Aleksandr Sergeyevich Sapeta (russian: Александр Серге́евич Сапета; born 28 June 1989) is a Russian
footballer
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who plays as
central midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Club career
He has been playing in the Saturn system throughout his youth years. He made his debut for the main Saturn team on 26 October 2008 when he was a starter in the Premier League match against
FC Moscow :''This article refers to the Moscow government team formed in 2004. For the predecessors in the Russian Premier League, see FC Torpedo-ZIL and FC Torpedo-Metallurg.''
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.
In winter 2011 Sapeta was signed by
FC Dynamo Moscow
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.
On 9 August 2012, he came off the bench to score a brace in a 5–0 win against
Dundee United
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in the second leg of their third qualifying round tie in the
2012–13 UEFA Europa League
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The final was played at the Amsterdam Aren ...
.
On 22 February 2018, he signed a 2-year contract with
FC Rostov
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. He was released from his Rostov contract by mutual consent on 21 August 2018.
On 27 January 2022, he joined
FC Kuban Krasnodar
FC Kuban (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Кубань" Краснодар) was a Russian football club based in Krasnodar. The team began playing in the Russian Premier League in 2011, after it was promoted for winning the Ru ...
on loan.
International career
Sapeta was one of the members of the
Russian U-17 squad that won the
2006 UEFA U-17 Championship.
Career statistics
References
External links
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Player page on the official FC Saturn Moscow oblast site
1989 births
People from Engels, Saratov Oblast
Footballers from Saratov Oblast
Living people
Russian men's footballers
Russia men's youth international footballers
Russia men's under-21 international footballers
Russia men's B international footballers
Men's association football midfielders
FC Leon Saturn Ramenskoye players
FC Dynamo Moscow players
FC Ural Yekaterinburg players
FC Rostov players
FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod players
FC Kuban Krasnodar (2018) players
FC Volga Ulyanovsk players
Russian Premier League players
Russian First League players
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