Fyodor Nikolayevich Chalov (russian: Фёдор Николаевич Чалов; born 10 April 1998) is a Russian professional
footballer
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who plays as a
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for
CSKA Moscow and the
Russia national team.
Club career
CSKA Moscow
Chalov made his debut for the main squad of
PFC CSKA Moscow in the
Russian Cup game against
Yenisey Krasnoyarsk on 21 September 2016.
On 2 November 2016, he scored four goals for CSKA's Under-19 team in a
UEFA Youth League 5–0 victory against
Monaco.
Following that game, he was called up to the main squad (with the first-choice forward
Lacina Traoré
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struggling with only 4 goals in the first 15 season games) and made his
Russian Premier League debut on 6 November 2016 as a late substitute in a game against
Amkar Perm
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. On the next matchday on 18 November 2016, he made his first starting-lineup appearance for CSKA against
Arsenal Tula, and on 22 November he started their next
Champions League game against
Bayer Leverkusen. He scored his first goal for CSKA on 3 December 2016 in a game against
Ural Yekaterinburg.
On 27 February 2017, Chalov signed a new contract with CSKA, keeping him at the club until 2020. On 12 December 2018, he scored a goal in a 3–0 win over
Real Madrid
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in the
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. He later signed a new contract until the summer of 2022 on 22 January 2019.
After only scoring twice in his first 21 appearances of the 2020–21 season in the Russian Premier League and UEFA Europa League, he scored a hat-trick on 17 December 2020 in a 3–1 away victory over
FC Rostov.
Loan to Basel
On 1 February 2022, Chalov joined Swiss club
Basel on a six month loan until the end of their
2021–22 FC Basel season
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under head coach
Patrick Rahmen
Patrick Rahmen (born 3 April 1969) is a Swiss football coach and former player who last worked as head coach for Basel. He played as midfielder or forward.
Club career
Patrick Rahmen learned his football skill playing with Nordstern Basel and t ...
. Chalov played his domestic league debut for his new club in the home game in the
St. Jakob Stadium
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on 6 February as Basel played a 3–3 draw against
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He scored his first goal for the club on 19 February in the home game in the
St. Jakob Stadium
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against
Lausanne-Sport
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as Basel won 3–0.
His last game with Basel was on 22 May as Basel won 2–1 against
Lugano. Chalov gave the assist to
Darian Males
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Career
FC Luzern
On 13 June 2019, Males signed his first p ...
' goal in the sixth minute.
During his time with Basel, Chalov played a total of 19 games for Basel scoring a total of 5 goals. 14 of these games were in the
Swiss Super League
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, two in the
2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League
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The final was played at the Arena Kombëtare in Tirana, Albania, with Roma ...
and three were friendly games. He scored four goals in the domestic league, the other was scored during the test games.
International career
Chalov scored three goals for the
Russia U17 national team at the
2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup
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Host selection
The following four countries bid to host the tournament:
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Venues
Along with proposing ...
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On 11 May 2018, he was included in the
senior national team's extended
2018 FIFA World Cup
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squad, which was the first time he was called up to the senior national team. He was not included in the finalized World Cup squad.
He made his debut for the team on 21 March 2019 in a
UEFA Euro 2020 qualifier against
Belgium.
Personal life
His father is a research chemist, while his older brother
Daniil Chalov is also a professional footballer. In his youth he excelled at piano and flute as well as football.
Career statistics
Club
International
Honours
CSKA Moscow
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Russian Super Cup:
2018
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Individual
*
Russian Premier League top goalscorer:
2018–19
*Best young soccer player of Russia: 2017
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References
External links
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Living people
1998 births
Footballers from Moscow
Russian footballers
Association football forwards
Russia international footballers
Russia under-21 international footballers
Russia youth international footballers
PFC CSKA Moscow players
FC Basel players
Russian Premier League players
Russian expatriate footballers
Russian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Expatriate footballers in Switzerland