Aleksandr Saplinov

{{Infobox football biography

| image = Aleksandr Saplinov 2021.jpg

| caption = Saplinov with FC Ufa in 2021

| name = Aleksandr Saplinov

| full_name = Aleksandr Yuryevich Saplinov

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|8|12|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Stary Oskol, Russia

| height = 1.95 m

| position = Forward

| currentclub = FC Spartak Kostroma

| clubnumber = 55

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2016 | youthclubs1 = FC Metallurg Stary Oskol

| youthyears2 = 2016 | youthclubs2 = FC Energomash Belgorod

| years1 = 2016–2017 | clubs1 = FC Energomash Belgorod | caps1 = 39 | goals1 = 8

| years2 = 2018 | clubs2 = FC Sokol Saratov | caps2 = 14 | goals2 = 7

| years3 = 2019 | clubs3 = FC Baltika Kaliningrad | caps3 = 13 | goals3 = 6

| years4 = 2019–2023 | clubs4 = FC Rostov | caps4 = 24 | goals4 = 2

| years5 = 2020 | clubs5 = → FC Rotor Volgograd (loan) | caps5 = 1 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2021–2022 | clubs6 = → FC Ufa (loan) | caps6 = 19 | goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2022–2023 | clubs7 = → FC Rubin Kazan (loan) | caps7 = 5 | goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2023– | clubs8 = FC Spartak Kostroma | caps8 = 50 | goals8 = 12

| pcupdate = 14 June 2025

| ntupdate =

}}

Aleksandr Yuryevich Saplinov ({{langx|ru|Александр Юрьевич Саплинов}}; born 12 August 1997) is a Russian football player who plays for FC Spartak Kostroma. His main position is winger, and he also plays attacking midfielder and centre-forward.

Club career

He made his debut in the Russian Professional Football League for FC Energomash Belgorod on 20 July 2016 in a game against FC Avangard Kursk.{{Sportbox.ru|Futbol/Aleksandr_Jurjevich_Saplinov_Futbol_12081997}}

On 11 June 2019, he signed a 4-year contract with FC Rostov.{{cite web|publisher=FC Rostov|url=http://www.fc-rostov.ru/press/news/12616|title=Александр Саплинов – игрок "Ростова"|trans-title=Aleksandr Saplinov is Rostov player|date=11 June 2019|language=Russian|access-date=11 June 2019|archive-date=14 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614050917/http://www.fc-rostov.ru/press/news/12616|url-status=dead}} He made his debut in the Russian Premier League for Rostov on 20 July 2019 in a game against FC Spartak Moscow, as an 80th-minute substitute for Ivelin Popov.{{cite web|publisher=Russian Premier League|url=https://eng.premierliga.ru/match/match_13125.html|title=Rostov v Spartak game report|date=20 July 2019}} In his first start for Rostov against FC Rubin Kazan on 25 August 2019, he scored a goal in the 87th minute, giving his club a 2–1 victory.{{cite web|publisher=Russian Premier League|url=https://eng.premierliga.ru/match/match_13169.html|title=Rostov v Rubin game report|date=25 August 2019}}

On 20 August 2020, he joined FC Rotor Volgograd on loan for the 2020–21 season.{{cite web|publisher=FC Rotor Volgograd|url=https://rotor-vlg.com/?p=10118|title=Александр Саплинов в аренде в "Роторе"|date=20 August 2020|language=Russian}} On 13 January 2021, the loan was terminated early.{{cite web|publisher=FC Rotor Volgograd|url=https://rotor-vlg.com/?p=11067|title=Александр Саплинов возвращается в "Ростов"|date=13 January 2021|language=ru}}

On 24 June 2021, he moved to FC Ufa on loan with an option to buy.{{cite web|publisher=FC Ufa|url=http://fcufa.pro/news-new/aleksandr-saplinov-igrok-fk-ufa|title=Александр Саплинов – игрок ФК "Уфа"!|date=24 June 2021|language=ru}} On 14 July 2022, Saplinov was loaned to FC Rubin Kazan.{{cite web|publisher=FC Rubin Kazan|url=https://www.rubin-kazan.ru/posts/rubin-arendoval-aleksandra-saplinova|title="РУБИН" АРЕНДОВАЛ АЛЕКСАНДРА САПЛИНОВА|date=14 July 2022|access-date=14 July 2022|language=ru}} He suffered a Jones fracture in August 2022.{{cite web|publisher=FC Rubin Kazan|url=https://www.rubin-kazan.ru/posts/aleksandr-saplinov-prooperirovan|title=АЛЕКСАНДР САПЛИНОВ ПРООПЕРИРОВАН|date=27 August 2022|language=ru}} He did not appear for Rubin after that and officially left the club on 6 June 2023.{{cite web|publisher=FC Rubin Kazan|url=https://rubin-kazan.ru/posts/dimitar-mitkov-i-aleksandr-saplinov-pokidayut-rubin|title=ДИМИТАР МИТКОВ И АЛЕКСАНДР САПЛИНОВ ПОКИДАЮТ "РУБИН"|date=6 June 2023}}

Career statistics

rowspan=2\|Club !rowspan=2\|Season !colspan=3\|League !colspan=2\|Cup !colspan=2\|Continental !colspan=2\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
rowspan="3"\|Energomash Belgorod \|2016–17 \|rowspan="2"\|PFL \|22	5	4	0	colspan=2\|–	26	5
2017–18 \|17	3	3	0	colspan=2\|–	20	3
colspan=2\|Total !39	8	7	0	0	0	46	8
Sokol Saratov \|2018–19 \|PFL \|14	7	1	0	colspan=2\|–	15	7
Baltika Kaliningrad \|2018–19 \|FNL \|13	6	colspan=2\|–	colspan=2\|–	13	6
rowspan="3"\|Rostov \|2019–20 \|rowspan="2"\|RPL \|21	1	2	1	colspan=2\|–	23	2
2020–21 \|3	1	0	0	colspan=2\|–	3	1
colspan=2\|Total !24	2	2	1	0	0	26	3
Rotor Volgograd (loan) \|2020–21 \|RPL \|1	0	1	0	colspan=2\|–	2	0
Ufa (loan) \|2021–22 \|RPL \|19	0	1	0	colspan=2\|–	20	0
colspan=3\|Career total !110	23	12	1	0	0	122	24