov
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-12-18) 18 December 1995
Place of birth Cosenza, Italy
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Midfielder/Forward
Club information
Current team
FC Orenburg
Number 11
Youth career
2002–2004 Smena St. Petersburg
2004–2012 FC Khimki
2013 FC Lokomotiv Moscow
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Lokomotiv Moscow 0 (0)
2015–2018 Tyumen 86 (8)
2018– Orenburg 9 (2)
National team
2014 Russia U-19 5 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 October 2018

Andrea Chukanov (Russian: Андреа Чуканов; born 18 December 1995) is an Italian-Russian football player who plays for FC Orenburg.

Club career

He made his debut in the Russian Football National League for FC Tyumen on 30 August 2015 in a game against FC Zenit-2 St. Petersburg.[1]

Personal life

His father Vyacheslav Chukanov is the 1980 Olympic champion in equestrian show jumping.[2]

He also holds Italian citizenship as he was born in Italy when his father worked there. Despite also having an Italian first name, he is not Italian by descent.[3]

References

  1. "Game Report by FNL". Russian Football National League. 30 August 2015.
  2. ""В "ЛОКО" ГОВОРИЛИ, ЧТО ХОРОШО ИГРАЮ, НО НЕ ПРЕДЛОЖИЛИ КОНТРАКТ". ФОРВАРД "ОРЕНБУРГА", КОТОРЫЙ ОБЫГРАЛ СЕМИНА" (in Russian). Sport Express. 13 August 2018.
  3. "Andrea Chukanov: I've been supporting Lazio since childhood" (in Russian). Tyumenskaya Arena. 30 January 2016.
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