Anton Shvets

{{Short description|Russian footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Anton Shvets

| image = Anton Shvets 2018.jpg

| caption = Shvets with Russia national team in 2018

| fullname = Anton Olegovich Shvets

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|4|26|df=y}}

| birth_place = Henichesk, Ukraine

| height = 1.90 m{{RPL player|Shvec-Anton}}

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Akhmat Grozny

| clubnumber = 23

| youthyears1 = 1998–2003 | youthclubs1 = Dinamo Tbilisi

| youthyears2 = 2003–2006 | youthclubs2 = CSKA Moscow

| youthyears3 = 2006–2008 | youthclubs3 = Spartak Moscow

| youthyears4 = 2008–2010 | youthclubs4 = Trudovye Rezervy Moscow

| youthyears5 = 2010–2011 | youthclubs5 = Spartak Moscow

| youthyears6 = 2011–2012 | youthclubs6 = Zaragoza

| years1 = 2012–2014 | clubs1 = Zaragoza B | caps1 = 63 | goals1 = 5

| years2 = 2014 | clubs2 = Zaragoza | caps2 = 1 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2014–2017 | clubs3 = Villarreal B | caps3 = 71 | goals3 = 4

| years4 = 2017– | clubs4 = Akhmat Grozny | caps4 = 162 | goals4 = 8

| nationalyears1 = 2018 |nationalteam1 = Russia | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| pcupdate = 24 November 2024

| ntupdate = 27 March 2018

}}

Anton Olegovich Shvets ({{langx|ru|Антон Олегович Швец}}, {{langx|uk|Антон Олегович Швець}}, {{lang-ka|ანტონ ოლეგოვიჩ შვეცი}}; born 26 April 1993) is a footballer who plays for Akhmat Grozny as a defensive midfielder. Born in Ukraine, he has represented the Russian national team.

Club career

Born in Ukraine to a Ukrainian father and a Georgian mother, Shvets moved to Georgia at early age, and later moved to Russia.[http://www.elperiodicodearagon.com/noticias/deportes/anton-shvets-renuncia-jugar-georgia-esperando-rusia_836364.html Anton Shvets renuncia a jugar con Georgia esperando a Rusia (Anton Shvets refuses to play for Georgia waiting for Rusia)]; El Periódico de Aragón, 7 March 2013 {{in lang|es}} In September 2010 he went on a trial at Real Zaragoza, but could not sign with the club due to his age;[http://www.heraldo.es/noticias/deportes/el_futbolista_desconocido.html El futbolista desconocido (The unknown footballer)]; Heraldo, 29 September 2010 {{in lang|es}} he later returned to Russia and joined FC Spartak Moscow's youth setup.[http://www.heraldo.es/noticias/deportes/futbol/real_zaragoza/2014/03/23/anton_que_anton_277920_611027.html Anton Shvets, el cuñado ruso del central checo (Anton Shvets, the Russian brother-in-law of the Czech stopper)]; Heraldo, 23 March 2014 {{in lang|es}}

In the 2011 summer Shvets returned to Zaragoza, being assigned to the Juvenil squad. He made his senior debuts with Zaragoza's reserves in the 2011–12 campaign, appearing rarely in Segunda División B.

On 23 March 2014 Shvets played his first match as a professional, coming on as a late substitute in a 0–1 home loss against Deportivo de La Coruña in the Segunda División championship.[http://www.marca.com/2014/03/23/futbol/equipos/deportivo/1395580879.html Muñoz no cambia la dinámica y el Dépor sigue la estela del líder (Muñoz does not change the dynamic and Dépor remains in the trail of the leader)]; Marca, 23 March 2014 {{in lang|es}} On 19 June he moved to another reserve team, Villarreal CF B also in the third level.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140808040900/http://6cero.com/a/yeraycortes/2014/jun/anton-shvets-villarreal/239575 Anton Shvets, al Villarreal (Anton Shvets, to Villarreal)]}}; 6cero, 19 June 2014 {{in lang|es}}

On 1 July 2017, he signed a 4-year contract with the Russian Premier League club FC Akhmat Grozny.{{cite web|title=Антон Швец подписал контракт с ФК Ахмат|url=http://fc-akhmat.ru/page/8681|publisher=FC Akhmat Grozny|accessdate=1 July 2017|language=Russian|date=1 July 2017}} On 5 December 2022, Shvets extended his contract with Akhmat until the end of the 2025–26 season.{{cite web|publisher=FC Akhmat Grozny|url=http://fc-akhmat.ru/page/13650|title=Антон Швец продлил контракт с "Ахматом" на три года.|trans-title=Anton Shvets extended contract with Akhmat for three years|date=5 December 2022|access-date=18 March 2023|language=ru}}

International career

In March 2013, Shvets was called up to Georgia under-21's,[http://www.elperiodicodearagon.com/noticias/deportes/jugador-filial-shvets-convocado-seleccion-sub-21-georgia_836234.html El jugador del filial Shvets, convocado por la selección sub-21 de Georgia (Reserve team player Shvets, called up to Georgia under-21s)]; El Periódico de Aragón, 6 March 2013 {{in lang|es}} but refused to link up with the squad, committing himself to Russia. He played his first full international for his country on 27 March 2018 against France, replacing Alexandr Yerokhin, the game Russia lost with a score of 1–3.{{cite web|publisher=Russian Football Union|url=https://www.rfs.ru/match/45203|title=Russia-France game report|date=27 March 2018|language=Russian}}

On 11 May 2018, he was included in Russia's extended 2018 FIFA World Cup squad as a back-up,{{cite web|publisher=Russian Football Union|url=https://www.rfs.ru/news/206751|title=Расширенный состав для подготовки к Чемпионату мира|language=Russian|date=11 May 2018}} but was excluded from the final list.{{cite web|publisher=Russian Football Union|url=https://www.rfs.ru/news/207064|script-title=ru:Заявка сборной России на Чемпионат мира FIFA 2018|date=3 June 2018|language=Russian}}

Career statistics

=Club=

{{updated|match played 24 November 2024}}

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"|Cup

!colspan="2"|Continental

!colspan="2"|Other

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="4"|Zaragoza B

|2011–12

|Segunda División B

|4

0colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—40
2012–13

|Segunda División B

|32

0colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—1{{efn|One appearance in Segunda División B relegation play-offs}}0330
2013–14

|Tercera División

|27

5colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—2{{efn|Two appearances in Tercera División promotion play-offs}}0295
colspan=2|Total

!63

5000030665
Zaragoza

|2013–14

|Segunda División

|1

000colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—10
rowspan=4|Villarreal B

|2014–15

|Segunda División B

|30

1colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—301
2015–16

|Segunda División B

|20

3colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—203
2016–17

|Segunda División B

|21

0colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—210
colspan=2|Total

!71

4000000714
rowspan="9"|Akhmat Grozny

|2017–18

|Russian Premier League

|25

310colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—263
2018–19

|Russian Premier League

|20

200colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—202
2019–20

|Russian Premier League

|19

020colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—210
2020–21

|Russian Premier League

|21

152colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—263
2021–22

|Russian Premier League

|17

000colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—170
2022–23

|Russian Premier League

|27

260colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—332
2022–24

|Russian Premier League

|18

041colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—221
2024–25

|Russian Premier League

|15

071colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—221
colspan="2"|Total

!162

8254000018712
colspan="3"|Career total

!297

17254003032521

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