Pavel Konstantinovich Mamayev (russian: Павел Константинович Мамаев; born 17 September 1988) is a Russian former

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who played as

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. He primarily played as a

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. At CSKA Moscow he played as a defensive midfielder or

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. On 8 May 2019, he was convicted in court of "intended infliction of minor harm to a health official" and sentenced to imprisonment until late 2019. He was released on 17 September 2019.

Club career

Mamayev began his career at the

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 ...

academy. He moved to CSKA Moscow in summer 2007, and made his debut on 29 July 2007 against

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. In July 2013 Mamayev joined

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on a season long loan from CSKA Moscow. On 6 December 2013,

bought out his contract from CSKA and he signed a 3-year contract. Mamayev had his contract with Krasnodar terminated on 20 September 2019. On 28 September 2019, FC Rostov announced the signing of Mamayev, signing him to a two-year contract with the option of another. On 20 December 2021, Pavel signed a contract with

. Mamayev left Khimki on 3 June 2022. On 11 February 2023, Mamayev announced his retirement as a player.

International career

Mamaev was a part of the Russia U-21 side that was competing in the 2011 European Under-21 Championship qualification. In 2009, he was called up for the Russia senior national team for the first time. He made his debut for the national team on 17 November 2010 in a game against

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Personal life

On 7 October 2018, after Krasnodar's Russian Premier League game away to Zenit St.Petersburg, in which Mamayev scored Krasnodar's goal in a 2–1 defeat, Mamayev and

Aleksandr Kokorin Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kokorin ('' né'' Kartashov; russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Коко́рин, ; born 19 March 1991) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Cypriot club Aris Limassol ...

traveled to

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for a night out. The following morning both Mamayev and Kokorin are said to have been involved in a drunken attack on Russian Trade Ministry official Denis Pak, resulting in Pak requiring medical attention. As a result, Krasnodar announced that they had imposed the maximum fine they could on Mamayev, removed him from first team training and were investigating how to terminate his contract. Hours before that incident, Mamayev, Kokorin and other young people were involved in an altercation with the driver of a Channel One show presenter; he received brain damage, nose fracture and face contusions after numerous punches. Mamayev was apprehended for two months. Mamayev remained in prison until his trial, which began on 9 April 2019. On 8 May 2019, he was sentenced to 17 months in penal colony. Considering the time he spent in pre-trial detention, the latest possible date for his release from custody was 13 November 2019. He was released on 17 September 2019.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

CSKA Moscow * Russian Premier League:

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* Russian Cup:

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* Russian Super Cup:

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Individual *In the list of 33 best football players of the championship of Russia: 2010

References

External links

CSKA profile

Torpedo Moscow profile
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