Taras Aleksandrovich Burlak (russian: Тарас Александрович Бурлак; born 22 February 1990) is a Russian professional association footballer who plays as

centre-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

Club career

Lokomotiv

Burlak was scouted by

Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow (''FC Lokomotiv Moskva'', russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Локомотив" Москва, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москв ...

academy in 2003. In 2007, he joined club youth system, playing for Lokomotiv U21. On 24 September 2008 he made his debut appearance for the main Lokomotiv squad, playing all 90 minutes in Russian Cup home match vs Vityaz Podolsk. The first half of 2009 season he spent on loan at

Volga Nizhny Novgorod The Volga (; russian: Во́лга, a=Ru-Волга.ogg, p=ˈvoɫɡə) is the longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea. The Volga has a length of , and a catchmen ...

, gaining first-team experience. In 2010, he made his league debut for

, coming as a substitute in home match vs

Alania Vladikavkaz FC Alania Vladikavkaz (russian: "Алания" (Владикавказ), os, Футболон клуб "Алани" (Дзæуджыхъæу)) is a Russian football team from Vladikavkaz. Founded in 1921, the club played in the Soviet Top League ...

. In 2011–2012 season Burlak featured regularly for the first team, gaining himself debut call-up for Russia national team. 2012–2013 season saw Burlak continuing his run in Lokomotiv main squad. But after making only one league plus one cup appearance in the first half of 2013–2014 season, Burlak decided to continue his career elsewhere.

Rubin

On 30 January 2014,

made a transfer agreement with

Rubin Kazan FC Rubin Kazan (russian: Футбо́льный клуб Руби́н Каза́нь, ''Futbolny klub Rubin Kazan'' , Tatar: Рубин Казан) is a Russian professional football club based in the city of Kazan. They play in the second-tier ...

and Burlak signed a four-and-a-half-year deal with the Kazan club.

Krylia Sovetov

On 16 January 2018, he signed a long-term deal with Krylia Sovetov Samara.

Arsenal Tula

On 15 August 2020, he moved to

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 ...

International career

Burlak made his debut for the

Russia national football team The Russia national football team (russian: Сборная России по футболу, Sbornaya Rossii po futbolu) represents the Russia, Russian Federation in men's international association football. It is controlled by the Russian Footb ...

on 7 June 2011 in a friendly against

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Burlak, Taras 1990 births Sportspeople from Vladivostok Russian people of Ukrainian descent Living people Russian footballers Russia youth international footballers Russia under-21 international footballers Russia international footballers Association football defenders FC Lokomotiv Moscow players FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod players FC Rubin Kazan players PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players FC Arsenal Tula players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Russian Second League players