Yevgeni Vladimirovich Makeyev or Evgeniy Makeev (; born 24 July 1989) is a Russian association football player plays as a

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for Veles Moscow.

Club career

He made his debut in the

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on 15 March 2009 in a game against

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. Makeyev is able to play as a

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on either wing, but he is used mainly as a

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. He was released from his contract with

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by mutual consent on 23 August 2018. On 4 July 2019, he signed a one-year contract with Armenian club

FC Ararat Yerevan Football Club Ararat Yerevan ( hy, Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Արարատ Երևան), commonly known as Ararat Yerevan, is an Armenian association football, football club based in Yerevan that plays in the Armenian Premier League. Si ...

International career

Makeyev was a part of the Russia U-21 side that was competing in the 2011 European Under-21 Championship qualification. In March 2011, he was called up for the first time to the

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. He made his national team debut on 29 March 2011 in a friendly against

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after coming on as a half time substitute for

Yuri Zhirkov Yuri Valentinovich Zhirkov ( rus, Ю́рий Валенти́нович Жирко́в, p=ˈjʉrʲɪj vəlʲɪnˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ ʐɨrˈkof; born 20 August 1983) is a Russian footballer. A left-sided player who can play full-back or winger, Zh ...

. After a period when he was not called up, he played for the national team once again on 18 November 2014 in a friendly against

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Personal life

His father Vladimir Makeyev played in the

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in the 1990s for

FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi (russian: ФК Жемчужина-Сочи) was a Russian association football club based in Sochi, Krasnodar Krai founded in 1991 and dissolved in 2012. History Zhemchuzhina Sochi was founded in 1991 and named after a hotel ...

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and

FC Chkalovets Novosibirsk FC Sibir Novosibirsk (russian: ФК «Сибирь» Новосибирск) was a Russian association football club based in Novosibirsk, playing at the Spartak Stadium. They played their first-ever season in the Russian Premier League in 2010 ...

Career statistics

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References

External links

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Profile on the FC Spartak Moscow site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Makeyev, Yevgeni 1989 births People from Cherepovets Sportspeople from Vologda Oblast Living people Russian footballers Russia under-21 international footballers Russia national football B team footballers Russia international footballers Association football midfielders Association football defenders FC Sheksna Cherepovets players FC Spartak Moscow players FC Spartak-2 Moscow players FC Rostov players FC Rotor Volgograd players PFC Sochi players FC Ararat Yerevan players PFK Metallurg Bekabad players FC Veles Moscow players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Russian Second League players Armenian Premier League players Uzbekistan Super League players Russian expatriate footballers Russian expatriate sportspeople in Armenia Expatriate footballers in Armenia Russian expatriate sportspeople in Uzbekistan Expatriate footballers in Uzbekistan