Eugene Starikov

{{Short description|American soccer player (born 1988)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2013}}

{{Family name hatnote|Valeriiovych|Starikov|lang=Eastern Slavic}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Eugene Starikov

| image = YevStarikov.jpg

| upright = 1.2

| caption =

| full_name =

| birth_name = Yevhen Valeriiovych Starikov

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|11|17}}

| birth_place = Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=9}}{{cite web|url=http://www.chernomorets.odessa.ua/team/first_team/417/|title=Стариков Евгений Валерьевич|website=FC Chornomorets}}

| position = Forward, midfielder

| currentclub =

| collegeyears1 = 2007–2008

| college1 = Stetson Hatters

| collegecaps1 = 22

| collegegoals1 = 10

| years1 = 2008

| clubs1 = Bradenton Academics

| caps1 = 12

| goals1 = 5

| years2 = 2009–2014

| clubs2 = Zenit Saint Petersburg

| caps2 = 0

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2010–2011

| clubs3 = → Tom Tomsk (loan)

| caps3 = 30

| goals3 = 2

| years4 = 2012–2013

| clubs4 = → Rostov (loan)

| caps4 = 8

| goals4 = 2

| years5 = 2013–2014

| clubs5 = → Tom Tomsk (loan)

| caps5 = 1

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2015–2016

| clubs6 = Chornomorets Odesa

| caps6 = 10

| goals6 = 2

| years7 = 2017

| clubs7 = New York Cosmos

| caps7 = 25

| goals7 = 4

| years8 = 2018–2019

| clubs8 = Indy Eleven

| caps8 = 30

| goals8 = 6

| nationalyears1 = 2012

| nationalteam1 = United States U23

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 1

}}

Eugene Starikov (born Yevhen Valeriiovych Starikov,{{efn|{{langx|uk|Євген Валерійович Старіков|{{transliteration|uk|ukrainian|Yevhen Valeriiovych Starikov}}}}; {{langx|ru|Евгений Валерьевич Стариков|{{transliteration|ru|Yevgeny Valeryevich Starikov}}}}}} November 17, 1988) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder.

Club career

=Early years=

Starikov was born in Odesa, USSR and grew up in Huntington Beach, California where he played for Edison High School, San Diego Surf, and Irvine Strikers. He transferred to Florida before his junior year, where he was the Pinellas County scoring champion twice and led the Palm Harbor University High School Hurricanes to a victory in the 2006 FHSAA 5A Championship. He spent two years at Stetson University and played one season for the Bradenton Academics in the USL Premier Development League.

=Professional=

Starikov was signed by Zenit in the Russian Premier League before the 2009 season.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}} On March 17, 2017, Starikov returned to the United States and signed for NASL side New York Cosmos.{{cite web|url=http://www.nycosmos.com/news/2017/03/17/the-new-york-cosmos-sign-winger-eugene-starikov|title=The New York Cosmos Sign Winger Eugene Starikov|accessdate=March 18, 2017}} On February 6, 2018, Starikov joined the Indy Eleven of the United Soccer League.{{cite web|url=http://www.indyeleven.com/news_article/show/883964-ayoze-garcia-perez-eugene-starikov-sign-with-indy-eleven|title=AYOZE GARCIA PEREZ, EUGENE STARIKOV SIGN WITH INDY ELEVEN|website=indyeleven.com|publisher=Indy Eleven|date=February 6, 2018|accessdate=February 19, 2018|archive-date=September 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926235410/https://www.indyeleven.com/news_article/show/883964-ayoze-garcia-perez-eugene-starikov-sign-with-indy-eleven|url-status=dead}}

=International career=

On January 7, 2011, Starikov was called up to the United States national team for a friendly game against Chile.{{cite news|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70646N20110107|title=Zenit striker Starikov joins U.S. training camp|date=January 7, 2011|accessdate=January 8, 2011}}

Career statistics

{{updated|March 30, 2019|{{Soccerway|evgeny-starikov/129494}}}}

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{{efn|Includes the U.S. Open Cup, Russian Cup (football), and Ukrainian Cup}}

!colspan="2"|Continental

!colspan="2"|Other

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bradenton Academics

|2008{{cite web|url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2008/roster/22301.html|title=2008 Bradenton Academics statistics|website=USLSoccer.com|publisher=United Soccer League|accessdate=March 19, 2019|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005070608/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2008/roster/22301.html|archivedate=October 5, 2012}}

|PDL

|12

510colspan="2"|–00135
rowspan="6"|Zenit St. Petersburg

|2009

|Russian Premier League

|0

00000colspan="2"|–00
2010

|Russian Premier League

|0

00000colspan="2"|–00
2011–12

|Russian Premier League

|0

000000000
2012–13

|Russian Premier League

|0

000000000
2013–14

|Russian Premier League

|0

000000000
colspan="2"|Total

!0

000000000
rowspan="3"|Tom Tomsk (loan)

|2010

|Russian Premier League

|9

100colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–91
2011–12

|Russian Premier League

|21

120colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–231
colspan="2"|Total

!30

2200000322
Rostov (loan)

|2012–13

|Russian Premier League

|8

200colspan="2"|–1{{efn|Appearance in the RPL relegation playoffs}}092
Tom Tomsk (loan)

|2013–14

|Russian Premier League

|1

000colspan="2"|–0010
Chornomorets Odesa

|2015–16

|Ukrainian Premier League

|10

210colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–112
New York Cosmos

|2017

|NASL

|25

400colspan="2"|–2{{efn|Appearances in the Soccer Bowl Playoffs}}0274
rowspan="3"|Indy Eleven

|2018

|USL

|19

600colspan="2"|–00196
2019

|USL Championship

|3

000colspan="2"|–0030
colspan="2"|Total

!22

6000000226
colspan="3"|Career total

!108

2140003011521

Notes

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References

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