Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Prudnikov (russian: Александр Александрович Прудников; born 24 February 1989) is a Russian former
footballer
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who played as a
forward
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* Forward (surname)
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* Forward (association football)
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.
Career
Club
On 8 April 2007, he made his debut for Spartak first team, scoring a winning goal in the game against
Luch Vladivostok.
On 22 April 2007,
Chelsea FC sporting director
Frank Arnesen
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while visiting Moscow told the Russian sports newspaper
Sovietskiy sport after the match against
FC Krylya Sovetov Samara
PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara (russian: Профессиональный футбольный клуб «Крылья Советов» Самара) is a football club from Russia based in Samara. It returned to the Russian Premier League for the 20 ...
, that he liked the way Prudnikov performed in the game.
FC Spartak Moscow sold on loan the striker, already with Russia's national team moves to
FC Terek Grozny.
On 15 July 2009, Prudnikov agreed to join Czech giants
Sparta Prague on a one-year-long loan deal. However, the contract was terminated after half a year.
On 31 March 2010, Prudnikov was loaned to
FC Tom Tomsk.
[Александр Прудников прилетает в Томск](_blank)
As of 21 June 2013, it was confirmed that Prudnikov was on trial with
FC Rubin Kazan in order to try and win a contract. He travelled with the club to their pre-season tour of Austria and started up front in a pre-season friendly against
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on 22 June 2013. He signed for the club not long after, and scored on his debut away to
FK Jagodina in the
UEFA Europa League
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.
On 16 July 2014,
FC Dynamo Moscow
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announced signing Prudnikov on a 1-year deal.
On 20 February 2019, Prudnikov signed for
FC Alashkert
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, being released by the club on 5 June 2019.
On 18 January 2020, Prudnikov joined
Kazakhstan Premier League club
FC Kaisar
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on trial in Turkey.
International
Prudnikov was one of the stars of the
Russian U-17 squad that won the
2006 UEFA U-17 Championship. He was a part of the
Russia U-21 side that was competing in the
2011 European Under-21 Championship qualification.
Career statistics
Notes
References
External links
*
Aleksandr Prudnikov's profileon Spartak Moscow website.
Aleksandr Prudnikov's website*
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1989 births
Sportspeople from Smolensk
Living people
Russian men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Russia men's youth international footballers
Russia men's under-21 international footballers
Russia men's B international footballers
Russian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic
Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia
Expatriate men's footballers in Armenia
Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus
FC Spartak Moscow players
Russian Premier League players
FC Akhmat Grozny players
AC Sparta Prague players
Czech First League players
FC Tom Tomsk players
FC Anzhi Makhachkala players
FC Kuban Krasnodar players
FC Spartak Vladikavkaz players
FC Rubin Kazan players
FC Dynamo Moscow players
FC Amkar Perm players
FC Orenburg players
FK Spartaks Jūrmala players
FC Alashkert players
FC Vitebsk players