Artur Rimovich Yusupov (russian: Артур Римович Юсупов, tt-Cyrl, Артур Рим улы Йосыпов; born 1 September 1989) is a Russian professional
footballer
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of
Volga Tatar
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origin. He plays as a
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 ...
for
PFC Sochi
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History
FC Sochi was ...
.
Club career
He made his professional debut in the
Russian Second Division
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History
In 1998–2010, it was run by the Pr ...
in 2006 for
FC Akademiya Tolyatti.
He made his
Russian Premier League
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debut on 8 November 2009 for
FC Dynamo Moscow
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in a game against
PFC Spartak Nalchik
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.
He was released from his
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg contract by mutual consent on 25 July 2018 and signed with
FC Rostov
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on the same day.
On 11 January 2019, his
FC Rostov
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contract was dissolved by mutual consent. On 14 January he returned to
Dynamo Moscow
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.
On 7 September 2020, he joined
PFC Sochi
Football Club Sochi (russian: Футбольный клуб Сочи, Futbolny Klub Sochi), is a Russian professional football club based in Sochi. The club is playing its home matches at the 47,000-capacity Fisht Stadium.
History
FC Sochi was ...
.
International
He made his debut for the national team on 17 November 2015 in a friendly game against
Croatia
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Honours
Individual
*Russian Premier League best goal of the month: August 2022.
Career statistics
Club
Notes
References
External links
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1989 births
Sportspeople from Samara, Russia
Tatar people of Russia
Tatar sportspeople
Living people
Russian footballers
Association football midfielders
Russia youth international footballers
Russia under-21 international footballers
Russia national football B team footballers
Russia international footballers
FC Tolyatti players
FC Dynamo Moscow players
FC Khimki players
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players
FC Rostov players
PFC Sochi players
Russian Premier League players
Russian First League players
Russian Second League players
UEFA Euro 2016 players
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