Yegor Andreyevich Sorokin (russian: Егор Андреевич Сорокин; born 4 November 1995) is a Russian professional

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who plays as a

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for Kazakhstani club Yelimay.

Club career

He made his debut in the

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on 14 September 2014 for

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 ...

in a game against

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. It took him 3 years to appear for the main Rubin squad again, when he started a game against SKA-Khabarovsk on 13 August 2017. He became a regular for Rubin in the 2017–18 season. On 9 December 2018, he scored twice to secure a 2–1 away victory over the league-leading

FC Zenit St. Petersburg Football Club Zenit (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб «Зенит» ), also known as Zenit Saint Petersburg or simply Zenit, is a Russian professional football club based in Saint Petersburg. Founded in 1925 (or in 1914, acco ...

. On 2 September 2019, he signed a 5-year contract with

Krasnodar Krasnodar (; rus, Краснода́р, p=krəsnɐˈdar; ady, Краснодар), formerly Yekaterinodar (until 1920), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The city stands on the Kuban River in southern ...

and was loaned back to Rubin for the remainder of the 2019–20 season. On 30 December 2019, Krasnodar exercised their option to terminate the loan early. On 8 September 2023, Sorokin returned to

with a contract until the end of the 2023–24 season. Sorokin made two Russian Cup appearances and played no league games in his second stint with the club. On 7 February 2024, he left Rubin by mutual consent.

International

He was called up to the

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for the first time for games against Turkey and Czech Republic in September 2018. He made his debut on 10 September 2018 in a friendly against

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, substituting

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in the 87th minute of a 5–1 win.

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* * * 1995 births Living people Footballers from Saint Petersburg Russian men's footballers Russia men's international footballers Men's association football defenders FC Tosno players FC Rubin Kazan players FC Aktobe players FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk players FC Krasnodar players FC Krasnodar-2 players FC Yelimay players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Russian Second League players Kazakhstan Premier League players Russian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Russian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan {{Russia-footy-defender-1995-stub