Aleksei Aleksandrovich Aravin (Russian: Алексей Александрович Аравин; born 9 July 1986)[2] is a Russian former professional footballer.

Aleksei Aravin
Алексей Аравин
Personal information
Full name Aleksei Aleksandrovich Aravin
Date of birth (1986-07-09) 9 July 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth Ulyanovsk, Soviet Union
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 FC Lokomotiv Moscow 0 (0)
2006FC SKA Rostov-on-Don (loan) 19 (2)
2007–2010 FC Sibir Novosibirsk 85 (1)
2008FC Volga Ulyanovsk (loan) 16 (0)
2011 FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod 3 (0)
2011–2012 PFC Spartak Nalchik 18 (0)
2012–2014 FC Tom Tomsk 35 (1)
2014–2015 FC Anzhi Makhachkala 32 (0)
2015–2017 FC Tosno 32 (0)
2017–2019 FC Sibir Novosibirsk 63 (0)
2019–2020 FC Luch Vladivostok 15 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career edit

He played his first professional football game for the senior FC Lokomotiv Moscow team on 12 November 2005 in a Russian Cup matchup with FC Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk.

He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 2006 for FC SKA Rostov-on-Don.[3] He played one game for FC Lokomotiv Moscow in the 2005-06 Russian Cup [ru],[citation needed] and while on their reserve team, played 40 matches.[4]

He made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Sibir Novosibirsk on 14 March 2010 in a game against FC Terek Grozny. In the 2010 season, Aravin played in 23 of the 30 matches. After qualifying, he played in Sibir's Europa League campaign, beginning with a match against FC Apollon.[5] In July 2011, many media outlets reported that Aravin had renewed his contract with Sibir,[6] but in reality, was in the process of signing on for a year with PFC Spartak Nalchik.[7] He debuted with Spartak on August 13 in their winning match of the Russian championship games against FC Tom Tomsk.[8]

On 2 July 2014, Aravin signed a two-year contract with Anzhi Makhachkala.[9]

References edit

  1. ^ "Alexei Aravin Defence". www.eurosport.com. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
  2. ^ "Aleksei Aravin Stats, News, Bio". ESPN. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
  3. ^ Aleksei Aravin at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)  
  4. ^ "Кубок России по футболу. Протокол матча «Металлург-Кузбасс» (Новокузнецк) — «Локомотив» (Москва) 1:1". Официальный сайт РФПЛ. 2005-11-12. Archived from the original on 2013-05-14.
  5. ^ "Чемпионат России по футболу. Протокол матча «Сибирь» (Новосибирск) — «Терек» (Грозный) 0:2". Официальный сайт РФПЛ. 2010-03-14. Archived from the original on 2013-05-14.
  6. ^ "Из «Волги» — в «Сибирь»". Официальный сайт ФК «Волга» (Нижний Новгород). 2011-07-19. Archived from the original on 2012-04-20.
  7. ^ "ФК «Спартак» (Нальчик) подписал контракт с защитником Аравиным". Gliffer.ru. Aug 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-06-17.
  8. ^ "Чемпионат России по футболу. Протокол матча «Томь» (Томск) — «Спартак» (Нальчик) 0:2". Официальный сайт РФПЛ. 2011-08-13. Archived from the original on 2013-05-14.
  9. ^ «Анжи» подписал контракты с семью игроками (in Russian). FC Anzhi Makhachkala. Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2014.