Igor Vladimirovich Gorbunov (russian: Игорь Владимирович Горбунов; born 20 September 1994) is a Russian football player who plays for FC Torpedo Moscow. He is mostly deployed as a

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, but also plays as winger,

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Club career

He made his debut in the Russian Professional Football League for

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on 20 July 2015 in a game against

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. He made his

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debut for

FC Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod (russian: ФК «Пари Нижний Новгород») or FC Pari NN for short is a Russian football club from Nizhny Novgorod, founded in 2015. It made its debut in the Russian Premier League in the 2021–22 seaso ...

on 8 July 2017 in a game against

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. He made his

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debut for

FC Nizhny Novgorod FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod (russian: ФК «Пари Нижний Новгород») or FC Pari NN for short is a Russian football club from Nizhny Novgorod, founded in 2015. It made its debut in the Russian Premier League in the 2021–22 seaso ...

on 26 July 2021 in a game against his former club

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. He substituted Albert Sharipov in the 68th minute and scored a goal less than a minute later. This was Nizhny Novgorod's first ever game in the RPL, so it was also the club's first ever goal in the top tier. The game finished with the score of 1–0, giving the club its first victory in the top tier as well. On 28 July 2022, Gorbunov signed a two-year contract with

FC Rubin Kazan FC Rubin Kazan (russian: Футбо́льный клуб Руби́н Каза́нь, ''Futbolny klub Rubin Kazan'' , Tatar: Рубин Казан) is a Russian professional football club based in the city of Kazan. They play in the second-tier ...

. Gorbunov's contract with Rubin was terminated by mutual consent on 19 June 2023. On 20 June 2023, Gorbunov joined FC Torpedo Moscow on a three-year deal.

Honours

* Russian Professional Football League Zone Ural-Povolzhye top scorer: 2016–17.

Career statistics

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* * * 1994 births Sportspeople from Tambov Oblast Living people Russian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Russia men's youth international footballers FC Dynamo Moscow reserves players FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg players FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod players PFC Sochi players FC Rotor Volgograd players FC Armavir players FC Rubin Kazan players FC Torpedo Moscow players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Russian Second League players {{Russia-footy-midfielder-1994-stub