Ivan Nikolayevich Taranov (russian: Иван Николаевич Таранов; born 22 June 1986) is a Russian former

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defender.

Club career

Spotted playing at a footballing school in Prokhladny, Taranov was spirited away to a boarding school by Black Sea side

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where he spent two years learning his craft. After a season in the Novorossiysk side's reserve team in 2001 Taranov opted to move on to Moscow to join CSKA's reserves. Taranov represented his country at Under-19 level, making the step up to the U21 side with a substitute appearance against

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in October 2005. He made his

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debut for CSKA on 23 October 2005 in a game against

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. he played in CSKA's 2006 Russian Cup final victory against

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and has recently been featured in the first team more often. He received first senior national team call-up against

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in 2006, but did not play. He made 3 appearances in

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. He made a late substitute appearance in

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's 2018–19 UEFA Europa League Round of 16 game against Valencia. On 23 December 2019, his contract with

was terminated by mutual consent.

Career statistics

References

External links

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Career summary at sportbox.ru
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Taranov, Ivan 1986 births Sportspeople from Tomsk Living people Russian footballers Russia men's under-21 international footballers Russia men's B international footballers PFC CSKA Moscow players PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players Men's association football central defenders Russian Premier League players FC Krasnodar players FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk players FC Krasnodar-2 players