Lyubomir Danilovich Kantonistov (russian: Любомир Данилович Кантонистов; born 11 August 1978) is a former

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er. He played with

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 oc ...

FC Kuban Krasnodar FC Kuban (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Кубань" Краснодар) was a Russian football club based in Krasnodar. The team began playing in the Russian Premier League in 2011, after it was promoted for winning the Ru ...

and

FC 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 Pr ...

in the

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, and with Olimpija Ljubljana in the

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International career

Kantonistov played his first (and so far, only) game for

on 9 October 2004 in the

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qualifier against

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References

Profile on the Torpedo Moscow Site
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* 1978 births Living people Footballers from Moscow Russian footballers Russian expatriate footballers Russia international footballers Association football midfielders FC Lokomotiv Moscow players FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi players FC Spartak Vladikavkaz players FC Kuban Krasnodar players FC Torpedo Moscow players FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg players FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod players Russian Premier League players NK Olimpija Ljubljana (1945–2005) players Expatriate footballers in Slovenia FC Krasnodar players FC Baltika Kaliningrad players FC Fakel Voronezh players FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk players FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk players FC MVD Rossii Moscow players {{Russia-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub