Nikita Chernov
{{short description|Russian footballer (born 1996)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{family name hatnote|Aleksandrovich|Chernov|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Nikita Chernov
| fullname = Nikita Aleksandrovich Chernov
| image = Nikita Chernov 2022.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Chernov playing for Spartak Moscow in 2022
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|01|14|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Volzhsky, Russia
| height = {{height|m=1.88}}{{cite web |url=https://en.spartak.com/team/persons/nikita_chernov4343/ |title=Nikita Chernov |publisher=FC Spartak Moscow |access-date=15 August 2022}}
| currentclub = Spartak Moscow
| clubnumber = 23
| position = Centre-back
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Energiya Volzhsky
| youthyears2 = 2009–2016
| youthclubs2 = CSKA Moscow
| years1 = 2014–2019
| clubs1 = CSKA Moscow
| caps1 = 11
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2016
| clubs2 = → Baltika Kaliningrad (loan)
| caps2 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2016–2017
| clubs3 = → Yenisey Krasnoyarsk (loan)
| caps3 = 28
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2017–2018
| clubs4 = → Ural Yekaterinburg (loan)
| caps4 = 13
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2019–2022
| clubs5 = Krylia Sovetov
| caps5 = 67
| goals5 = 4
| years6 = 2022–
| clubs6 = Spartak Moscow
| caps6 = 50
| goals6 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2011
| nationalteam1 = Russia U-15
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2011–2012
| nationalteam2 = Russia U-16
| nationalcaps2 = 17
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2012–2013
| nationalteam3 = Russia U-17
| nationalcaps3 = 18
| nationalgoals3 = 2
| nationalyears4 = 2014
| nationalteam4 = Russia U-18
| nationalcaps4 = 4
| nationalgoals4 = 2
| nationalyears5 = 2014–2015
| nationalteam5 = Russia U-19
| nationalcaps5 = 10
| nationalgoals5 = 3
| nationalyears6 = 2014–2018
| nationalteam6 = Russia U-21
| nationalcaps6 = 22
| nationalgoals6 = 1
| nationalyears7 = 2015–
| nationalteam7 = Russia
| nationalcaps7 = 2
| nationalgoals7 = 0
| pcupdate = 7 December 2024
| ntupdate = 16 October 2018
}}
Nikita Aleksandrovich Chernov ({{langx|ru|Никита Александрович Чернов}}; born 14 January 1996) is a Russian professional football player who plays as a centre-back for Spartak Moscow and Russia national football team.
Club career
Born in Volzhsky, Volgograd Oblast, Chernov began his career at hometown team FC Energiya Volzhsky before joining CSKA Moscow in 2009. He made his professional debut on 24 September 2014 in a Russian Cup game against FC Khimik Dzerzhinsk.{{cite web|publisher=Russian Football Premier League|url=http://www.rfpl.org/match/match_10611.html|title=Khimik-CSKA Match Report|date=24 September 2014}} He also played in the next Russian Cup round against FC Torpedo Moscow on 29 October.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}
On 30 July 2019, Chernov moved from CSKA Moscow to Krylia Sovetov Samara, where he played for two-and-a-half seasons.{{cite web|publisher=PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara|url=http://www.kc-camapa.ru/cgi-bin/newsprn.cgi?17400|title=Никита Чернов переходит в "Крылья Советов"|trans-title=Nikita Chernov goes to "Wings of the Soviets"|date=30 July 2019|language=Russian}}
On 4 February 2022, Chernov signed a 4-year contract with FC Spartak Moscow beginning in the summer of 2022.{{cite press release|publisher=FC Spartak Moscow|url=https://spartak.com/news/2022-02-04-nikita_chernov_podpisal_kontrakt_so_spartakom_on_prisoyedinitsya_k_komande_letom/|title=Никита Чернов подписал контракт со "Спартаком". Он присоединится к команде летом|date=4 February 2022|access-date=4 February 2022|language=ru}} On 22 February 2022, Spartak and Krylia Sovetov agreed to make the transfer immediate instead.{{cite press release|publisher=FC Spartak Moscow|url=https://spartak.com/news/2022-02-22-chernov_pereshel_v_spartak_gaponov_arendovan_krylyami/|title=Чернов перешел в "Спартак", Гапонов арендован "Крыльями"|date=22 February 2022|access-date=22 February 2022|language=ru}} Chernov scored his first goal for Spartak on 23 November 2022 in a 1-2 cup defeat against Krylia Sovetov Samara.
International
He participated in the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup with Russia national under-17 football team.{{cite web|publisher=FIFA|url=http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=259261/match=300253561/report.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029204215/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=259261/match=300253561/report.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-10-29|title=Brazil U17 v Russia U17 game report|access-date=24 May 2024}}
On 30 May 2015, Chernov made his first senior appearance in the national team in a friendly against Belarus before he played a single game in the domestic league.{{cite web|publisher=Russian Football Union|url=http://www.rfs.ru/main/news/national_teams/81754.html|script-title=ru:Состав на Беларусь и Австрию|date=30 May 2015|language=Russian}} Later on, he replaced Vasili Berezutski early in a European qualifier against Austria.{{cite web|publisher=UEFA|url=https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2013968--russia-vs-austria/|title=Russia v Austria game report|date=14 June 2015}}
In July 2015, Chernov was part of the Russian under-19 team which came runners-up to Spain at the European Championship in Greece; he scored twice in a 4–1 semi-final victory over the hosts at the AEL FC Arena in Larissa.{{cite news|last1=Haslam|first1=Andrew|title=Russia ease past Greece and into final|url=https://www.uefa.com/under19/news/0257-0dedb0344359-b3c968ea8c44-1000--russia-ease-past-greece-and-into-final/|access-date=29 July 2015|publisher=UEFA|date=16 July 2015}}
After a break of 9 years, Chernov was called up to the senior team once again in May 2024 for a friendly against Belarus.{{cite web|url=https://rfs.ru/news/220461|title=Тренерский штаб сборной России вызвал 27 футболистов на матч с Беларусью|trans-title=Coaching staff of the Russia national team called up 27 players for the match against Belarus|language=ru|publisher=Russian Football Union|date=24 May 2024}}
Career statistics
=Club=
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| 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"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan=6|CSKA Moscow
|0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2015–16
|Russian Premier League |0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18
|Russian Premier League |0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19
|Russian Premier League |11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5{{efn|Appearances in the UEFA Champions League}} | 0 | 1{{efn|name=RSC|Appearances in the Russian Super Cup}} | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| 2019–20
|Russian Premier League |0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Baltika Kaliningrad (loan)
|0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2{{efn|name=FNLCUP|Appearances in the FNL Cup}} | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Yenisey Krasnoyarsk (loan)
|Russian First League |28 | 0 | 3 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 7{{efn|Two appearances in the promotion play-offs, five appearances, one goal in the FNL Cup}} | 1 | 38 | 2 | ||
| Ural Yekaterinburg (loan)
|Russian Premier League |13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 3{{efn|name=FNLCUP}} | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Ural-2 Yekaterinburg (loan)
|2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | ||||
| rowspan="4"|Krylia Sovetov
|Russian Premier League |23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 23 | 1 | |||
| 2020–21
|Russian First League |30 | 2 | 7 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 37 | 3 | |||
| 2021–22
|Russian Premier League |14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 16 | 1 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!67 | 4 | 9 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 76 | 5 | |||
| rowspan="5"|Spartak Moscow
|Russian Premier League |4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23
|Russian Premier League |24 | 0 | 8 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 1{{efn|name=RSC}} | 0 | 33 | 1 | ||
| 2023–24
|Russian Premier League |17 | 0 | 12 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 29 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25
|Russian Premier League |5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 8 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!50 | 0 | 26 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | 77 | 1 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!171 | 4 | 42 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 232 | 8 |
==Notes==
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Honours
External links
- {{RPL player|Chernov-Nikita}}
References
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{{FC Spartak Moscow squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chernov, Nikita}}
Category:Sportspeople from Volzhsky, Volgograd Oblast
Category:Footballers from Volgograd Oblast
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Russian men's footballers
Category:Russia men's youth international footballers
Category:Russia men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Russia men's international footballers
Category:PFC CSKA Moscow players
Category:FC Baltika Kaliningrad players
Category:FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk players
Category:FC Ural Yekaterinburg players
Category:PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players
Category:FC Spartak Moscow players
Category:Russian Premier League players
Category:Russian First League players