Fedor Ivanovič Černych (russian: Фёдор Иванович Черных, links=yes; born 21 May 1991) is a professional

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er who plays as a

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for AEL Limassol. Born in Russia, he plays for the Lithuania national team.

Career

Černych was born in Moscow into a Russian family of Lithuanian descent. When his parents broke up, he went to live in Vilnius, Lithuania with his maternal grandparents. He started his career at , which then played in the LFF II league, South zone. In 2009, Černych signed a contract with

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. Černych was loaned in 2012 to Naftan Novopolotsk when

was relegated to the lower league. In 2014, he signed for Polish club

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. In an interview, he said that in Poland most of training was devoted to fitness. On 26 January 2018, he signed with the Russian Premier League club

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. On 31 March 2018, he scored his first goal for Dynamo, securing a 2–1 victory over Arsenal Tula. On 21 October 2018, he scored the only goal of the game to help Dynamo defeat Zenit Saint Petersburg, which was leading the league at the time. On 21 August 2019, Fedor was loaned to FC Orenburg. On 8 September 2020, his contract with Dynamo Moscow was dissolved by mutual consent. On 17 September 2020, he returned to former club Jagiellonia Białystok. On 8 January 2023, Cypriot side AEL Limassol announced reaching an agreement in principle to sign Černych until June 2024, with an option for another year, with the move to be finalized following a medical examination.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Lithuania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Černych goal.''

Honours

Club

;Naftan Novopolotsk * Belarusian Cup: 2011–12

Individual

Lithuanian Footballer of the Year Lithuanian Player of the Year is a football award. Winners * 1965: Petras Glodenis ( Žalgiris Vilnius) * 1966: Gintautas Kalėdinskas ( Žalgiris Vilnius) * 1967: Stanislovas Ramelis ( Žalgiris Vilnius) * 1968: Stanislovas Ramelis ( Žalgir ...

: 2016, 2017

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