Stepan Melnikov
Melnikov with Rostov in 2022
Personal information
Full name Stepan Kirillovich Melnikov
Date of birth (2002-04-25) 25 April 2002
Place of birth Moscow, Russia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Alania Vladikavkaz
Number 21
Youth career
Spartak Moscow
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021 Spartak-2 Moscow 35 (6)
2021 Spartak Moscow 1 (0)
2022– Rostov 16 (1)
2023–Alania Vladikavkaz (loan) 10 (0)
International career
2017 Russia U15 5 (1)
2018 Russia U16 5 (0)
2018–2019 Russia U17 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 May 2019

Stepan Kirillovich Melnikov (Russian: Степан Кириллович Мельников; born 25 April 2002) is a Russian football player who plays for Alania Vladikavkaz on loan from Rostov.

Club career

He made his debut in the Russian Football National League for Spartak-2 Moscow on 6 March 2021 in a game against Baltika Kaliningrad.[2]

He made his Russian Premier League debut for Spartak on 29 November 2021 in a game against Ufa.[3]

On 20 January 2022, he signed a 4.5-year contract with Rostov.[4]

On 22 June 2023, Melnikov moved on a season-long loan to Alania Vladikavkaz.[5]

International career

He represented Russia at the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. He appeared in two games as Russia was eliminated at group stage.

Career statistics

As of 27 November 2022
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Spartak-2 Moscow 2020–21 FNL 143143
2021–22 213213
Total 3560000356
Spartak Moscow 2021–22 Russian Premier League 10000010
Rostov 2021–22 Russian Premier League 6060
2022–23 Russian Premier League 9161152
Total 1516100212
Career total 5176100578

References

  1. "Stepan Melnikov" (in Russian). FC Rostov. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  2. "Game Report by FNL". Russian Football National League. 6 March 2021.
  3. "Ufa v Spartak game report". Russian Premier League. 29 November 2021.
  4. "СТЕПАН МЕЛЬНИКОВ – ИГРОК "РОСТОВА"" (in Russian). FC Rostov. 20 January 2022.
  5. "СТЕПАН МЕЛЬНИКОВ ПЕРЕШЕЛ В "АЛАНИЮ"" (in Russian). FC Alania Vladikavkaz. 22 June 2023.


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