Artur Sergeyevich Paporotnyi (russian: Артур Сергеевич Папоротный; born 28 November 1985) is a Russian

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player. Paporotnyi debuted in the Russian national beach soccer team in 2011. Since 2013, he is playing for

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Career

Paporotnyi was born 28 November 1985 in Mirny, Bryansk Oblast. As a child he played

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; as a reminder he often performs a basketball shot hand movement on the pitch. Then he started playing

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, he also tried himself in

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. In 2009, he switched to beach soccer, debuting for City. His first coach was S. Stepanov. He debuted for the

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in 2011. His first match was against

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at the

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. After that he was chosen for the

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, which Russia won. In 2019, Artur Paporotnyi,

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and Yuri Krashennikov scored a goal each at the qualification tournament for the

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, bringing the score 7–1 against Italy.

Achievements

National team

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champion: 2011, 2021 *

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champion: 2011, 2017 *

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champion:

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Clubs

*Russian National champion: 2013, 2015, 2016 *Russian Cup champion: 2015, 2017

Individually

*2017

, Superfinal – Best Player *2021

– Silver Ball

References

External links

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on Beach Soccer Russia
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on BSC Kristall {{DEFAULTSORT:Paporotnyi, Artur 1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Bryansk Russian beach soccer players European Games gold medalists for Russia Beach soccer players at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in beach soccer Beach soccer players at the 2019 European Games Sportspeople from Bryansk Oblast