Artyom Andreyevich Timofeyev (russian: Артём Андреевич Тимофеев; born 12 January 1994) is a Russian

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player who plays as a

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for

Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow (''FC Lokomotiv Moskva'', russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Локомотив" Москва, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москв ...

Club career

Timofeyev made his debut in the

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for

FC Spartak-2 Moscow FC Spartak-2 Moscow (russian: ФК «Спартак-2» Москва) was a Russian football team from Moscow, founded in 1964. It was a farm club for the Russian Premier League team FC Spartak Moscow. History The club has participated in profes ...

on 30 July 2013 in a game against

FC Vityaz Podolsk FC Vityaz Podolsk is a Russian football club based in Podolsk that played in the Russian First Division in 2009. The club was founded in 1996 as a non-professional team. The current team was formed in 2000 and in 2001 it turned professional. The ...

. Timofeyev made his first-team debut for

FC Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow (russian: Футбольный клуб «Спартак» Москва, Futbolʹnyy klub «Spartak» Moskva, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships (second only to Dyna ...

on 22 August 2013 as a starter in the

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qualifying game against

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. Timofeyev made his

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debut for

on 15 March 2015 in a game against

FC Dynamo Moscow FC Dynamo Moscow (''FC Dynamo Moskva'', russian: Дина́мо Москва́ ) is a Russian football club based in Moscow. Dynamo returned to the Russian Premier League for the 2017–18 season after one season in the second-tier Russian Footb ...

. He scored his first league goal for Spartak on 7 October 2018, an added-time winner in a 3–2 defeat of

FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk FK Yenisey Krasnoyarsk (ФК Енисей Красноярск) is a Russian football club based in Krasnoyarsk. The club plays in the Russian First League. History The club was founded in 1937 as ''Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk'' and spent one season i ...

. On 13 January 2019, Timofeyev joined

Krylia 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 ...

on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season. On 27 June 2019, Timofeyev rejoined Krylia Sovetov on another season-long loan. On 6 August 2020, Timofeyev joined

Akhmat Grozny Republican Football Club Akhmat ( ce, футболан клуб Ахмат Соьлжа-ГӀала; russian: Республиканский футбольный клуб Ахмат Грозный), commonly known as Akhmat Grozny, is a Russian ...

on a season-long loan deal for the

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season. On 31 July 2021, he returned to Akhmat on a permanent basis and signed a 3-year contract. On 4 July 2024, Timofeyev joined

on a one-year contract with a second-year option.

Career statistics

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References

1994 births Footballers from Saratov Living people Russian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Russia men's youth international footballers Russia men's under-21 international footballers FC Spartak Moscow players FC Spartak-2 Moscow players PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players FC Akhmat Grozny players FC Lokomotiv Moscow players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Russian Second League players {{Russia-footy-midfielder-1994-stub