Ivan Yevgenyevich Knyazev (russian: Иван Евгеньевич Князев; born 5 November 1992) is a Russian

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defender.

Career

Knyazev made his debut in the

Russian National Football 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� ...

for

Torpedo Moscow Football Club Torpedo Moscow (russian: link=no, ФК "Торпедо" Москва, ''FK Torpedo Moskva''), known as Torpedo Moscow, is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow that was founded in 1924 and returned to the Russian Pre ...

on 12 March 2013 in a game against Yenisey Krasnoyarsk. He made his

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debut for Torpedo on 16 August 2014 in a game against

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. On 15 March 2021, it was reported that

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opened an investigation into Knyazev on suspicion of violating

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rules in 2013. On 18 July 2021, he received a two-year ban from playing from FIFA.

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* * * 1992 births People from Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug Living people Russian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Russia men's under-21 international footballers FC Torpedo Moscow players Riga FC players Valmiera FC players Dinamo Zugdidi players Russian Premier League players Latvian Higher League players Russian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia Russian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia FC Kuban Krasnodar players FC Irtysh Omsk players FC Ural Yekaterinburg players FC Zvezda Perm players Sportspeople from Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug Doping cases in association football {{Russia-footy-defender-1992-stub