Maksim Sergeyevich Kanunnikov (russian: Максим Сергеевич Канунников; born 14 July 1991) is a Russian
football
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winger or
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Club career
Kanunnikov joined
Zenit
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U21s in 2009 and shortly after started to train with the first team, appearing on the bench on occasion. He finally made his
Premier League
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debut on 23 August 2009, coming as a last-minute substitute against
Lokomotiv Moscow. On 10 May 2010 his first goal in
Russian Premier League was against
Amkar Perm
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.
On 17 January 2011, Kanunnikov was on loan to
Tom Tomsk for the
2011–12 season.
On 2 March 2018, he was released by mutual consent from his contract by
Rubin Kazan.
On 7 March 2018, he signed with
SKA-Khabarovsk until the end of the 2017–18 season.
On 27 July 2018, he signed a one-year contract with
Krylia Sovetov Samara
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. He left Krylia Sovetov at the end of the 2021–22 season.
International career
He made his debut for the
Russia national football team
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on 26 May 2014 in a friendly game against
Slovakia
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, replacing
Alan Dzagoev at half time in a 1–0 win at
Petrovsky Stadium.
On 2 June 2014, he was included in Russia's
2014 FIFA World Cup
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squad. He made his competitive debut for Russia in the second group game against
Belgium
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on 22 June, playing the entire 90 minutes of the 1–0 defeat at the
Maracanã.
Career honours
Zenit St. Petersburg
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Russian Cup (1):
2010
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Career statistics
References
External links
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Profile at the official FC Zenit St. Petersburg website
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1991 births
People from Nizhny Tagil
Living people
Russian footballers
Russia youth international footballers
Russia under-21 international footballers
Russia international footballers
Association football forwards
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players
FC Tom Tomsk players
FC Amkar Perm players
FC Rubin Kazan players
FC SKA-Khabarovsk players
PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players
Russian Premier League players
Russian First League players
2014 FIFA World Cup players
2017 FIFA Confederations Cup players
Sportspeople from Sverdlovsk Oblast