Dmitri Prudnikov (born 6 January 1988) is a Russian
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who is currently playing for
Sinara, and the
Russian national futsal team
The Russian national futsal team (russian: Сборная России по футзалу, ''Sbornaya Rossii po futsalu'') is the national futsal team of Russia. The team is controlled by the Russian Football Union and affiliats with UEFA. Beca ...
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Biography
Prudnikov was born in
Krasnoturinsk
Krasnoturyinsk (russian: Краснотурьи́нск) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Turya River ( Ob's basin), north of Yekaterinburg. Population:
History
It was one of the copper mining settlements established i ...
. Up to 14 years he played futsal at a local school, but then he was noticed by the main regional futsal club
Viz-Sinara, and Dmitriy moved to Yekaterinburg.
Since 2004 Dmitry has been involved in the first team, but the first full season of his career was the 2005/06 season. Then he scored 14 goals and contributed to the first silver medal of his team. In the following season Prudnikov scored 18 goals. In the final game of the Futsal Russian Cup Dmitry helped Yekaterinburg to become the owner of an honorary trophy.
Prudnikov’s long-awaited debut in the Russian national team took place on 27 January 2008 in the game against Croatia. The next day, Dmitry scored his first goal for the national team in Ukrainian gate, bringing his victory to his team.
In April 2008, "Viz-Sinara" had to participate in the final games of the UEFA Futsal Cup. Dmitry helped the team to win the tournament and to get the title of the strongest team of Europe.
At the beginning of the
2008 World Cup he became one of the major discoveries of the tournament. With seven goals scored the young player entered the top ten scorers in the championship.
2008 ended with the first-ever Youth Championship of Europe. Dmitry was the captain of the Russian national team. He scored the only goal of the semifinal against Ukraine, the decisive goal of the final match against Italy and raised the league cup over his head. Soon he was recognized the best young player in the world by «UMBRO Futsal Awards».
Achievements
*UEFA Futsal Championship silver medalist (1): 2012
*UEFA Futsal Cup Winner (1): 2007-08
*Russian Futsal Championship Winner (3): 2009, 2010, 2014, 2021
*Russian Futsal Cup Winner (1): 2007, 2017
*FIFA Futsal World Cup semifinalist (1): 2008
*UEFA European Youth Championship Winner (1): 2008
Personal
*The best player of the Russian championship: 2011
*The best forward of the Russian championship (2): 2009, 2010, 2012
References
External links
MFK Dina Moskva profileAMFR profile
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1988 births
Living people
Russian men's futsal players
MFK Dina Moskva players
People from Krasnoturyinsk
Sportspeople from Sverdlovsk Oblast