Denis Borisovich Glushakov (russian: Денис Борисович Глушаков; born 27 January 1987) is a Russian international
footballer
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who plays for
Khimki
Khimki ( rus, Химки, p=ˈxʲimkʲɪ) is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, 18.25 kilometres northwest of central Moscow, and immediately beyond the Moscow city boundary.
History Origins and formation
Khimki was initially a railway station th ...
and the
Russian national team as a
defensive 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 boundari ...
and
box-to-box 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 ...
.
Career
Club
From 2005 to 2013, Glushakov played 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. Lokomotiv have won the Russian Premier League on three oc ...
.
He then joined
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, of which he ultimately became
Captain. He was a key figure in its
2016-17 victory in the Russian Premier League, assisting and scoring a number of crucial goals. On 19 June 2019, Glushakov was released from his Spartak contract by mutual consent. This was after a controversy, during which fans accused him of supporting the removal of manager
Massimo Carrera
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, who was the first Spartak manager to win the
Russian Premier League
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in over a decade.
On 29 June 2019, Glushakov signed a one-year contract, with the option of a second, with
Akhmat Grozny. On 4 August 2020, Glushakov announced that he left Akhmat.
On 1 October 2020, he signed with
Khimki
Khimki ( rus, Химки, p=ˈxʲimkʲɪ) is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, 18.25 kilometres northwest of central Moscow, and immediately beyond the Moscow city boundary.
History Origins and formation
Khimki was initially a railway station th ...
. On 8 July 2021, he extended his contract the end of the 2023–24 season, and he remains a key figure in the squad
International
![Denis Glushakov 2011 Russia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Denis_Glushakov_2011_Russia.jpg)
In March 2011, he was for the first time called up to the
Russia national football team
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. He made his national team debut on 29 March 2011 in a friendly against
Qatar
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. On 11 October 2011 he scored his first goal for Russia in a Euro 2012 qualifier against Andorra.
He was confirmed for the finalized
UEFA Euro 2012
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squad on 25 May 2012. He was left on the bench in the first two games, before starting the third group game against
Greece
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as Russia was eliminated at group stage.
On 2 June 2014, he was included in the Russia's
2014 FIFA World Cup squad. He started all 3 games that Russia played at the tournament.
On 15 June 2016, Glushakov scored with a header in a 2–1 defeat against
Slovakia
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at
Euro 2016
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. He appeared as a substitute in the first two group games before starting against
Wales
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.
On 11 May 2018, he was included in Russia's extended
2018 FIFA World Cup squad as a back-up. He was not included in the finalized World Cup squad.
Personal life
His uncle
Valeri Glushakov was a professional footballer as well.
Career statistics
Club
International
International goals
Honours
Club
;Spartak Moscow
*
Russian Premier League
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:
2016-17
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Biography
16-17 was founded in 1983 by Alex Buess, Knut Remond and Markus Kneubühler. When the group played its first con ...
*
Russian Super Cup
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:
2017
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*
Match Premier Cup:
2019
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Individual
* List of 33 top players of the Russian league: 2013/14.
References
External links
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1987 births
People from Millerovsky District
Sportspeople from Rostov Oblast
Living people
Russian footballers
Association football midfielders
Russia international footballers
Russia under-21 international footballers
FC SKA Rostov-on-Don players
FC Zvezda Irkutsk players
FC Lokomotiv Moscow players
FC Spartak Moscow players
FC Akhmat Grozny players
FC Khimki players
Russian Premier League players
Russian First League players
Russian Second League players
UEFA Euro 2012 players
2014 FIFA World Cup players
UEFA Euro 2016 players
2017 FIFA Confederations Cup players