Ruslan Litvinov
{{short description|Russian footballer (born 2001)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Family name hatnote|Romanovich|Litvinov|lang=Eastern Slavic}}{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ruslan Litvinov
| full_name = Ruslan Romanovich Litvinov
| image = Ruslan Litvinov (20.10.2021).jpg
| caption = Litvinov with Spartak Moscow in 2021
| image_size =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|8|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Voronezh, Russia
| height = 1.83 m{{cite web |url=https://en.spartak.com/team/persons/ruslan_litvinov/ |title=Ruslan Litvinov |publisher=FC Spartak Moscow |access-date=15 August 2022}}
| position = Centre-back
| currentclub = FC Spartak Moscow
| clubnumber = 68
| youthyears1 = 2005–2016
| youthclubs1 = Shmarov Football Center-73 Voronezh
| youthyears2 = 2016–2019
| youthclubs2 = Spartak Moscow
| years1 = 2019–2021
| clubs1 = Spartak-2 Moscow
| caps1 = 35
| goals1 = 3
| years2 = 2020–
| clubs2 = Spartak Moscow
| caps2 = 95
| goals2 = 5
| nationalyears1 = 2017–2018
| nationalteam1 = Russia U-17
| nationalcaps1 = 6
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 2018–2019
| nationalteam2 = Russia U-18
| nationalcaps2 = 19
| nationalgoals2 = 5
| nationalyears3 = 2019
| nationalteam3 = Russia U-19
| nationalcaps3 = 7
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| nationalyears4 = 2019
| nationalteam4 = Russia U-20
| nationalcaps4 = 5
| nationalgoals4 = 1
| nationalyears5 = 2020–2021
| nationalteam5 = Russia U-21
| nationalcaps5 = 8
| nationalgoals5 = 0
| nationalyears6 = 2022–
| nationalteam6 = Russia
| nationalcaps6 = 6
| nationalgoals6 = 0
| pcupdate = 4 May 2025
| ntupdate = 25 March 2025
}}
Ruslan Romanovich Litvinov ({{langx|ru|Руслан Романович Литвинов}}; born 18 August 2001) is a Russian football player who plays as a centre back for FC Spartak Moscow and the Russian national team.
Club career
He made his debut in the Russian Football National League for FC Spartak-2 Moscow on 20 August 2019 in a game against FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk, he substituted Mikhail Ignatov in the 79th minute.{{cite web|publisher=Russian Football National League|url=https://1fnl.ru/champioship/results/712/713/723/4438/|title=Game Report by FNL|language=Russian|date=20 August 2019}}
He made his debut for the main squad of FC Spartak Moscow on 21 October 2020 in a Russian Cup game against FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk.{{cite web|publisher=Russian Premier League|url=https://eng.premierliga.ru/match/match_14418.html|title=Yenisey v Spartak game report|date=21 October 2020}} He made his Russian Premier League debut for Spartak on 5 December 2020 in a game against FC Tambov, he substituted Alex Král in the 3rd added minute.{{cite web|publisher=Russian Premier League|url=https://eng.premierliga.ru/match/match_13773.html|title=Spartak v Tambov game report|date=5 December 2020}}
On 7 February 2022, Litvinov extended his contract with Spartak until May 2026.{{cite press release|publisher=FC Spartak Moscow|url=https://spartak.com/news/2022-02-07-litvinov_i_denisov_perepodpisali_kontrakty_so_spartakom_maslovu_predostavili_optsiyu_prodleniya/|title=Литвинов и Денисов переподписали контракты со "Спартаком", Маслову предоставили опцию продления|date=7 February 2022|access-date=8 February 2022|language=ru}} On 29 May 2022, he won the Russian Cup, playing the full final against Dynamo Moscow, which Spartak won 2–1.
International career
Litvinov was called up to the Russia national football team for the first time in November 2022 for friendly games against Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.{{cite web|url=https://rfs.ru/news/217050|title=Тренерский штаб сборной России вызвал 30 футболистов на ноябрьский сбор|trans-title=The coaching staff of the Russian national team called 30 players to the November training camp|language=Russian|publisher=Russian Football Union|date=7 November 2022}} He made his debut against Uzbekistan on 20 November 2022.{{cite web|publisher=Russian Football Union|url=https://rfs.ru/news/217182|title=Сборные Узбекистана и России не забили голов в Ташкенте|date=20 November 2022|language=ru}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 15 May 2025}}
| 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="4"|Spartak-2 Moscow
|Russian Football National League |7 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 7 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21
|Russian Football National League |24 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 24 | 2 | ||||
| 2021–22
|Russian Football National League |4 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 1 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!35 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 35 | 3 | ||||
| rowspan="6"|Spartak Moscow
|6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22
|Russian Premier League |19 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4{{efn|name=UEL|Appearances in the UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 27 | 2 | ||
| 2022–23
|Russian Premier League |25 | 3 | 6 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1{{efn|Appearances in the Russian Super Cup}} | 0 | 32 | 3 | ||
| 2023–24
|Russian Premier League |24 | 0 | 7 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 31 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25
|Russian Premier League |21 | 0 | 10 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 31 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!95 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 128 | 5 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!130 | 8 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 163 | 8 |
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=International=
{{updated|match played 25 March 2025}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="4"|Russia
|2022 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total||6||0 |
Honours
;Spartak Moscow
- Russian Cup: 2021–22{{cite web|publisher=Russian Premier League|url=https://premierliga.ru/news/rfpl/news_28138.html|title="Спартак" обыграл "Динамо" и стал 4-кратным победителем Кубка России|date=29 May 2022|language=ru}}
;Individual
- Russian Premier League Goal of the Month: March 2023.{{cite web|publisher=Russian Premier League|url=https://premierliga.ru/news/rfpl/news_29246.html|title=Руслан Литвинов – обладатель награды Winline лучший гол марта!|trans-title=Ruslan Litvinov is the winner of the Winline best goal award for November!|date=31 March 2023|language=ru}}
- Russian Premier League Team of the Season: 2022–23{{cite web|publisher=Russian Premier League|url=https://premierliga.ru/news/rfpl/news_29484.html|title=Все лауреаты первой ежегодной премии Winline Герои РПЛ|trans-title=All winners of the first Winline Heroes of the RPL award|date=4 June 2023|access-date=9 June 2023|language=ru}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{RPL player|Litvinov-Ruslan}}
- [https://1fnl.ru/players/4500/ Profile by Russian Football National League]
- {{Soccerway|ruslan-litvinov/511143}}
- {{FootballFacts.ru|}}
{{FC Spartak Moscow squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Litvinov, Ruslan}}
Category:Footballers from Voronezh
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:Men's association football midfielders
Category:FC Spartak-2 Moscow players
Category:FC Spartak Moscow players
Category:Russian First League players
Category:Russian Premier League players
Category:21st-century Russian sportsmen
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