Dmitri Vladimirovich Skopintsev (russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Скопинцев; born 2 March 1997) is a Russian football player who plays for

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 Foot ...

. He plays as a left back or

left midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. 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 ...

Club career

Born in

Voronezh Voronezh ( rus, links=no, Воро́неж, p=vɐˈronʲɪʂ}) is a city and the administrative centre of Voronezh Oblast in southwestern Russia straddling the Voronezh River, located from where it flows into the Don River. The city sits on ...

, Skopintsev moved to

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...

as a child and began playing football in

's youth system. He also played youth football with

FC Zenit St. Petersburg Football Club Zenit (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб «Зенит» ), also known as Zenit Saint Petersburg or simply Zenit, is a Russian professional football club based in Saint Petersburg. Founded in 1925 (or in 1914, acco ...

before moving to

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

where he played in FC Red Bull Salzburg's club system. Upon returning to Russia, Skopintsev signed with

FC Rostov FC Rostov (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб Ростов) is a Russian professional football club based in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast. The club are members of the Russian Premier League, and play at the Rostov Arena. After the ...

. He made his debut for the

main squad on 21 September 2016 in a Russian Cup game against

. He made his

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; russian: Российская премьер-лига; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is the top division professional association football league in Russia. It was established at the end of 2001 ...

debut for

on 29 October 2016 in a game against

FC Amkar Perm FC Amkar Perm (russian: link=no, Футбо́льный клуб "Амка́р" Пермь ) is a professional football club. Originally founded in 1994, it is based in the city of Perm. It was a participant in second-tier football from 1995 and ...

. He scored 10 goals for

FC Baltika Kaliningrad FC Baltika is an association football club based in Kaliningrad, Russia. Currently the club plays in the Russian First League, the second tier of the Russian football pyramid. History The club was founded on 22 December 1954 as ''Pishchevik Kalin ...

where he played on loan in the first part of the 2017–18 season and during the winter break

recalled him from loan. On 20 February 2019, he signed a 4.5-year contract with

FC Krasnodar FC Krasnodar is a Russian professional football club based in Krasnodar that plays in the Russian Premier League. The club was founded in 2008. In 2009, the club was promoted to the Russian First Division, the second highest division of the R ...

. On 7 January 2020, he returned to

, signing a 4.5-year contract. He reunited with Kirill Novikov, who coached him for 4 years while at Dynamo academy. In his third game for Dynamo on 13 March 2020, he scored the decisive third goal in the 3–2 away defeat of

FC 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 8 August 2022, Skopintsev extended his contract with Dynamo to 2027. He was chosen by Dynamo fans as player of the month for November 2022.

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* 1997 births Footballers from Voronezh Living people Russian men's footballers Russia men's youth international footballers Russia men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football defenders FC Dynamo Moscow players FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players FC Liefering players FC Rostov players FC Baltika Kaliningrad players FC Krasnodar players 2. Liga (Austria) players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Russian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Russian expatriate sportspeople in Austria {{Russia-footy-defender-1997-stub