Vladimir Borisovich Obukhov (russian: Владимир Борисович Обухов; born 8 February 1992) is a Russian professional

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player. He plays for

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Club career

Obukhov made his

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debut for

FC Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow (russian: Футбольный клуб «Спартак» Москва, Futbolʹnyy klub «Spartak» Moskva, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships (second only to Dyna ...

on 15 April 2012 in a game against

FC Rubin Kazan FC Rubin Kazan (russian: Футбо́льный клуб Руби́н Каза́нь, ''Futbolny klub Rubin Kazan'' , Tatar language, Tatar: Рубин Казан) is a Russian professional association football, football club based in the city o ...

. On 4 July 2019, Obukhov signed a 2-year contract with

club

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. On 2 September 2019, Obukhov's Sochi contract was terminated by mutual consent. Obukhov returned to

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on the same day, signing a 2-year contract.

Rostov

On 1 October 2020, Obukhov signed for

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. On 15 March 2021, it was reported that

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opened an investigation into Obukhov on suspicion of violating

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rules in 2013. On 18 July 2021, he was banned from playing until the end of 2021. Rostov terminated Obukhov's contract with the club on 9 August 2021.

Orenburg

On 9 December 2021, he signed with

. On 28 June 2022, Orenburg announced that

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ruled in favor of

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on their appeal in Obukhov's case, and as a consequence, Obukhov received an additional six-months ban from playing. The club said Obukhov will return to the team upon serving the new ban.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Obukhov, Vladimir 1992 births Sportspeople from Bukhara Uzbekistani people of Russian descent Uzbekistani footballers Living people Russian footballers Men's association football forwards Russia men's youth international footballers Russia men's under-21 international footballers Russian Premier League players FC Spartak Moscow players FC Torpedo Moscow players FC Kuban Krasnodar players FC Mordovia Saransk players FC Tambov players PFC Sochi players FC Rostov players FC Spartak-2 Moscow players FC Orenburg players