Ruslan Romanovich Litvinov (Russian: Руслан Романович Литвинов; born 18 August 2001) is a Russian football player who plays as a centre back for FC Spartak Moscow and the Russian national team.

Ruslan Litvinov
Litvinov with Spartak Moscow in 2021
Personal information
Full name Ruslan Romanovich Litvinov
Date of birth (2001-08-18) 18 August 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth Voronezh, Russia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
FC Spartak Moscow
Number 68
Youth career
2005–2016 Shmarov Football Center-73 Voronezh
2016–2019 Spartak Moscow
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 Spartak-2 Moscow 35 (3)
2020– Spartak Moscow 73 (5)
International career
2017–2018 Russia U-17 6 (1)
2018–2019 Russia U-18 19 (5)
2019 Russia U-19 7 (0)
2019 Russia U-20 5 (1)
2020–2021 Russia U-21 8 (0)
2022– Russia 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 September 2023

Club career edit

He made his debut in the Russian Football National League for FC Spartak-2 Moscow on 20 August 2019 in a game against FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk, he substituted Mikhail Ignatov in the 79th minute.[2]

He made his debut for the main squad of FC Spartak Moscow on 21 October 2020 in a Russian Cup game against FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk.[3] He made his Russian Premier League debut for Spartak on 5 December 2020 in a game against FC Tambov, he substituted Alex Král in the 3rd added minute.[4]

On 7 February 2022, Litvinov extended his contract with Spartak until May 2026.[5] On 29 May 2022, he won the Russian Cup, playing the full final against Dynamo Moscow, which Spartak won 2-1.

International career edit

Litvinov was called up to the Russia national football team for the first time in November 2022 for friendly games against Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.[6] He made his debut against Uzbekistan on 20 November 2022.[7]

Career statistics edit

Club edit

As of match played 5 May 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Spartak-2 Moscow 2019–20 Russian Football National League 7 0 7 0
2020–21 Russian Football National League 24 2 24 2
2021–22 Russian Football National League 4 1 4 1
Total 35 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 3
Spartak Moscow 2020–21 Russian Premier League 6 0 1 0 7 0
2021–22 Russian Premier League 19 2 4 0 4[a] 0 27 2
2022–23 Russian Premier League 25 3 6 0 1[b] 0 52 3
2023–24 Russian Premier League 22 0 5 0 27 0
Total 72 5 16 0 4 0 1 0 94 5
Career total 107 8 16 0 4 0 1 0 128 8
  1. ^ Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearances in the Russian Super Cup

International edit

As of match played 12 September 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Russia 2022 1 0
2023 3 0
Total 4 0

Honours edit

Spartak Moscow
Individual

References edit

  1. ^ "Ruslan Litvinov". FC Spartak Moscow. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Game Report by FNL" (in Russian). Russian Football National League. 20 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Yenisey v Spartak game report". Russian Premier League. 21 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Spartak v Tambov game report". Russian Premier League. 5 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Литвинов и Денисов переподписали контракты со "Спартаком", Маслову предоставили опцию продления" (Press release) (in Russian). FC Spartak Moscow. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Тренерский штаб сборной России вызвал 30 футболистов на ноябрьский сбор" [The coaching staff of the Russian national team called 30 players to the November training camp] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 7 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Сборные Узбекистана и России не забили голов в Ташкенте" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 20 November 2022.
  8. ^ ""Спартак" обыграл "Динамо" и стал 4-кратным победителем Кубка России" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 29 May 2022.
  9. ^ "Руслан Литвинов – обладатель награды Winline лучший гол марта!" [Ruslan Litvinov is the winner of the Winline best goal award for November!] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 31 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Все лауреаты первой ежегодной премии Winline Герои РПЛ" [All winners of the first Winline Heroes of the RPL award] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 4 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.

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