Nikita Medvedev
Nikita Olegovich Medvedev (Russian: Никита Олегович Медведев; born 17 December 1994) is a Russian football player. He plays as a goalkeeper for FC Lokomotiv Moscow.
 Medvedev with Lokomotiv in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nikita Olegovich Medvedev | ||
| Date of birth | 17 December 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Izhevsk, Russia | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | FC Lokomotiv Moscow | ||
| Number | 30 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | FC Zenit-Izhevsk | 44 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | FC Rostov | 17 | (0) |
| 2017– | FC Lokomotiv Moscow | 0 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 September 2017 | |||
Career
Club
He made his professional debut in the Russian Professional Football League for FC Zenit-Izhevsk Izhevsk on 29 September 2013 in a game against FC Oktan Perm.[1]
He made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Rostov on 9 September 2016 against FC Krylia Sovetov Samara.[2]
Following Soslan Dzhanayev's injury, he became the first-choice FC Rostov goalkeeper during the 2016–17 season, including the Champions League 3–2 victory over Bayern and Europa League matchup against Manchester United. He kept the clean sheet for Rostov for 952 minutes in the national league as of 25 April 2017 and has beaten the all-time Russian league record of 939 minutes set by Ruslan Nigmatullin.[3] He left Rostov on 9 June 2017.[4]
On 14 June 2017, he signed a 5-year contract with FC Lokomotiv Moscow.[5] In the first half of the 2017–18 season he was at first the backup to Guilherme and played two games, one in the Russian Cup and one in the Europa League. When Guilherme was injured, Lokomotiv manager decided to start Anton Kochenkov instead for the next several games, moving Medvedev to third-choice goalkeeper on the squad.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 13 May 2018[6]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| FC Zenit-Izhevsk | 2012–13 | PFL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013–14 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 26 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | |||
| Total | 44 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | ||
| FC Rostov | 2015–16 | Russian Premier League | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Total | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| FC Lokomotiv Moscow | 2017–18 | Russian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Career total | 61 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 73 | 0 | ||
Honours
References
- "Career Summary". Sportbox. 5 October 2014.
- "Rostov-Krylia Sovetov game report" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 9 September 2016.
- "Medvedev becomes the "driest" keeper in Russian football championships history" (in Russian). championat.ru. 25 April 2017.
- Спасибо, Никита! (in Russian). FC Rostov. 9 June 2017.
- Никита Медведев – в «Локо» (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 14 June 2017.
- "N.Medvedev". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
