Artur Sergeyevich Paporotnyi (Russian: Артур Сергеевич Папоротный; born 28 November 1985) is a Russian beach soccer player. Paporotnyi debuted in the Russian national beach soccer team in 2011. Since 2013, he is playing for BSC Kristall.

Artur Paporotnyi
Personal information
Full name Artur Sergeyevich Paporotnyi
Date of birth (1985-11-28)28 November 1985
Place of birth Mirny, Soviet Union
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Kristall
Number 14
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 City 6 (3)
2011 Mayna Vira 11 (9)
2012 Strogino 14 (5)
2013– Kristall 294 (181)
International career
2011– Russia national beach soccer team 129 (84)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:48, 28 July 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:48, 28 July 2019 (UTC)
Medal record
Beach soccer
Representing  Russia
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2011 Ravenna
Gold medal – first place 2021 Moscow
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Espinho
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Luque
Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
Silver medal – second place 2014 Dubai
Gold medal – first place 2015 Dubai
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Dubai
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku Team

Career edit

Paporotnyi was born 28 November 1985 in Mirny, Bryansk Oblast. As a child he played basketball; as a reminder he often performs a basketball shot hand movement on the pitch. Then he started playing association football, he also tried himself in futsal.[1] In 2009, he switched to beach soccer, debuting for City. His first coach was S. Stepanov.[2][3]

He debuted for the Russia national beach soccer team in 2011. His first match was against Romania at the 2011 Euro Beach Soccer League. After that he was chosen for the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, which Russia won.

In 2019, Artur Paporotnyi, Anton Shkarin, Maxim Chuzhkov and Yuri Krashennikov scored a goal each at the qualification tournament for the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, bringing the score 7–1 against Italy.[4]

Achievements edit

National team edit

Clubs edit

  • Russian National champion: 2013, 2015, 2016
  • Russian Cup champion: 2015, 2017

Individually edit

References edit

  1. ^ Не затерявшийся в песках. Часть 1-я
  2. ^ Artur Paporotnyi
  3. ^ Папоротный: обольщаться не стоит, дальше будет совсем другой футбол [Paporotnyi: You should not flatter yourself, then there will be a completely different football] (in Russian). 24 July 2019. Archived from the original on 25 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  4. ^ Крашенников стал MVP европейской квалификации на ЧМ-2019 по пляжному футболу [Krashennikov became the MVP of the European qualification at the 2019 World Cup beach soccer] (in Russian). 27 July 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Impressive Russia see off Portugal to land Euro title". 17 September 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Определены обладатели индивидуальных наград чемпионата мира 2021". bsrussia.com (in Russian). 29 August 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-29.

External links edit

  • Profile on Beach Soccer Russia (in Russian)
  • Profile on BSC Kristall (in Russian)