Ivan Nikolayevich Taranov (russian: Иван Николаевич Таранов; born 22 June 1986) is a Russian former
football
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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
FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk
FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk (russian: ФК "Черноморец" Новороссийск) is the oldest Russian association football club based in Novorossiysk. It plays in the third-tier FNL 2.
History
The club was founded as a part of the ...
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
Luxembourg
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in October 2005. He made his
Russian Premier League
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debut for CSKA on 23 October 2005 in a game against
FC Amkar Perm
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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
Republic of Macedonia
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in 2006, but did not play.
He made 3 appearances in
UEFA Champions League 2006-07
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.
He made a late substitute appearance in
FC Krasnodar
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's
2018–19 UEFA Europa League Round of 16 game against Valencia. On 23 December 2019, his contract with
FC Krasnodar
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was terminated by mutual consent.
Career statistics
References
External links
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Career summary at sportbox.ru
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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