Sergei Sergeyevich Babkin (russian: Сергей Сергеевич Бабкин; born 25 September 2002) is a Russian

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player who plays as a

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for

PFC 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 loan from

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 ...

Club career

He made his debut in the

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for

on 24 July 2021 in a game against

FC Arsenal Tula FC Arsenal Tula (russian: ФК Арсенал Тула) is a Russian professional football club from Tula playing in the second-tier Russian First League. Originally founded in 1923, FC Arsenal Tula was promoted to the Russian Premier League ...

. He substituted

Fyodor Smolov Fyodor Mikhaylovich Smolov ( rus, link=yes, Фёдор Миха́йлович Смо́лов, p=ˈfʲɵdər mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ ˈsmoləf; born 9 February 1990) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Dynamo Moscow and ...

in the 90th minute. On 7 September 2022, Babkin joined

on loan until the end of the season, with an option to buy.

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* * * 2002 births Sportspeople from Volgograd Living people Russian footballers Association football midfielders FC Anzhi Makhachkala players FC Lokomotiv Moscow players PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players Russian Premier League players Russian Second League players {{Russia-footy-midfielder-stub