What is the Russia squad for the Euro 2020?

Russia national team’s manager

Coach: Stanislav Cherchesov

• Date of birth: 2 September 1963 (age 58)
• Height: 1m83 (6 ft 0 in)
• Nationality: Russia 
• Position: Former goalkeeper, manager
• Club: Russia national team

Stanislav started his football career as a goalkeeper in various clubs in and outside Russia. His peak period was in the middle of his playing career, when he was awarded the Soviet Top League Best Goalkeeper for three seasons: 1989, 1990, and 1992. He ended his senior career in 2002 in Spartak Moscow and in 2000 in the Russia national team and became a football manager.

The two first clubs he was responsible for were Austrian clubs Kufstein and Wacker Innsbruck. In 2007, he moved to domestic clubs and became the manager of Spartak Moscow, FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi, Terek Grozny, Amkar Perm, and Dynamo Moscow respectively over time. In a short deal with Polish club Legia Warsaw from October 2015 to June 2016, he led the club to one Ekstraklasa title and one Polish Cup. Since August 2016, he has been in charge of the Russia national team.

The list of 26 players in the Finland squad for Euro 2020

Goalkeeper

1. Anton Shunin

• Date of birth: 27 January 1987 (age 34)
• Height: 1.91m (6 ft 3 in)
• Nationality: Russia
• Position: Goalkeeper
• Club: Dynamo Moscow, Russia national team
• Market value: €2.50M

Anton Shunin was trained in Dynamo Moscow and has stayed with the senior side of this club since 2004. He has made 274 appearances with this club, mostly in the Russian Premier League. In the 2011-12 season, he ranked third in the top 33 players in the Russian Premier League and during his time in Dynamo Moscow, he was highly supported by the club’s fans. He was chosen as player of the month for November 2019, August 2020, and September 2020; player of the year for the 2018-19 and 2019-20 season, all were voted by fans.

Anton was called up for the national team in 2007. He has helped Russia keep a clean sheet in a Euro 2020 qualifier against San Marino. 

2. Yury Dyupin

• Date of birth: 17 March 1988 (age 33)
• Height: 1.87m (6 ft 2 in)
• Nationality: Russia
• Position: Goalkeeper
• Club: FC Rubin Kazan, Russia national team
• Market value: €2.50M

Until now, Yury has never played for any club outside Russia. He is a product of the youth side of Dynamo Barnaul and made his first professional debut for this club on 15 May 2011, playing for one season of the PFL. He moved to numerous Russian clubs in the next years but only stayed with them for a maximum of two seasons in different domestic tournaments.

Since the 2018-19 season, he has started playing in the top-flight Russian Premier League for FC Anzhi Makhachkala and then FC Rubin Kazan. He has made a total of 57 Premier League matches out of 262 appearances in his senior career so far. He was selected for the Russia national team in March 2021 for the 2022 World Cup qualification. On 2 June 2012, he was called up for the final squad of Russia in Euro 2020 but didn’t have a chance to show up as Russia was eliminated at the group stage.

3. Matvei Safonov

• Date of birth: 25 February 1999 (age 22)
• Height: 1.92m (6 ft 4 in)
• Nationality: Russia
• Position: Goalkeeper
• Club: Krasnodar, Russia national team
• Market value: €15.00M

Matvei spent his youth years in Krasnodar from 2015 to 2017. On 13 August 2017, he made his first professional debut for this club in a Russian Premier League match against FC Amkar Perm. From 2018 to 2021, he also played for Krasnodar-2 in the second and third divisions. He has made a total of 100 appearances in his senior career until now.

Matvei was part of all the youth levels (except for U20) of the national squads. Until 9 October 2020, he was selected for the national team and made his first international cap in a Nations League match against Turkey.

Defender

4. Fyodor Kudryashov

• Date of birth: 5 April 1987 (age 34)
• Height: 1.81m (5 ft 11 in)
• Nationality: Russia
• Position: Left-back
• Club: Antalyaspor, Russia national team
• Market value: €900TH

Fyodor is playing as the left-back for the Turkish Super Lig club Antalyaspor and the Russia national team. He mainly played in the Russian Premier League during his senior career. He made his first professional debut for Sibiryak Bratsk where he was trained in the youth side from 1997 to 2002. After that, he had a long-term contract with Spartak Moscow but during this time from 2005 to 2012, he was loaned to three clubs Khimki, Tom Tomsk, and Krasnodar respectively.

In 2018-19, he moved to play in Turkey and participated in the top-flight Super Lig. He was a member of the Russia U21 squad in the 2007-08 season and on 21 August 2016, he was called up for the national team. He has finally scored once for his team in Euro 2020 qualification against San Marino, and the final result was a 9-0 win.

5. Georgi Dzhikiya

• Date of birth: 21 November 1993 (age 28)
• Height: 1.88m (6 ft 2 in)
• Nationality: Russia
• Position: Defender
• Club: Spartak Moscow, Russia national team
• Market value: €9.00M

Georgi started playing football at the age of 10, in the youth side of Lokomotiv Moscow. He was promoted to the senior club in 2011. He scored two goals for this club in three seasons of the second division PFL. He played for two more clubs for a season-long deal in the FNL before starting his career in the Russian Premier League. 

Georgi was transferred to Amkar Perm in 2015 and played in two seasons of the top-flight competition. He kept playing in the Russian Premier League but for another club, Spartak Moscow from 2016 to the present, where he has made four goals. He was voted as the Spartak Moscow Golden Boar in 2019 by fans. He has also played for the national team since 2017 and has just netted once in the recent Euro 2020 qualifier, but they lost to Belgium by 1-4. 

6. Igor Diveev 

• Date of birth: 27 September 1999 (age 22)
• Height: 1.93m (6 ft 4 in)
• Nationality: Russia
• Position: Defender
• Club: CSKA Moscow, Russia national team
• Market value: €6.00M

Igor is playing as a defender for Russian Premier League club CSKA Moscow and the Russia national team. He was trained in Stal Ufa and FC Ufa in his youth career. He became a professional footballer for FC Ufa but until 26 August 2018, he made his first professional debut in a Premier League match against FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.

Before officially signing a professional contract with the current club, he played for them as a loaned player for a season-long deal. He has scored four Premier League goals for CSKA Moscow in 77 games from 2019 to 2021. In late 2020, he was named for the Russia national team and made his first international debut as a substitute in a Nations League match against Serbia. 

7. Vyacheslav Karavaev

• Date of birth: 20 May 1995 (age 26)
• Height: 1.75m (5 ft 9 in)
• Nationality: Russia
• Position: Right-back
• Club: Zenit Saint Petersburg, Russia national team
• Market value: €7.00M

Karavaev started his senior career in CSKA Moscow in late 2013. In the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons, he played as a loaned player for two Czech clubs Dukla Prague and Jablonec. From 2017 to 2018, he played for Sparta Prague in the Czech First League and scored four goals in the first season. He moved to the Netherlands and signed a 3.5-year contract with Vitesse for a fee of €2.5 million. He scored two goals in three seasons of the Eredivisie. 

On 2 September 2019, Karavaev returned to his country and played for Zenit St. Petersburg on a four-year contract. Since then, the club has achieved two Russian Premier League titles, one Russian Cup, and one Russian Super Cup. He was included in the national team in 2019 and until now, he has scored two international goals, once in the Nations League B against Serbia and once in a friendly against Poland. 

8. Andrei Semenov

• Date of birth: 24 March 1989 (age 32)
• Height: 1.91m (6 ft 3 in)
• Nationality: Russia
• Position: Defender
• Club: Akhmat Grozny, Russia national team
• Market value: €1.80M

Andrei made his first professional debut for Sokol Saratov in the PFL in 2008. This year, he also played for Istra in the same competition but didn’t record any goal. From 2009 to 2012, he played in the FNL for two clubs and scored two for SKA-Energia Khabarovsk. In late 2012, it was announced that Andrei was transferred to Amkar. He scored in his debut for this club, but it was a 1-2 loss to Amkar. He has made the most appearances with Premier League club Akhmat Grozny, including 217 matches out of 347 games in his senior career. He has scored six goals for this club through eight seasons of the Russian Premier League.

Andrei has also made 27 international caps since 2014 for the national team without any goal until now. 

9. Mario Fernandes

• Date of birth: 19 September 1990 (age 31)
• Height: 1.87m (6 ft 2 in)
• Nationality: Russia
• Position: Right back
• Club: CSKA Moscow, Russia national team
• Market value: €18.00M

Mario Fernandes was born in Brazil so he had three years of his youth career training in Brazilian clubs. He was the first-choice right-back for Brazilian Serie A club Grêmio from 2009 to 2012. On 25 April 2012, he was transferred to Russian Premier League club CSKA Moscow for a fee of €15 million. Since then, the club won three Premier League titles, one Russian Cup, and two Russian Super Cups.

Mario was awarded the CSKA Fans’ Player of the Year in the 2018-19 season. Because of having two citizenships, he used to play for the Brazil national team in 2014 and since 2017, he has been part of the Russian national team, in which he has scored five international goals, including one in Euro 2020 qualification and two in 2022 World Cup qualification.

10. Roman Evgenyev

• Date of birth: 23 February 1999 (age 22)
• Height: 1.93m (6 ft 4 in)
• Nationality: Russia
• Position: Defender
• Club: FC Dynamo Moscow, Russia national team
• Market value: €3.50M

Roman spent three years in the youth side of Dynamo Moscow before making his first professional debut for this club on 2 April 2017. He has played in three seasons of the Russian Premier League and scored one in the recent 2020-21 season, in which he captained the club for the first time. 

He was named for the Russia national team in late 2020 after joining all youth levels from U18 to U21. ON 11 June 2021, he was included in the Russia squad for Euro 2020 to replace Andrei Mostovoy who tested positive for COVID-19. However, he didn’t have a chance to appear because the team has already been eliminated.

Midfielder

11. Dmitri Barinov

• Date of birth: 11 September 1996 (age 25)
• Height: 1.79m (5 ft 10 in)
• Nationality: Russia
• Position: Defensive midfielder
• Club: Lokomotiv Moscow, Russia national team
• Market value: €12.00M

Dmitri has played for the current club Lokomotiv Moscow since 2014. He was trained in the youth side of this club two years prior. From 2014 to the present, he has made 119 appearances With Lokomotiv Moscow and scored six goals. The club was the champion of the Russian Premier League in the 2017-18 season and achieved three Russian Cup titles in 2016-17, 2018-19, and 2020-21, one Russian Super Cup in 2019.

He started his national career in the U17 squad and they won the UEFA European Under-17 Championship in 2013. Dmitri also joined the U18, U19, and U21 levels before being selected for the senior national team in 2019 for Euro 2020 qualification. 

12. Roman Zobnin

• Date of birth: 11 February 1994 (age 27)
• Height: 1.85m (6 ft 1 in)
• Nationality: Russia
• Position: Midfielder
• Club: Spartak Moscow, Russia national team
• Market value: €13.00M

Roman had quite a long time training in the Konoplyov football academy before he made his first professional debut for Akademiya Tolyatti on 30 April 2011. In the first three seasons of his senior career, Roman played in the second division PFL for 23 matches and didn’t score any goal.

After that, he played in the top-flight Russian Premier League for Dynamo Moscow (from 2013 to 2016) and Spartak Moscow from 2017 to the present. He has scored a total of nine goals in his club career, all from the Premier League. During his time, Spartak won the Russian Premier League in 2016-17 and Russian Super Cup in 2017. He was also part of the U16 to U21 squads of the national team before joining the senior team in 2015 with 38 international caps so far.

13. Denis Cheryshev

• Date of birth: 26 December 1990 (age 31)
• Height: 1.73m (5 ft 8 in)
• Nationality: Russia
• Position: Winger
• Club: Valencia, Russia national team
• Market value: €4.00M

Despite being a Russian, Denis Cheryshev has played for only Spanish clubs since his youth career until now. He first played for the youth side of Sporting Gijón, where his father Dmitri Cheryshev, a former professional footballer was playing at that time. In 2002-2009, he was trained in Real Madrid and appeared in the Segunda Division B in the 2008-09 season as his first professional debut.

He successfully scored 22 goals during four seasons of the Segunda Division. Since then, he has played in the top-flight La Liga for several Spanish clubs, including Real Madrid, Sevilla, Villarreal, and Valencia. He has netted a total of 44 goals in his senior career and 12 international goals for the Russia national team.

14. Daniil Fomin 

• Date of birth: 2 March 1997 (age 24)
• Height: 1.87m (6 ft 2 in)
• Nationality: Russia
• Position: Midfielder
• Club: FC Dynamo Moscow, Russia national team
• Market value: €5.00M

Daniil made his first professional debut for FC Krasnodar-2 on 7 October 2014 in the Russian Professional Football League (PFL). He scored eight goals in three seasons of the PFL. In the 2016-17 season, he was promoted to the main squad and played in the Russian Premier League. He was loaned to FC Nizhny Novgorod for two seasons and netted eight goals in the FNL. 

In summer 2019, he signed a season-long contract with FC Ufa and scored one goal in his debut in a 2-3 loss against Ural Yekaterinburg. On 3 August 2020, he was transferred to the current club for a five-year contract and has scored seven goals so far. Daniil is also included in the Russia national team as a midfielder. He made his first international cap on 11 October 2020 in a Nations League match against Turkey.

15. Aleksandr Golovin

• Date of birth: 30 May 1996 (age 25)
• Height: 1.80m (5 ft 11 in)
• Nationality: Russia
• Position: Attacking midfielder
• Club: Monaco, Russia national team
• Market value: €23.00M

Golovin started playing football at the age of six in DYuSSh Kaltan. He moved to Metallurg Novokuznetsk and then CSKA Moscow, where he made his first professional debut. He played for this club in four seasons of the Russian Premier League with 113 appearances and 13 goals. 

In the transfer window of 2018, he signed a five-year contract with Ligue 1 club Monaco and has scored 13 goals since then. Golovin was also called up for the national team in 2015 in a friendly against Belarus. He was used as a substitute for captain Roman Shirokov in the 61st minute and then scored the second goals for Russia but the match ended up with a 2-4 loss for them.

16. Daler Kuzyayev

• Date of birth: 15 January 1993 (age 28)
• Height: 1.82m (6 ft 0 in)
• Nationality: Russia
• Position: Midfielder
• Club: Zenit Saint Petersburg, Russia national team
• Market value: €7.00M

Daler was born in a family with his grandfather, father, and brother are all professional (former) footballers. He made his first professional debut for Karelia Petrozavodsk in the PFL for one season. The next year, he moved to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk and participated in the FNL. Since 2013, he has played in the Russian Premier League, but until played for Zenit Saint Petersburg, he has scored the first goals in his career. 

He has netted a total of 16 goals so far, all for the current club in the Russian Premier League from 2017-18 to 2020-21. He is also included in the Russia national team and has scored once in the Euro 2020 qualification game against San Marino and one in the 2020-21 Nations League B.

17. Magomed Ozdoev

• Date of birth: 5 November 1992 (age 29)
• Height: 1.83m (6 ft 0 in)
• Nationality: Russia
• Position: Central midfielder
• Club: Zenit Saint Petersburg, Russia national team
• Market value: €6.00M

Magomed Ozdoev is currently a central midfielder for Russian Premier League club Zenit Saint Petersburg and the Russia national team. He started his senior career in Lokomotiv Moscow from 2010 to 2015, where he made 56 appearances and scored three goals. In the 2014-15 season, he signed a season-long deal loan with Rubin Kazan. Ozdoev had a quite successful season with this club (six goals in 29 matches) so in late 2015, the club announced that he was transferred to the main squad as a professional footballer until 2018.

He also joined the youth levels of the national team from 2009 and until 2014, Ozdoev was selected for the senior men’s national team with his first international debut being a friendly against Azerbaijan.

18. Rifat Zhemaletdinov

• Date of birth: 20 September 1996 (age 25)
• Height: 1.84m (6 ft 0 in)
• Nationality: Russia
• Position: Right winger
• Club: Lokomotiv Moscow, Russia national team
• Market value: €3.50M

Rifat is playing for Russian Premier League club Lokomotiv Moscow and the Russia national team as a right-winger. He joined the current team once prior in the period of 2013-2016. From 2016-2018, he played for Rubin Kazan and scored three goals for them in the Russian Premier League. In 2018, Rifat returned to Lokomotiv Moscow for a four-year contract. Last May, he just extended his contract with Lokomotive until 2024.

Rifat has scored a total of 12 goals in his senior career in 136 Premier League matches. He was quite successful in the U19 and U21 squads by netting four goals in a single season playing in each of these teams. He was chosen for the national team in October 2019 for Euro 2020 qualification. 

19. Maksim Mukhin

• Date of birth: 4 November 2001 (age 20)
• Height: 1.81m (5 ft 11 in)
• Nationality: Russia
• Position: Defensive midfielder
• Club: CSKA Moscow, Russia national team
• Market value: €2.00M

Maksim is the youngest player in the squad of Russia this season of Euro 2020. He has just started his senior career for three years. He played for FC Kazanka Moscow in the PFL and FC Lokomotiv Moscow in the Russian Premier League for two seasons 2019-20 and 2020-21.

On 28 May 2021, he was transferred to CSKA Moscow on a five-year contract. Earlier this month, Maksim was called up for the national squad to participate in Euro 2020 qualification. 

20. Yuri Zhirkov

• Date of birth: 20 August 1983 (age 38)
• Height: 1.80m (5 ft 11 in)
• Nationality: Russia
• Position: Left-back/ Left-winger
• Club: Zenit St. Petersburg, Russia national team
• Market value: €300TH

Yuri is a veteran as well as the oldest player in the Russian national team. He had a short time playing for the top-notch English club Chelsea and scored once in the 2010-11 Premier League. Earlier, he was quite successful in two Russian clubs. He scored 26 goals in the first club, Spartak Tambov, in his senior career (from 2001 to 2003), and 23 goals for CSKA Moscow in six seasons of the Russian Premier League. He was awarded the Futbol Footballer of the Year in 2008.

Yuri was transferred to Zenit Saint Petersburg in 2015 and he has scored five goals for this club so far. He was part of the squad that won three consecutive seasons of the Russian Premier League, two Russian Cups, and two Russian Super Cups. On the other hand, his national career was not impressive with only two goals since 2005. 

Forward

21. Artem Dzyuba

• Date of birth: 22 August 1988 (age 33)
• Height: 1.97m (6 ft 6 in)
• Nationality: Russia
• Position: Striker
• Club: Zenit St. Petersburg, Russia national team
• Market value: €12.00M

Artem is one of the key players of the Russia national team. This can be proved by his individual achievements in his senior career. Artem made his first professional debut for Spartak Moscow and he joined eight seasons of the Russian Premier League with 38 goals for Spartak. Right in his first senior season, he received the Spartak Small Golden Boar Award and numerous Russian Premier League Player of the Month awards.

He also played as a loaned player for Tom Tomsk and Rostov in the Russian Premier League. His time in Zenit Saint Petersburg has been always successful from the first season to the present. He has scored 95 Premier League goals in 210 matches. He was the top scorer in two consecutive seasons (2019-20 and 2020-21) in the Russian Premier League, as well as the top assist provider. He also performs greatly in the national team with 30 goals in 55 international caps.

22. Anton Zabolotny

• Date of birth: 13 June 1991 (age 30)
• Height: 1.91m (6 ft 3 in)
• Nationality: Russia
• Position: Striker
• Club: CSKA Moscow, Russia national team
• Market value: €1.80M

Anton used to play for CSKA Moscow as his first professional club but he didn’t make any appearance with the club at that time. He was loaned to three other clubs to play in the lower division FNL during the time under contract with CSKA. In late 2017, he signed a 3.5-year contract with Russian Premier League club Zenit St. Petersburg and moved to Sochi in the transfer window of the 2019 season.

On 31 May 2021, he returned to CSKA Moscow and signed a new three-year contract. Anton scored a total of 75 goals in his senior career, mostly for FC Tosno in three seasons from 2016 to 2018. He was also part of Russia U19 and U21 before playing for the national team in 2017. He scored once in a friendly against the Czech Republic on 10 September 2018.

23. Aleksandr Sobolev

• Date of birth: 7 March 1997 (age 24)
• Height: 1.91m (6 ft 3 in)
• Nationality: Russia
• Position: Forward
• Club: Spartak Moscow, Russia national team
• Market value: €9.00M

Sobolev is one of the stars of the Russia national team. He started his senior career with success in the first club he joined, Tom Tomsk. He played in the Russian Premier League and FNL in two seasons 2016-17 and 2017-18 respectively and scored 12 goals for Tom Tomsk. He is the player who scored more goals than any footballer in the 2017-18 Russian Cup. 

He was a loaned player for two clubs before being transferred to Spartak Moscow on 18 May 2020. Sobolev has scored a total of 54 goals in 134 matches in his senior career. He was awarded the Russian Premier League Player of the Month in July 2019 and March 2021. He made his first international cap in a friendly against Sweden and scored once in a 1-2 loss. 

24. Aleksei Ionov

• Date of birth: 18 February 1989 (age 32)
• Height: 1.75m (5 ft 10 in)
• Nationality: Russia
• Position: Winger
• Club: Krasnodar, Russia national team
• Market value: €2.80M

Aleksei is currently playing as a winger for Krasnodar and the Russia national team. He started playing football at the age of six in Zenit Saint Petersburg. He graduated and made his first professional debut for the reserve squad of this club in 2007. He mainly played in the top-flight Russian Premier League in his senior career and scored the most goals for Rostov with 18 goals in 87 games.

On 15 October, he was transferred to Krasnodar on a 2.5-year contract. Aleksei has scored a total of 59 goals within 348 appearances in his club career, and four in 26 international caps. 

25. Denis Makarov

• Date of birth: 18 February 1998 (age 23)
• Height: 1.81m (5 ft 11 in)
• Nationality: Russia
• Position: Midfielder/ Forward
• Club: Rubin Kazan, Russia national team
• Market value: €4.00M

Denis was trained in four academy clubs in his youth career from 2003 to 2016. In 2017, he made his first professional debut for FC Orenburg and scored five goals in his first and only season with this club in the PFL. He moved to Neftekhimik and played for two seasons 2018-19 and 2019-20 in the PFL and FNL respectively. He scored 18 goals for this second club.

He made his Russian Premier League debut for Rubin Kazan on 1 March 2020 as an 89th-substitute for Khvicha Kvaratskhelia. Four months later, he scored his first goal in this top-flight competition. He was called up for the national team on 2 June 2021 for Euro 2020 but didn’t make any appearance as Russia was eliminated.

26. Aleksei Miranchu

• Date of birth: 17 October 1995 (age 26)
• Height: 1.82m (6 ft 0 in)
• Nationality: Russia
• Position: Attacking midfielder/ Forward
• Club: Atalanta, Russia national team
• Market value: €15.00M

Aleksei was a product of Lokomotiv Moscow and was promoted to the senior side of the club in 2013. He played here until 2020 and scored 43 goals for this club in nine seasons of the Russian Premier League. In August 2020, he was transferred to Serie A club Atalanta for a fee of €15 million. He has scored seven times in the recent season with Atalanta, including two in his Serie A debut and Coppa Italia debut. 

Aleksei also played for the youth levels of the national team. In the 2013-14 seasons, he was the Best U21 player of the Russian Football Premier League. He was first chosen for the senior national team on 7 June 2015 and has netted six international goals. 

Above is the information of the Russia national team’s manager and 26 faces for the Euro 2020 squad. Hope you find it helpful! 

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