Nikita Medvedev
Medvedev with Rostov in 2022
Personal information
Full name Nikita Olegovich Medvedev
Date of birth (1994-12-17) 17 December 1994
Place of birth Izhevsk, Russia
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Rostov
Number 1
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Zenit-Izhevsk 44 (0)
2016–2017 Rostov 17 (0)
2017–2020 Lokomotiv Moscow 0 (0)
2020–2022 Rubin Kazan 6 (0)
2022– Rostov 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 December 2023

Nikita Olegovich Medvedev (Russian: Никита Олегович Медведев; born 17 December 1994) is a Russian football player who plays as a goalkeeper for Rostov.

Career

Club

He made his professional debut in the Russian Professional Football League for Zenit-Izhevsk on 29 September 2013 in a game against Oktan Perm.[1]

He made his Russian Premier League debut for Rostov on 9 September 2016 against Krylia Sovetov Samara.[2]

Following Soslan Dzhanayev's injury, he became the first-choice Rostov goalkeeper during the 2016–17 season, including the Champions League 3–2 victory over Bayern and Europa League matchup against Manchester United. He kept the clean sheet for Rostov for 952 minutes in the national league as of 25 April 2017 and has beaten the all-time Russian league record of 939 minutes set by Ruslan Nigmatullin.[3] He left Rostov on 9 June 2017.[4]

On 14 June 2017, he signed a 5-year contract with Lokomotiv Moscow.[5] In the first half of the 2017–18 season he was at first the backup to Guilherme and played two games, one in the Russian Cup and one in the Europa League. When Guilherme was injured, Lokomotiv manager decided to start Anton Kochenkov instead for the next several games, moving Medvedev to third-choice goalkeeper on the squad. His contract was terminated on 14 August 2020 after 3 seasons with the club in which he made no league appearances.[6]

On 17 August 2020, he signed a two-year contract with Rubin Kazan.[7] On 1 June 2022, Medveded signed a new three-year contract with Rubin.[8]

On 21 July 2022, Medvedev returned to Rostov on a contract for two seasons, with an option for a third.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 3 December 2023[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Zenit-Izhevsk 2012–13 Russian Football National League 2 000000
2013–14 Russian Football National League 2 15000150
2014–15 Russian Football National League 2 25010260
2015–16 Russian Football National League 2 404080
Total 4405000490
Rostov 2015–16 Russian Premier League 0000
2016–17 Russian Premier League 170104[lower-alpha 1]0220
Total 1701040220
Lokomotiv Moscow 2017–18 Russian Premier League 00101[lower-alpha 1]020
2018–19 Russian Premier League 00000000
2019–20 Russian Premier League 00000000
Total 00101020
Rubin Kazan 2020–21 Russian Premier League 401050
2021–22 Russian Premier League 10001[lower-alpha 2]020
2022–23 Russian First League 1010
Total 60101080
Rostov 2022–23 Russian Premier League 002020
2023–24 Russian Premier League 205070
Total 207090
Career total 69015060900
  1. 1 2 Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearance in the UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Club

Lokomotiv Moscow

References

  1. Nikita Medvedev at Sportbox.ru (in Russian)
  2. "Rostov-Krylia Sovetov game report" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 9 September 2016.
  3. "Medvedev becomes the "driest" keeper in Russian football championships history" (in Russian). championat.ru. 25 April 2017.
  4. Спасибо, Никита! (in Russian). FC Rostov. 9 June 2017.
  5. Никита Медведев – в «Локо» (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 14 June 2017.
  6. "Никита Медведев покидает "Локомотив"" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 14 August 2020.
  7. "НИКИТА МЕДВЕДЕВ ПЕРЕШЕЛ В "РУБИН"" (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 17 August 2020.
  8. ""РУБИН" ПРОДЛИЛ КОНТРАКТ С НИКИТОЙ МЕДВЕДЕВЫМ" (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  9. "НИКИТА МЕДВЕДЕВ – ИГРОК "РОСТОВА"" (in Russian). FC Rostov. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  10. Nikita Medvedev at Soccerway
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