Ilya Andreyevich Samoshnikov (russian: Илья Андреевич Самошников; born 14 November 1997) is a Russian football player who plays as a left back for

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 ...

. He also played in the

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and

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positions.

Club career

Samoshnikov began his football career in the amateur league in Moscow. He made his debut in the Russian Professional Football League for FC Ararat Moscow on 19 July 2017 in a game against FC Zorky Krasnogorsk. He made his

Russian Football National League The Russian First League (russian: Первая лига, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division (russian: Первый дивизион) and Russian Football National League (FNL) (russian: Первенство Футбольн� ...

debut for

FC Shinnik Yaroslavl FC Shinnik Yaroslavl (russian: Футбольный клуб «Шинник» Ярославль) is a Russian football club, based in Yaroslavl. From 1957 to 1960 the team was called Khimik (russian: Химик - "the chemist"). In the USSR ...

on 26 August 2018 in a game against

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 ...

. On 2 January 2020, he signed with

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club

. He made his RPL debut for Rubin on 27 June 2020 in a game against

FC Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow (''FC Lokomotiv Moskva'', russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Локомотив" Москва, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Lokomotiv have won the Russian Premier League on three o ...

, as a starter.

International career

He was called up to the

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for the first time in March 2021 for the

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against Malta, Slovenia and Slovakia. On 11 May 2021, he was included in the preliminary extended 30-man squad for

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. He was not included in the final squad. He made his debut for the senior squad on 1 September 2021 in a World cup qualifier against Croatia. He substituted

Mário Fernandes Mário Figueira Fernandes (russian: Марио Фигейра Фернандес, ; born 19 September 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Internacional on loan from CSKA Moscow. Born in Brazil, he represented the R ...

in the 78th minute, as the game ended in a 0–0 draw. He made his first appearance in the starting line-up 3 days later in the next qualifier against

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Profile by Russian Professional Football League
1997 births Footballers from Moscow Living people Russian footballers Russia international footballers Association football defenders Association football midfielders FC Ararat Moscow players FC Shinnik Yaroslavl players FC Torpedo Moscow players FC Rubin Kazan players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Russian Second League players {{Russia-footy-defender-1997-stub