Nikolai Yevgenyevich Zaytsev (russian: Николай Евгеньевич Зайцев; born 1 June 1989) is a Russian former professional footballer. He played as

central midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

centre-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

Club career

He made his debut in the Russian Premier League for FC Kuban Krasnodar on 6 October 2007 in a game against PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara.

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1989 births Footballers from Novorossiysk Living people Russian men's footballers Russia men's youth international footballers Men's association football defenders FC Kuban Krasnodar players FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk players Russian Premier League players FC Mordovia Saransk players FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod players FC Spartak Vladikavkaz players FC Tosno players FC Amkar Perm players PFC CSKA Moscow players FC SKA-Khabarovsk players FC Orenburg players FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk players FC Fakel Voronezh players {{Russia-footy-defender-1980s-stub