Aleksandr Sergeyevich Salugin (russian: Александр Серге́евич Салугин; born 23 October 1988) is a Russian former footballer who played as a

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Club career

He made his professional debut for

PFC CSKA Moscow Professional Football Club CSKA (russian: link=yes, Профессиональный футбольный клуб – ЦСКА, derived from the historical name 'Центральный спортивный клуб армии', English l ...

on 5 May 2005 in a return leg of the

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semifinal against

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, substituting

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in the 88th minute. CSKA eventually won the cup, Salugin did not appear in the final. He made his Russian Premier League debut for CSKA on 18 September 2005 in a game against FC Saturn Ramenskoye. Until 18 October 2009, he was the youngest player ever to score a goal in the Russian Premier League (he scored a goal for

on 19 November 2005 in a game against FC Alania Vladikavkaz when he was 17 years 27 days old). That record was surpassed by Zhano Ananidze.

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External links

Profile by onedivision.ru (in Russian)
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Salugin, Aleksandr 1988 births Footballers from Moscow Living people Russian footballers Association football forwards Russia youth international footballers Russia under-21 international footballers Russian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Belarus PFC CSKA Moscow players UEFA Cup winning players PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players Russian Premier League players FC Rostov players FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod players FC Nizhny Novgorod (2007) players FC Torpedo Moscow players FC Amkar Perm players FC Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino players FC Nizhny Novgorod (2015) players Belarusian Premier League players FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo players