Artyom Sergeyevich Samsonov (; born 5 January 1994) is a Russian

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player who plays as a

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for

FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo () is a Russian association football club based in the city of Ivanovo, playing in the third-tier Russian Second League. It enjoyed Soviet Union football league system, Soviet and Football in Russia#League system, Russi ...

Club career

He made his debut in the

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for

FC Spartak-2 Moscow FC Spartak-2 Moscow () is a Russian football team from Moscow, founded in 1964. It is the reserve club of Russian Premier League team FC Spartak Moscow. History The club has participated in professional competition in the past, as FC Spartak-d Mo ...

on 16 July 2013 in a game against

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. He made his

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debut for

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on 5 November 2017 in a game against

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. On 10 January 2018, he signed with

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Career statistics

References

1994 births Footballers from Kaluga Living people Russian men's footballers Russia men's youth international footballers Russia men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Spartak Moscow players FC Spartak-2 Moscow players FC SKA-Khabarovsk players FC Rotor Volgograd players FC Shinnik Yaroslavl players FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Russian Second League players 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-footy-midfielder-1994-stub