Georgi Mikhaylovich Shchennikov (russian: Георгий Михайлович Щенников; born 27 April 1991) is a Russian

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who plays as a left defensive midfielder or

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for

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. He is a son of the Olympic medalist race walker

Mikhail Shchennikov Mikhail Anatolyevich Shchennikov (russian: Михаил Анатольевич Щенников; born 24 December 1967, in Sverdlovsk) is a Russian race walker. He was born in Sverdlovsk. His son Georgi Shchennikov is a professional footballer ...

Club career

He made his debut for the main squad in the Russian Cup game against

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on 6 August 2008. He came on as a substitute on 24 October 2008 in an

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game against

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, making his debut in European competition before playing in any domestic league games. He was one of the 50 nominees in the 2011 Golden Boy awards, but was not eventually included to the short list. On 22 November 2017, he scored his first Champions League goal in a 2–0 win over Benfica in the 2017–18 season. On 5 June 2018, Shchennikov signed a new five-year contract with CSKA Moscow. On 12 December 2018, he scored a goal in a 3–0 win over Real Madrid in the

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International career

Shchennikov was a part of the Russia under-21 side that competed in the 2011 European Under-21 Championship qualification. He made his senior

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debut on 15 August 2012 in a friendly against Ivory Coast. On 2 June 2014, he was included in the Russia's 2014 FIFA World Cup squad.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

;CSKA Moscow *

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(2):

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, 2013–14 * Russian Cup (3): 2008–09,

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(3): 2009,

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Individual

*In the list of 33 best football players of the championship of Russia (3): 2009, 2010, 2013–14 *

Best Young Player (1): 2009

References

External links

CSKA Moscow Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shchennikov, Georgi 1991 births Living people Footballers from Moscow Russian footballers Association football defenders PFC CSKA Moscow players Russian Premier League players Russia youth international footballers Russia under-21 international footballers Russia international footballers 2014 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 2016 players