Aleksandr Golovin (footballer)

Aleksandr Sergeyevich Golovin (Russian: Александр Сергеевич Головин; born 30 May 1996) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for AS Monaco and the Russian national team.

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Sergeyevich and the family name is Golovin.
Aleksandr Golovin
Golovin playing for Russia at the 2018 World Cup
Personal information
Full name Aleksandr Sergeyevich Golovin
Date of birth (1996-05-30) 30 May 1996
Place of birth Kaltan, Russia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Monaco
Number 17
Youth career
2001–2009 DYuSSh Kaltan
2009–2011 Metallurg Novokuznetsk
2012–2014 CSKA Moscow
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 CSKA Moscow 81 (9)
2018– Monaco 55 (6)
National team‡
2013 Russia U17 15 (1)
2014 Russia U18 4 (2)
2014–2015 Russia U19 11 (2)
2015 Russia U21 3 (0)
2015– Russia 33 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:06, 7 March 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2019

Early life

Golovin was born to a mining family in the small mining town of Kaltan in Southern Siberia, Russia. Since childhood, he was friends with Aleksandr Plyasunov, a coach at the local youth sports school. When Golovin was six years old, he started playing football under Plyasunov, before moving on to the school of FC Novokuznetsk (then called Metallurg-Zapsib) and the Olympic reserve school in Leninsk-Kuznetsky. After playing for Metallurg, he was invited to play for the squad of the Siberian team. It was during this time that Golovin attracted the attention of scouts and was invited to play for PFC CSKA Moscow.[2][3]

Club career

CSKA Moscow

Golovin debuted playing for PFC CSKA Moscow on 24 September 2014 against FC Khimik Dzerzhinsk in the 1/16 round of the Russian Cup. He made the starting lineup and was subbed out in the 88th minute of the game.[4]

Golovin made his Russian Football Premier League debut for PFC CSKA Moscow on 14 March 2015 in a game against FC Mordovia Saransk as a sub in the 72nd minute of the game.[5] He made his UEFA Champions League debut against Sparta Prague on 5 August 2015, subbing in for Alan Dzagoev.[6] He scored his first goal for CSKA on 9 April 2016 against FC Mordovia Saransk.[7]

In the summer of 2017, Arsenal offered between £8 and £10 million for Golovin, but CSKA declined the transfer.[8]

On 2 December 2016, Golovin extended his contract with CSKA Moscow until the end of the 2020–21 season.[9]

AS Monaco

On 27 July 2018, Golovin signed a five-year contract with AS Monaco for an undisclosed, but record-transfer fee, from CSKA Moscow.[10][11] Golovin made his competitive debut for Monaco in the 1-1 Ligue 1 home draw against Nîmes Olympique on 21 September 2018, coming on as a substitute during the 72nd minute.[12] He made his first start in Ligue 1 on Tuesday, 25 September 2018, in the 1–0 home defeat against Angers SCO. He scored his first Ligue 1 goal on 2 February 2019 in the 2–1 home win over Toulouse FC.

On 24 September 2019, Golovin scored two goals and provided an assist for Wissam Ben Yedder in Monaco's 3-1 Ligue 1 home win over OGC Nice.[13]

International career
Golovin playing for Russia at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup

Golovin won the 2013 UEFA European Under-17 Championship with Russia national under-17 team, with which he also participated in the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Later, Golovin went on to represent the Russia national under-19 team at the 2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, where Russia came in second place. Golovin made his debut for the Russia national team on 7 June 2015 in a friendly game against Belarus at the Arena Khimki, replacing captain Roman Shirokov in the 61st minute and scoring Russia's second goal of a 4–2 victory 16 minutes later.

On 11 May 2018, he was included in Russia's extended 2018 FIFA World Cup squad.[14] On 3 June 2018, he was included in the finalized World Cup squad.[15] On 14 June 2018, he played a crucial role in Russia's 5–0 victory over Saudi Arabia making two assists and scoring the final goal, a free-kick in the opening match of the 2018 World Cup.[16]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 7 March 2020[17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
CSKA Moscow 2014–15 Russian Premier League 7030–00–100
2015–16 17142–20–233
2016–17 30300–6010373
2017–18 27510–152–437
Total 81982002321011313
Monaco 2018–19 Ligue 1 30310113000354
2019–20 2533020––303
Total 55640313000657
Career total 13615122312621017820

International
As of 19 November 2019[18]
Russia
YearAppsGoals
201511
201671
201770
2018101
201982
Total335

International goals
Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first.
№DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.7 June 2015Arena Khimki, Khimki, Russia Belarus2–24–2Friendly
2.26 March 2016Otkritie Arena, Moscow, Russia Lithuania2–03–0
3.14 June 2018Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia Saudi Arabia5–05–02018 FIFA World Cup
4.10 October 2019 Scotland4–04–0UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
5.13 October 2019GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus Cyprus4–05–0

Honours

Club
CSKA Moscow

International
Russia U-17
Russia U-19

References
  1. "aleksandr-golovin" (PDF). AS Monaco. 17 June 2018. p. 24.
  2. ""Футбольные боги сегодня на нашей стороне!": первый тренер Александра Головина поздравил сборную России с выходом в четвертьфинал". Комсомольская правда. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  3. "Никто не верит, что тут начинала главная звезда русского футбола". Sports.ru. 20 April 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  4. "ФУТБОЛ РОССИЯ КУБОК РОССИИ 2014-15" (in Russian). sportbox.ru. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  5. "CSKA-Mordovia game protocol". Russian Football Premier League. 14 March 2015.
  6. "Матч Спарта П - ЦСКА, онлайн трансляция, 5 августа 2015, ЛИГА ЧЕМПИОНОВ, 3-й отборочный раунд. Турнир 15". Спорт-Экспресс. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  7. "РОССИЯ. Премьер-лига. 23-й тур" (in Russian). Спорт-Экспресс. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  8. "Нобель Арустамян: "Арсенал" предлагал за Головина 8-10 млн фунтов, "Челси" тоже хотел его приобрести»" (in Russian). sports.ru. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  9. "Александр Головин и ПФК ЦСКА продлили контракт до 2021 года". pfc-cska.com (in Russian). CSKA Moscow. 2 December 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  10. "Aleksandr Golovin joins AS Monaco". asmonaco.com/. AS Monaco FC. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  11. "Aleksandr Golovin moves to AS Monaco". pfc-cska.com/. PFC CSKA Moscow. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  12. "Monaco vs Nimes". Sky Sports. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  13. "Monaco up and running with derby victory". www.ligue1.com. 24 September 2019.
  14. "Расширенный состав для подготовки к Чемпионату мира" [Expanded squad to prepare for the World Cup] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  15. Заявка сборной России на Чемпионат мира FIFA 2018 [Russian national team selection for the 2018 FIFA World Cup] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 3 June 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  16. "Russia coast past Saudi Arabia and leave them all smiling in Putin's place". Guardian. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  17. "A.Golovin". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  18. "Aleksandr Golovin". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
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