Aleksei Anatolyevich Kozlov (russian: Алексей Анатольевич Козлов; born 25 December 1986) is a Russian former footballer. He played as

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Club career

Kozlov made his professional debut in the Russian First Division in 2007 for

FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny KAMAZ (russian: Футбольный клуб КАМАЗ Набережные Челны) is a Russian football club based in Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia. The club plays in the second-tier Russian First League. Colours are (Home) all white. ( ...

. On 24 June 2019, he left

FC Dynamo Moscow FC Dynamo Moscow (''FC Dynamo Moskva'', russian: Дина́мо Москва́ ) is a Russian football club based in Moscow. Dynamo returned to the Russian Premier League for the 2017–18 season after one season in the second-tier Russian Foot ...

after 5.5 seasons upon the expiration of his contract. On 3 July 2019, he signed with

FC Rostov FC Rostov (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб Ростов) is a Russian professional football club based in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast. The club are members of the Russian Premier League, and play at the Rostov Arena. After the ...

. On 9 July 2021, he joined

Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət ), colloquially shortened to Nizhny, from the 13th to the 17th century Novgorod of the Lower Land, formerly known as Gork ...

, newly promoted into the

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International

On 7 June 2013, Kozlov made his debut appearance for Russian national team under manager Fabio Capello in

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away game versus

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(0-1). He entered the pitch on 31 min when starting right-back

Aleksandr Anyukov Aleksandr Gennadyevich Anyukov (russian: Александр Геннадьевич Анюков; born 28 September 1982) is a Russian association football coach and a former player, who played as a right-back. He is an assistant coach with FC Z ...

picked up an injury. On 2 June 2014, he was included in the Russia's 2014 FIFA World Cup squad. He played in the last two group games against

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and

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as Russia did not advance past the group stage.

Individual honours

* List of 33 top players of the Russian league: #3 (2013/14).

Career statistics

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kozlov, Aleksei Anatolyevich 1986 births People from Petrozavodsk Sportspeople from the Republic of Karelia Living people Russian men's footballers Russia men's international footballers Men's association football defenders FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny players FC Kuban Krasnodar players FC Dynamo Moscow players FC Rostov players FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod players Oberliga (football) players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players 2014 FIFA World Cup players Russian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Russian expatriate sportspeople in Germany