Ivan Knyazev
Knyazev with Torpedo in 2014
Personal information
Full name Ivan Yevgenyevich Knyazev
Date of birth (1992-11-05) 5 November 1992
Place of birth Nefteyugansk, Russia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
FC Lokomotiv Moscow
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 FC Kuban Krasnodar 0 (0)
2013–2015 FC Torpedo Moscow 27 (0)
2015–2016 FC Ural Yekaterinburg 0 (0)
2016 → Riga FC (loan) 18 (1)
2017 FC Kubanskaya Korona Shevchenko
2018 FK Valmiera 2 (0)
2019 FC Zugdidi 4 (0)
2019–2020 FC Irtysh Omsk 11 (0)
2020–2021 FC Zvezda Perm 13 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 June 2021

Ivan Yevgenyevich Knyazev (Russian: Иван Евгеньевич Князев; born 5 November 1992) is a Russian football defender.

Career

Knyazev made his debut in the Russian National Football League for Torpedo Moscow on 12 March 2013 in a game against Yenisey Krasnoyarsk.[1] He made his Russian Premier League debut for Torpedo on 16 August 2014 in a game against FC Ural Yekaterinburg.

On 15 March 2021, it was reported that FIFA opened an investigation into Knyazev on suspicion of violating anti-doping rules in 2013.[2] On 18 July 2021, he received a two-year ban from playing from FIFA.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Career Summary". Russian Football Union. 2 July 2013. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "Источник: допинг в организм футболистов мог попасть через капельницу" (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 15 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "FIFA DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE SANCTIONS RUSSIAN PLAYERS FOR ANTI-DOPING VIOLATIONS". FIFA. 18 July 2021.


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