Roman Alekseyevich Yevgenyev (Russian: Роман Алексеевич Евгеньев; born 23 February 1999) is a Russian football player who plays as a center back for Krylia Sovetov Samara. A former Russian youth international, Yevgenyev was included in the senior squad by Russia at UEFA Euro 2020.

Roman Yevgenyev
Yevgenyev with Krylia Sovetov in 2022
Personal information
Full name Roman Alekseyevich Yevgenyev
Date of birth (1999-02-23) 23 February 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Spasskoye, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
Krylia Sovetov Samara
Number 24
Youth career
2007–2010 Sokol Moscow
2010–2013 Spartak Moscow
2013–2018 Dynamo Moscow
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Dynamo-2 Moscow 7 (0)
2018–2022 Dynamo Moscow 77 (1)
2022– Krylia Sovetov Samara 47 (1)
International career
2016–2017 Russia U18 16 (0)
2017 Russia U19 6 (0)
2018 Russia U20 3 (0)
2019–2021 Russia U21 15 (1)
2020– Russia 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 October 2023

Club career edit

He made his debut in the Russian Professional Football League for FC Dynamo-2 Moscow on 2 April 2017 in a game against FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg.[1]

He made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Dynamo Moscow on 6 October 2018 in a game against FC Krylia Sovetov Samara.[2]

On 24 June 2019, he signed a new 3-year contract with Dynamo.[3]

On 8 November 2020, he started the game against FC Lokomotiv Moscow as Dynamo's captain for the first time (as regular captain Anton Shunin missed the game) and scored his first Dynamo goal in the 3rd minute of the game as Dynamo won 5–1.[4] Yevgenyev formed a partnership in central defense with Ivan Ordets, and made a career-high 27 appearances during the season. His performances earned him an inclusion in Russia's provisional Euro 2020 squad.[5]

Entering the 2021–22 season, Dynamo signed Fabián Balbuena from West Ham, and this pushed Yevgenyev out of the starting line-up.[6] His first start of the season came on 12 September, after Balbuena had played international football with Paraguay just three days prior. He did not appear again until 16 October, when Balbuena once again was coming back from the national team duty. By the winter break of the season, he appeared in 8 out of 18 league games, with only two starts. He started (and scored one goal) in two Russian Cup games Dynamo played up to that point.[7][8] Following the beginning of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian defender Ivan Ordets stopped appearing for Dynamo, and Yevgenyev returned to the starting lineup for the remainder of the season to replace him.[9]

Yevgenyev left Dynamo as his contract expired in June 2022.[10]

On 15 July 2022, Yevgenyev signed a two-year contract with Krylia Sovetov Samara.[11] On 27 January 2023, he extended his contract with Krylia Sovetov until the end of the 2025–26 season.[12]

International career edit

In November 2020, he was called up to the Russia national football team for the first time for the games against Moldova, Turkey and Serbia.[13] He made his debut on 18 November 2020 in a Nations League game against Serbia.[14]

On 11 May 2021, he was included in the preliminary extended 30-man squad for UEFA Euro 2020.[5] He was not included in the final squad.[15] On 11 June 2021, he was added to the squad, replacing Andrei Mostovoy who tested positive for COVID-19.[16] He did not appear in any games as Russia was eliminated at group stage.[17][18][19]

Career statistics edit

Club edit

As of match played 8 March 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Russian Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dynamo-2 Moscow 2016–17 Russian Football National League 2 7 0 7 0
Dynamo Moscow 2018–19 Russian Premier League 18 0 1 0 19 0
2019–20 Russian Premier League 14 0 0 0 14 0
2020–21 Russian Premier League 27 1 1 0 1[a] 0 29 1
2021–22 Russian Second League 18 0 6 1 24 1
Total 77 1 8 1 1 0 0 0 86 2
Krylia Sovetov Samara 2022–23 Russian Premier League 29 1 8 0 37 1
2023–24 Russian Premier League 18 0 4 0 22 0
Total 47 1 12 0 59 1
Career total 131 2 20 1 1 0 0 0 152 3
  1. ^ Appearances in the UEFA Europa League

International edit

As of match played 16 October 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Russia 2020 1 0
2023 1 0
Total 2 0

References edit

  1. ^ "Game Report by PFL". Russian Professional Football League. 2 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Krylia Sovetov-Dynamo game report" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 6 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Шунич и Евгеньев подписали новые соглашения с "Динамо"" [Sunjic and Yevgenyev signed new Dynamo contracts] (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 24 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Dynamo v Lokomotiv game report". Russian Premier League. 8 November 2020.
  5. ^ a b Расширенный состав сборной России для подготовки к ЕВРО [Extended national team line-up for Euro preparations] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 11 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Sandro Schwarz: We need to join in the game from the first minutes and not let Akhmat be on a roll". FC Dynamo Moscow. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Dynamo Stavropol v Dynamo Moscow game report" (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Orenburg v Dynamo Moscow game report" (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 26 October 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  9. ^ Roman Yevgenyev at Sportbox.ru (in Russian)
  10. ^ "Роман Евгеньев покидает "Динамо"" (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  11. ^ "Роман Евгеньев – игрок "Крыльев Советов"" (in Russian). Krylia Sovetov Samara. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  12. ^ ""Крылья" продлили контракт с Романом Евгеньевым" [Krylia extended the contract with Roman Yevgenyev] (in Russian). PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  13. ^ "Состав на Молдавию, Турцию и Сербию" [Line-up for Moldova, Turkey and Serbia] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 2 November 2020.
  14. ^ "Serbia v Russia game report". UEFA. 18 November 2020.
  15. ^ "Состав сборной России на ЕВРО-2020" [Russia national team line-up for EURO-2020] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 2 June 2021.
  16. ^ "Евгеньев вместо Мостового" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 11 June 2021.
  17. ^ "Belgium v Russia game report". UEFA. 12 June 2021.
  18. ^ "Finland vs Russia UEFA EURO 2020". UEFA. 16 June 2021.
  19. ^ "Russia v Denmark game report". UEFA. 21 June 2021.

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