Nikita Medvedev
Nikita Olegovich Medvedev (Russian: Никита Олегович Медведев; born 17 December 1994) is a Russian football player who plays as a goalkeeper for FC Rostov.
 Medvedev with Rostov in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nikita Olegovich Medvedev | ||
| Date of birth | 17 December 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Izhevsk, Russia | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Rostov | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | FC Zenit-Izhevsk | 44 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Rostov | 17 | (0) |
| 2017–2020 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Rubin Kazan | 6 | (0) |
| 2022– | Rostov | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 July 2022 | |||
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. His contract was terminated on 14 August 2020 after 3 seasons with the club in which he made no league appearances.[6]
On 17 August 2020, he signed a two-year contract with FC Rubin Kazan.[7] On 1 June 2022, Medveded signed a new three-year contract with Rubin.[8]
On 21 July 2022, Medvedev returned to FC Rostov on a contract for two seasons, with an option for a third.[9]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 3 October 2023[10]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Zenit-Izhevsk | 2012–13 | Russian Football National League 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013–14 | Russian Football National League 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | Russian Football National League 2 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 26 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | Russian Football National League 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | ||
| Total | 44 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | ||
| Rostov | 2015–16 | Russian Premier League | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | Russian Premier League | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Total | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 2017–18 | Russian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018–19 | Russian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | Russian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Rubin Kazan | 2020–21 | Russian Premier League | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | Russian Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | Russian First League | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Rostov | 2022–23 | Russian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | Russian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 67 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 86 | 0 | ||
- Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
- Appearance in the UEFA Europa Conference League
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.
- "Никита Медведев покидает "Локомотив"" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 14 August 2020.
- "НИКИТА МЕДВЕДЕВ ПЕРЕШЕЛ В "РУБИН"" (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 17 August 2020.
- ""РУБИН" ПРОДЛИЛ КОНТРАКТ С НИКИТОЙ МЕДВЕДЕВЫМ" (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- "НИКИТА МЕДВЕДЕВ – ИГРОК "РОСТОВА"" (in Russian). FC Rostov. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- Nikita Medvedev at Soccerway
External links
Media related to Nikita Medvedev at Wikimedia Commons