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Career

Pavel Yakovlev was born in the Moscow suburb of Lyubertsy and started his football education at local Zvezda football school. The youngster was noted by

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and Spartak youth scouts, and he moved to the Spartak youth academy. He made his debut for Spartak Moscow in the

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on 13 June 2009 in a game against

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. Although at school and in the reserves Yakovlev played chiefly as a striker, in the main squad of his team he is often used as a winger. On 31 August 2016, Yakovlev signed a three-year contract with

Anzhi Makhachkala Football Club Anzhi Makhachkala (russian: link=no, Футбо́льный клуб «Анжи́» Махачкала́, ), known simply as FC Anji, was a Russian professional football club based in the Dagestani capital of Makhachkala. Founded ...

. On 2 July 2018, Yakovlev was released by Anzhi. On 23 July 2018, he joined

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for the fourth time. On 19 August 2021, he moved to Kyzylzhar in Kazakhstan.

International career

Yakovlev was a part of the Russia U-21 side that competed in the 2011 European Under-21 Championship qualification.

Career statistics

Club

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References

External links

Profile on the Russian Football National League site
* * 1991 births People from Lyubertsy Footballers from Moscow Oblast Living people Russian men's footballers Russia men's youth international footballers Russia men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football forwards FC Spartak Moscow players FC Spartak-2 Moscow players PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players FC Mordovia Saransk players FC Anzhi Makhachkala players FC Fakel Voronezh players FC Kyzylzhar players FC Yelimay players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Kazakhstan Premier League players Russian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Russian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan {{Russia-footy-forward-1990s-stub