Sergey Aleksandrovich Samodin (russian: Сергей Александрович Самодин; born 14 February 1985) is a Russian former
footballer
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who played as a
striker.
Club career
He made his debut for
PFC CSKA Moscow
Professional Football Club CSKA (russian: link=yes, Профессиональный футбольный клуб – ЦСКА, derived from the historical name 'Центральный спортивный клуб армии', English l ...
on 8 March 2003 in a
2003 Russian Super Cup The 2003 Russian Super Cup was the 1st Russian Super Cup match, a football match which was contested between the 2002 Russian Premier League champion, Lokomotiv Moscow, and the winner of 2001–02 Russian Cup, CSKA Moscow. The match was held on 8 ...
game against
FC Lokomotiv Moscow
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and scored his shot in the penalty shoot-out as CSKA lost. He made his
Russian Premier League
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debut for CSKA on 19 April 2003 against
FC Rostov
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.
Samodin played for
CSKA Moscow
CSKA Moscow (russian: ЦСКА Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet Union, Soviet era, it was a central piece ...
until 2005, and then
FC Spartak Nizhny Novgorod
FC Spartak Nizhny Novgorod were a Russian football club based in Nizhny Novgorod.
The club was founded as ''Lukoil Chelyabinsk'' in 2000. The futsal club ''Chelyabinets'' became the base for the club. Yury Pervak, the CEO of ''Lukoil Chelyabnefte ...
in 2006 scoring 20 goals in 40 games, before moving to Dnipro. He made his debut for Dnipro on 3 March 2007 in a 1–1 draw with
FC Illychivets Mariupol
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.
In January 2014, Samodin signed a 2.5-year contract with
Mordovia Saransk
FC Mordovia Saransk (russian: ФК Мордовия Саранск) is a Russian association football club from Saransk, Republic of Mordovia. In its current state it was formed in 2005, through the merge of Biokhimik-Mordovia and Lisma-Mordovia ...
.
International career
Samodin played for the
Russian Under 21 team.
Career statistics
Notes
External links
Profile at FC Dnipro site
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Samodin, Sergei
1985 births
Sportspeople from Stavropol
Living people
Russian footballers
Russia under-21 international footballers
Russian expatriate footballers
Association football forwards
Expatriate footballers in Ukraine
PFC CSKA Moscow players
UEFA Cup winning players
FC Dnipro players
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih players
FC Arsenal Kyiv players
FC Chornomorets Odesa players
FC Mordovia Saransk players
FC Shinnik Yaroslavl players
FC Tom Tomsk players
FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk players
Russian Premier League players
Ukrainian Premier League players
Russian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine
PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players
FC Spartak Nizhny Novgorod players