Aleksandr Golovin (footballer)
{{short description|Russian footballer (born 1996)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{family name hatnote|Sergeyevich|Golovin|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Aleksandr Golovin
| full_name = Aleksandr Sergeyevich Golovin
| image = Aleksandr Golovin.jpg
| caption = Golovin with Russia at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|5|30|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Kaltan, Russia
| position = Attacking midfielder, left winger
| currentclub = Monaco
| clubnumber = 10
| youthyears1 = 2001–2009
| youthclubs1 = DYuSSh Kaltan
| youthyears2 = 2009–2011
| youthclubs2 = Metallurg Novokuznetsk
| youthyears3 = 2012–2014
| youthclubs3 = CSKA Moscow
| years1 = 2014–2018
| clubs1 = CSKA Moscow
| caps1 = 81
| goals1 = 9
| years2 = 2018–
| clubs2 = Monaco
| caps2 = 181
| goals2 = 31
| nationalyears1 = 2013
| nationalteam1 = Russia U17
| nationalcaps1 = 16
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 2014
| nationalteam2 = Russia U18
| nationalcaps2 = 4
| nationalgoals2 = 2
| nationalyears3 = 2014–2015
| nationalteam3 = Russia U19
| nationalcaps3 = 11
| nationalgoals3 = 2
| nationalyears4 = 2015
| nationalteam4 = Russia U21
| nationalcaps4 = 3
| nationalgoals4 = 0
| nationalyears5 = 2015–
| nationalteam5 = Russia
| nationalcaps5 = 48
| nationalgoals5 = 6
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Country|{{fb|RUS}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|UEFA European Under-17 Championship}}
{{Medal|W|2013 Slovakia|}}
{{MedalCompetition|UEFA European Under-19 Championship}}
{{Medal|RU|2015 Greece|}}
| club-update = 5 April 2025
| nationalteam-update = 21 March 2024
}}
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Golovin ({{lang-rus|Александр Сергеевич Головин|p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr sʲɪrˈgʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ gəlɐˈvʲin}}; born 30 May 1996) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or left winger for Ligue 1 club Monaco and captains the Russia national team.
Golovin began his professional career at CSKA Moscow in 2014, where he played in four Russian Premier League seasons, winning the league title in his second season, before moving to Monaco in 2018, for a club record fee of €30 million, becoming the first Russian to play for the club.
Golovin made his senior international debut for Russia in 2015 and was part of their squads at the UEFA European Championship in 2016 and 2020, and the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Early life
Golovin was born to a mining family in the small mining town of Kaltan in Southern Siberia, Russia. His father was friends with Aleksandr Plyasunov, a coach at the local youth sports school. When Golovin was six years old, he started playing football under Plyasunov, before moving on to the school of FC Novokuznetsk (then called Metallurg-Zapsib) and the Olympic reserve school in Leninsk-Kuznetsky. After playing for Metallurg, he was invited to play for the squad of the Siberian team. It was during this time that Golovin attracted the attention of scouts and was invited to play for PFC CSKA Moscow.{{cite news|title="Футбольные боги сегодня на нашей стороне!": первый тренер Александра Головина поздравил сборную России с выходом в четвертьфинал|url=https://www.kem.kp.ru/daily/26849.5/389124|publisher=Комсомольская правда|date=1 July 2018|access-date=18 July 2018}}{{Cite news|title=Никто не верит, что тут начинала главная звезда русского футбола|url=https://www.sports.ru/tribuna/blogs/innuendo/1664412.html|work=Sports.ru|date=20 April 2018|access-date=16 June 2018}}
Club career
=CSKA Moscow=
Golovin debuted playing for PFC CSKA Moscow on 24 September 2014 against FC Khimik Dzerzhinsk in the 1/16 round of the Russian Cup. He made the starting lineup and was subbed out in the 88th minute of the game.{{cite web| title = ФУТБОЛ РОССИЯ КУБОК РОССИИ 2014-15 | url = https://news.sportbox.ru/Vidy_sporta/Futbol/Russian_Cup/stats/turnir_10669/game_1380518188 | publisher = sportbox.ru | language = ru | access-date = 20 July 2018}}
Golovin made his Russian Football Premier League debut for PFC CSKA Moscow on 14 March 2015 in a game against FC Mordovia Saransk as a sub in the 72nd minute of the game.{{cite web|publisher=Russian Football Premier League|url=http://rfpl.org/match/match_10472.html|title=CSKA-Mordovia game protocol|date=14 March 2015}} He made his UEFA Champions League debut against Sparta Prague on 5 August 2015, subbing in for Alan Dzagoev.{{Cite web|url=http://football.sport-express.ru/matchcenter/235584/|title=Матч Спарта П - ЦСКА, онлайн трансляция, 5 августа 2015, ЛИГА ЧЕМПИОНОВ, 3-й отборочный раунд. Турнир 15|website=Спорт-Экспресс|date=5 August 2015|access-date=16 June 2018}} He scored his first goal for CSKA on 9 April 2016 against FC Mordovia Saransk.{{cite web|url = https://www.sport-express.ru/football/rfpl/fbl_match-cska-mordoviya-230175| title = РОССИЯ. Премьер-лига. 23-й тур| publisher = Спорт-Экспресс | language = ru | access-date = 20 July 2018}}
In the summer of 2017, Arsenal offered between £8 and £10 million for Golovin, but CSKA declined the transfer.{{cite web|title=Нобель Арустамян: "Арсенал" предлагал за Головина 8-10 млн фунтов, "Челси" тоже хотел его приобрести»|url=https://www.sports.ru/football/1057126594.html|publisher=sports.ru|access-date=20 July 2018|language = ru}}
On 2 December 2016, Golovin extended his contract with CSKA Moscow until the end of the 2020–21 season.{{cite web|title=Александр Головин и ПФК ЦСКА продлили контракт до 2021 года|url=http://pfc-cska.com/novosti/vse-novosti/novosti-osnovy/aleksandr-golovin-i-pfk-cska-prodlili-kontrakt-do-2021-goda/|website=pfc-cska.com|publisher=CSKA Moscow|access-date=6 December 2016|language=ru|date=2 December 2016}}
=AS Monaco=
On 27 July 2018, Golovin signed a five-year contract with AS Monaco for an undisclosed, but record-transfer fee, from CSKA Moscow.{{cite web |title=Aleksandr Golovin joins AS Monaco |url=http://www.asmonaco.com/en/article/aleksandr-golovin-joins-as-monaco-12220.html |website=asmonaco.com |publisher=AS Monaco |access-date=27 July 2018 |date=27 July 2018 |archive-date=7 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807210030/http://www.asmonaco.com/en/aleksandr-golovin-joins-as-monaco-2/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=Aleksandr Golovin moves to AS Monaco |url=https://en.pfc-cska.com/news/team-news/aleksandr-golovin-moves-to-as-monaco/ |website=pfc-cska.com |publisher=PFC CSKA Moscow |access-date=27 July 2018 |date=27 July 2018}} Golovin made his competitive debut for Monaco in a 1–1 Ligue 1 home draw against Nîmes on 21 September 2018, coming on as a substitute during the 72nd minute.{{cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/football/monaco-vs-nimes/teams/389746|title=Monaco vs Nimes|publisher=Sky Sports|date=21 September 2018|access-date=26 September 2018}} He made his first start in Ligue 1 on 25 September, in a 0–1 home defeat against Angers. He scored his first Ligue 1 goal on 2 February 2019, in a 2–1 home win over Toulouse.
On 24 September 2019, Golovin scored two goals and provided an assist for Wissam Ben Yedder in Monaco's 3–1 Ligue 1 home win over Nice.{{cite web|url=https://www.ligue1.com/ligue1/article/monaco-up-and-running-with-derby-victory.htm|title=Monaco up and running with derby victory|publisher=Ligue 1|website=ligue1.com|date=24 September 2019|accessdate=24 September 2019}} On 6 January 2021, in an away match against Lorient and with the score at 1–1, Golovin, who had just recovered from an injury, was brought on as a substitute and scored after less than a minute.{{cite web|url=https://sport24.ru/news/football/2021-01-07-golovin-zabil-za-monako-pervym-kasaniyem-gol-golovina-video-loryan---monako---25|title="Это был Зидан, замаскированный под Головина". Французские болельщики — о голе русского футболиста|access-date=18 January 2021|date=7 January 2021|work=Sport24|language=ru}} Two weeks later, as a substitute once again, he delivered two assists, each from a corner kick, to help his team come from behind and defeat Marseille.{{cite web|url=https://www.asmonaco.com/puissance-quatre-pour-les-rouge-et-blanc-face-a-lom/|title=Puissance quatre pour les Rouge et Blanc face à l'OM|website=asmonaco.com|publisher=AS Monaco|language=fr|date=23 January 2021|accessdate=23 January 2021}}
On 7 February 2021, Golovin scored his first hat-trick for Monaco in a 4–3 away victory against Nîmes. In doing so, he became the first player from Russia to record a hat-trick in Ligue 1.{{cite news|url=https://www.ligue1.com/Articles/NEWS/2021/02/09/statattack-monaco-marvels-golovin|title=Statattack: Monaco marvels|publisher=Ligue 1|website=ligue1.com|date=9 February 2021|accessdate=10 February 2021}}
On 28 December 2022, Golovin gave an assist in a 3–2 away victory against Auxerre.{{Cite web |last=Chédeville |first=Damien |date=2022-12-28 |title=L'AS Monaco réussit son come-back grâce au show Ben Seghir ! |url=https://www.asmonaco.com/las-monaco-reussit-son-come-back-grace-au-show-ben-seghir/ |access-date=2022-12-29 |website=AS Monaco |language=fr-FR}} On 11 February 2023, he scored the first goal in a 3–1 home win against Paris Saint-Germain, his fifth goal of the season so far.{{Cite web |title=FRANCE, Ligue 1 Monaco-Paris SG: 3 à 1 - Football - MAXIFOOT |url=https://www.maxifoot.fr/match/monaco-paris-20230211.htm |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=www.maxifoot.fr |language=fr}} On 19 February 2023, he scored his sixth goal of the season against Stade Brestois.{{Cite web |title=Match |url=https://www.ligue1.com/match |access-date=2023-02-21 |website=Ligue1 |language=en}} On 4 October 2024, he extended his contract with the club until 2029.{{cite web |url=https://www.asmonaco.com/en/aleksandr-golovin-red-and-white-until-2029/ |title=Aleksandr Golovin, Red and White until 2029! |publisher=AS Monaco FC |date=4 October 2024 }}
International career
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Golovin won the 2013 UEFA European Under-17 Championship with Russia national under-17 team, with which he also participated in the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Later, Golovin went on to represent the Russia national under-19 team at the 2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, where Russia came in second place. Golovin made his debut for the Russia national team on 7 June 2015 in a friendly game against Belarus at the Arena Khimki, replacing captain Roman Shirokov in the 61st minute and scoring Russia's second goal of a 4–2 victory 16 minutes later.
On 11 May 2018, he was included in Russia's extended 2018 FIFA World Cup squad.{{cite web|publisher=Russian Football Union|url=https://www.rfs.ru/news/206751|title=Расширенный состав для подготовки к Чемпионату мира|trans-title=Expanded squad to prepare for the World Cup|language=ru|date=11 May 2018|access-date=1 April 2020}} On 3 June 2018, he was included in the finalized World Cup squad.{{cite web|publisher=Russian Football Union|url=https://www.rfs.ru/news/207064|script-title=ru:Заявка сборной России на Чемпионат мира FIFA 2018|trans-title=Russian national team selection for the 2018 FIFA World Cup|date=3 June 2018|language=ru|access-date=1 April 2020}} On 14 June 2018, he played a crucial role in Russia's 5–0 victory over Saudi Arabia making two assists and scoring the final goal, a free-kick in the opening match of the 2018 World Cup.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jun/14/russia-saudi-arabia-world-cup-2018-match-report|title = Russia coast past Saudi Arabia and leave them all smiling in Putin's place|date=14 June 2018|work=Guardian|access-date=15 June 2018}}
On 11 May 2021, he was included in the preliminary extended 30-man squad for UEFA Euro 2020.{{cite web|publisher=Russian Football Union|url=https://rfs.ru/news/213625|script-title=ru:Расширенный состав сборной России для подготовки к ЕВРО|trans-title=Extended national team line-up for Euro preparations|language=ru|date=11 May 2021}} On 2 June 2021, he was included in the final squad.{{cite web|publisher=Russian Football Union|url=https://rfs.ru/news/213785|title=Состав сборной России на ЕВРО-2020|trans-title=Russia national team line-up for EURO-2020|date=2 June 2021|language=ru}} He played every minute in all 3 of Russia's group stage games as Russia was eliminated after losing to Belgium and Denmark and beating Finland.{{cite web|publisher=UEFA|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/match/2024450--belgium-vs-russia/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200317165044/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/match/2024450--belgium-vs-russia/|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 March 2020|title=Belgium v Russia game report|date=12 June 2021}}{{cite web|publisher=UEFA|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/match/2024460--finland-vs-russia/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200317165042/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/match/2024460--finland-vs-russia/|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 March 2020|title=Finland vs Russia UEFA EURO 2020|date=16 June 2021}}{{cite web|publisher=UEFA|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/match/2024469--russia-vs-denmark/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200317165043/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/match/2024469--russia-vs-denmark/|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 March 2020|title=Russia v Denmark game report|date=21 June 2021}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 5 April 2025}}{{Soccerway|aleksandr-golovin/290180}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes Russian Cup, Coupe de France}} !colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes Coupe de la Ligue}} !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||||
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="5"|CSKA Moscow
|7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 10 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16
|Russian Premier League |17 | 1 | 4 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | 2{{efn|name=UCL|Appearances in UEFA Champions League}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 23 | 3 | |||
| 2016–17
|Russian Premier League |30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 6{{efn|name=UCL}} | 0 | 1{{efn|Appearance in Russian Super Cup}} | 0 | 37 | 3 | ||
| 2017–18
|Russian Premier League |27 | 5 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 15{{efn|Ten appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League}} | 2 | colspan="2"|— | 43 | 7 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!81 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 113 | 13 | |
| rowspan="8"|Monaco
|30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3{{efn|name=UCL}} | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 4 | |
| 2019–20
|Ligue 1 |25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 30 | 3 | |||
| 2020–21
|Ligue 1 |21 | 5 | 5 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 26 | 6 | ||||
| 2021–22
|Ligue 1 |27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 11{{efn|Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances in UEFA Europa League}} | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 40 | 4 | |||
| 2022–23
|Ligue 1 |34 | 8 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 10{{efn|Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 45 | 8 | |||
| 2023–24
|Ligue 1 |25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 27 | 6 | ||||
| 2024–25
|Ligue 1 |19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 9{{efn|name=UCL}} | 0 | 1{{efn|Appearance in Trophée des Champions}} | 0 | 29 | 3 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!181 | 31 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 232 | 34 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!262 | 40 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 55 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 344 | 47 |
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=International=
{{updated|match played 21 March 2024}}{{NFT player|id=59360|name=Aleksandr Golovin|access-date=11 April 2016}}
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|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan=8|Russia
|2015 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 10 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 8 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | |
| colspan=2|Total||48||6 |
International goals
:Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first.
| class="wikitable"
! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition | ||||||
| 1. | 7 June 2015 | Arena Khimki, Khimki, Russia | {{fb|BLR}} | align=center | 2–2 | align=center | 4–2 | Friendly |
| 2. | 26 March 2016 | Otkritie Arena, Moscow, Russia | {{fb|LTU}} | align=center | 2–0 | align=center | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 3. | 14 June 2018 | Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia | {{fb|KSA}} | align=center | 5–0 | align=center | 5–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup |
| 4. | 10 October 2019 | Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia | {{fb|SCO}} | align=center | 4–0 | align=center | 4–0 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualification |
| 5. | 13 October 2019 | GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus | {{fb|CYP}} | align=center | 4–0 | align=center | 5–0 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualification |
| 6. | 20 November 2023 | Volgograd Arena, Volgograd, Russia | {{fb|CUB}} | align=center | 2–0 | align=center | 8–0 | Friendly |
Honours
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category}}
- [https://www.asmonaco.com/en/joueurs/aleksandr-golovin/ Profile] at the AS Monaco FC website
- {{RPL player|Golovin-Aleksandr}}
- {{FIFA player}}
- {{UEFA player}}
{{AS Monaco FC squad}}
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