Roman Alekseyevich Yevgenyev (russian: Роман Алексеевич Евгеньев; born 23 February 1999) is a Russian

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player who plays as a

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for

Krylia Sovetov Samara PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara (russian: Профессиональный футбольный клуб «Крылья Советов» Самара) is a football club from Russia based in Samara. It returned to the Russian Premier League for the 20 ...

. A former Russian youth international, Yevgenyev was included in the senior squad by Russia at

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Club career

He made his debut in the

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for FC Dynamo-2 Moscow on 2 April 2017 in a game against

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. He made his

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debut for

FC Dynamo Moscow FC Dynamo Moscow (''FC Dynamo Moskva'', russian: Дина́мо Москва́ ) is a Russian football club based in Moscow. Dynamo returned to the Russian Premier League for the 2017–18 season after one season in the second-tier Russian Footb ...

on 6 October 2018 in a game against

FC Krylia Sovetov Samara PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara (russian: Профессиональный футбольный клуб «Крылья Советов» Самара) is a football club from Russia based in Samara. It returned to the Russian Premier League for the 20 ...

. On 24 June 2019, he signed a new 3-year contract with Dynamo. On 8 November 2020, he started the game against

FC 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 ...

as Dynamo's

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for the first time (as regular captain Anton Shunin missed the game) and scored his first Dynamo goal in the 3rd minute of the game as Dynamo won 5–1. Yevgenyev formed a partnership in central defense with

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, and made a career-high 27 appearances during the season. His performances earned him an inclusion in Russia's provisional Euro 2020 squad. Entering the 2021–22 season, Dynamo signed

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from

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, and this pushed Yevgenyev out of the starting line-up. His first start of the season came on 12 September, after Balbuena had played international football with

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just three days prior. He did not appear again until 16 October, when Balbuena once again was coming back from the national team duty. By the winter break of the season, he appeared in 8 out of 18 league games, with only two starts. He started (and scored one goal) in two Russian Cup games Dynamo played up to that point. Following the beginning of the

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, Ukrainian defender

stopped appearing for Dynamo, and Yevgenyev returned to the starting lineup for the remainder of the season to replace him. Yevgenyev left Dynamo as his contract expired in June 2022. On 15 July 2022, Yevgenyev signed a two-year contract with

International career

In November 2020, he was called up to the

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for the first time for the games against Moldova, Turkey and Serbia. He made his debut on 18 November 2020 in a Nations League game against Serbia. On 11 May 2021, he was included in the preliminary extended 30-man squad for

. He was not included in the final squad. On 11 June 2021, he was added to the squad, replacing

Andrei Mostovoy Andrei Andreyevich Mostovoy (russian: Андрей Андреевич Мостовой; born 5 November 1997) is a Russian professional footballer who plays for FC Zenit Saint Petersburg and the Russia national team. He mostly plays as a left w ...

who tested positive for

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. He did not appear in any games as Russia was eliminated at group stage.

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* * 1999 births Sportspeople from Primorsky Krai Living people Russian footballers Russia youth international footballers Russia under-21 international footballers Russia international footballers Association football defenders FC Dynamo Moscow players PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players Russian Premier League players Russian Second League players UEFA Euro 2020 players {{Russia-footy-defender-1999-stub