Nikita Igorevich Iosifov (russian: Никита Игоревич Иосифов; born 11 April 2001) is a Russian professional
football
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er who plays as a
left winger.
Club career
He made his
Russian Premier League debut for
FC Lokomotiv Moscow on 11 August 2020 in a game against
FC Rubin Kazan, he substituted
Dmitri Barinov in added time.
On 12 July 2021, he joined
Villarreal B in Spain on a five-year contract. He was occasionally included in the matchday squads of the senior
Villarreal team for
La Liga and
UEFA Champions League games early in the
2021–22 season, but remained on the bench. He made his debut for the senior team on 30 November 2021 in a
Copa del Rey game against the sixth-tier club
Victoria CF
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and scored Villarreal's last goal in a 8–0 victory. He made his
La Liga debut on 22 January 2022 against
Mallorca
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The capital of the island, Palma, is also the capital of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. The Bal ...
as an added-time substitute for
Moi Gómez
Moisés 'Moi' Gómez Bordonado (born 23 June 1994) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for La Liga club CA Osasuna.
Club career
Born in Rojales, Alicante, Valencian Community, Gómez began his career with l ...
. At the end of the 2021–22 season, Villarreal B was promoted to the second-tier
Segunda División
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.
Iosifov left Villarreal in June 2023.
On 5 July 2023, Iosifov signed a two-year contract with
Mirandés. The following 19 January, he left the club on a mutual agreement.
Career statistics
Club
Honours
Club
;Lokomotiv Moscow
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Russian Cup:
2020–21
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2001 births
Living people
Footballers from Tambov
Russian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Russian Premier League players
Russian Second League players
FC Lokomotiv Moscow players
La Liga players
Segunda División players
Primera Federación players
Villarreal CF players
Villarreal CF B players
CD Mirandés footballers
CD Castellón footballers
NK Celje players
Russian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia
Russian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Russian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
Russia men's youth international footballers
Russia men's under-21 international footballers