Rifat Maratovich Zhemaletdinov (russian: Рифат Маратович Жемалетдинов, tt-Cyrl, Рифат Марат улы Җамалетдинов; born 20 September 1996) is a Russian professional football player of

Tatar The Tatars ()Tatar
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for

Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow (''FC Lokomotiv Moskva'', russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Локомотив" Москва, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Lokomotiv have won the Russian Premier League on three oc ...

Club career

He was first called up to

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senior squad in September 2015 for a Russian Cup game against

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. He made his

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debut for Lokomotiv on 30 April 2016 in a game against

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. On 21 May 2021, he extended his contract with Lokomotiv until 2024.

International career

He won the

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with

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, scoring a goal in the first group game against Ukraine. He also participated in

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with that team. Later he represented the Russia national under-19 football team in the

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, in which Russia was the runner-up to Spain. He was called up to the

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for the first time for

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matches against Scotland and Cyprus, on 10 and 13 October 2019. He made his debut for the senior team on 24 March 2021 in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Malta. On 11 May 2021, he was included in the preliminary extended 30-man squad for

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. On 2 June 2021, he was included in the final squad. He appeared in Russia's second game against

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on 16 June as a second-half substitute in a 1–0 victory. He again appeared as a substitute for the last half-hour of the match on 21 June in the last group game against

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as Russia lost 1–4 and was eliminated. He scored his first international goal on 4 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against

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, establishing the final score in a 2–0 away victory.

Honours

Club

;Lokomotiv Moscow * Russian Cup: 2018–19, 2020–21 *

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National

Russia U17 *

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Russia U19 *

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runner-up: 2015

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

''Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first.''

References

External links

* 1996 births Footballers from Moscow Living people Tatar people of Russia Tatar sportspeople Russian footballers FC Lokomotiv Moscow players Russian Premier League players FC Rubin Kazan players Russia youth international footballers Russia under-21 international footballers Russia international footballers UEFA Euro 2020 players Association football forwards Russian Muslims {{Russia-footy-forward-1990s-stub