Sergei Maksimovich Pinyayev (russian: Сергей Максимович Пиняев; born 2 November 2004) is a Russian professional
football
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er who plays for
Lokomotiv Moscow and
Russia national team. He mostly plays as a
left winger, but is occasionally deployed as a
right winger
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as well.
Club career
Pinyayev made his debut in the
Russian Football National League for
Chertanovo Moscow
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on 1 August 2020 in a game against
Spartak-2 Moscow, substituting
Dmitri Molchanov in the 63rd minute. Pinyaev is the youngest player ever to score in the FNL. He scored in the game against
Irtysh Omsk at the age of 15 years, 9 months and 10 days.
Pinyaev underwent a trial with Manchester United’s academy back in 2019, when he was just 15. But even before Brexit restrictions came in, as he was a non-EU player, United could not sign him.
He made his
Russian Premier League debut for
Krylia Sovetov Samara
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on 30 July 2021 in a game against
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. He scored his first goal on 22 September 2021, in the 10–0
Russian Cup elite group round win against
Znamya Truda. He scored his first RPL goal on 11 December 2021 against
Rubin Kazan at the age of 17 years and 39 days, becoming the third youngest goal scorer in RPL history, behind
Jano Ananidze
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Club career
Spartak Moscow
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and
Aleksandr Salugin.
On 20 July 2022, Pinyaev collapsed during a training session and was rushed to hospital, where he was diagnosed with a
spontaneous pneumothorax. Reports indicated that he might need a surgery and up to six months to recover. He returned to play on 4 September 2022.
On 28 December 2022, Pinyaev signed a four-year contract with
Lokomotiv Moscow.
International career
The youngest Russian junior national team player of all time, Pinyayev made his U16 debut at the age of 13 years and 9 months.
Pinyayev was called up to the
Russia national team for the first time in November 2022 for friendly games against Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. He made his debut against Tajikistan on 17 November 2022 and became the youngest even national team player at the age of 18 years and 15 days, beating the mark held by
Igor Akinfeev.
On 26 March 2023, Pinyayev scored his first national team goal in a friendly against
Iraq
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, becoming the youngest goalscorer in the history of the national team at the age of 18 years, 4 months and 24 days, overtaking the mark previously held by
Dmitri Sychev.
Career statistics
Club
International
''Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first.''
References
External links
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Profile by Russian Football National League*
2004 births
Footballers from Saratov
Living people
Russian men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Russia men's international footballers
Russia men's youth international footballers
Russian Premier League players
Russian First League players
FC Chertanovo Moscow players
PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players
FC Lokomotiv Moscow players
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