Sergei Vitalyevich Bozhin (russian: Серге́й Витальевич Божин; born 12 September 1994) is a Russian professional

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who plays as a

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for

FC Fakel Voronezh FC Fakel Voronezh (russian: Футбольный клуб "Факел" Воронеж) is a Soviet and Russian professional football club based in Voronezh. Founded in 1947, the club has played in the Soviet Top League and the Russian Premier Lea ...

Club career

Bozhin made his professional debut 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 ...

on 3 June 2013 in the

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relegation play-off second leg against

Spartak Nalchik PFC Spartak Nalchik (russian: Профессиональный футбольный клуб "Спартак Нальчик") is a Russian association football club based in Nalchik that plays in the third-tier FNL 2. They played in the Russian ...

, coming as a substitute on the 81st minute. However, he did not make a single appearance for the club in the following 2013–14 season. Krylia Sovetov, eventually, were relegated at the end of that season. During the

2014–15 Russian Football National League The 2014–15 Russian National Football League was the 23rd season of Russia's second-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on 6 July 2014 and ended on 30 May 2015. Teams League table Results St ...

season, Bozhin made 17 appearances and scored his first goal for Krylia Sovetov. The following 2015–16 Krylia Sovetov season was the club's first season back in the top division, but, again, Bozhin did not make a single appearance for the club. Bozhin, eventually, made his debut in the Russian Premier League on 8 August 2016 in a 0–1 away loss against FC Spartak Moscow, coming on as a substitute on the 81st minute. On 29 August 2017, Bozhin dropped the leagues by signing at first for Lada-Tolyatti, and later for Syzran-2003 in the

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. In summer 2018, Bozhin signed for

Fakel Voronezh FC Fakel Voronezh (russian: Футбольный клуб "Факел" Воронеж) is a Soviet and Russian professional football club based in Voronezh. Founded in 1947, the club has played in the Soviet Top League and the Russian Premier Lea ...

, making 37 appearances and scoring 2 goals in the

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. He later moved to Torpedo Moscow the next summer as a free agent, making 25 appearances and scoring 4 goals in the following

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season. Due to the end of the contract with Torpedo, Bozhin returned to

, which just had relegated from the top division, signing a two-year contract. During his second spell at the club, he played a total of 41 games, scoring 2 goals. On 27 June 2022, Bozhin returned to

. He made 21 appearances for the club during the

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season, scoring 2 goals (both headers, against his former club Torpedo Moscow and

Akhmat Grozny Republican Football Club Akhmat ( ce, футболан клуб Ахмат Соьлжа-ГӀала; russian: Республиканский футбольный клуб Ахмат Грозный), commonly known as Akhmat Grozny, is a Russian ...

on 2 October 2022 and 16 April 2023 respectively). On 19 June 2023, Bozhin extended his contract with Fakel, keeping him at the club until 30 June 2024. On 7 June 2024, Bozhin extended his contract with Fakel once more.

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* * * 1994 births Footballers from Samara, Russia Living people Russian men's footballers Men's association football defenders PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players FC Lada-Tolyatti players FC Fakel Voronezh players FC Torpedo Moscow players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Russian Second League players {{Russia-footy-defender-1994-stub