Jurij Medveděv
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Jurij Medveděv (; born 18 June 1996) is a professional
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who plays for Slovak club Slovan Bratislava as a
right back In the sport of association football, a defender is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categ ...
. Born in Kazakhstan, he has represented the Czech Republic at youth level.


Club career


FK Senica

Medveděv made his Fortuna Liga debut for
Senica Senica (; ; ) is a town in Trnava Region, western Slovakia. It is located in the north-eastern part of the Záhorie lowland, close to the Little Carpathians. Etymology The name is derived from the word ''seno'' ' hay' with the suffix ''-ica'' us ...
against
AS Trenčín AS Trenčín () is a Slovak sports club in the town of Trenčín, most known for its football department. The first team currently plays in the Slovak First Football League after winning the 2010–11 Slovak First League. The club plays its hom ...
on 23 July 2017.


Sochi

On 20 June 2023, Medveděv signed with the Russian club
Sochi Sochi ( rus, Сочи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg, from  – ''seaside'') is the largest Resort town, resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi (river), Sochi River, along the Black Sea in the North Caucasus of Souther ...
. His aunt and cousin live in the city. Following the relegation of Sochi into
Russian First League The Russian First League (, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division () and Russian Football National League (FNL) () is the second level of the Football in Russia#League system, Russian football league system. The Russian Professio ...
, Medveděv departed from Sochi.


Return to Slovan

On 13 June 2024, Medveděv returned to Slovan Bratislava on a three-year contract. Medveděv describe his return to Slovan as a "return home", with General Manager Ivan Kmotrík Jr. adding that the player had "shown interest" in returning to Bratislava, Slovan signed him to increase options and increase competition on the side-back position. It was, however, also noted, that his departure to
Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...
, following the
Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...
, had angered some fans and even lead to an end in cooperation with his previous agents.


Private life

Medveděv was born in
Badamsha Badamsha, also known as Batamshinskiy, (, ''Badamşy'', ''بادامشى''; , ''Badamsha (Batamshinskiy)'') is a town in Aktobe Region, west Kazakhstan. It lies at an altitude of . It has a population of 5,668. References

Aktobe Region C ...
,
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...
. When he was 3 year old, he moved with his family to the
Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...
. He has a son, who was born during his first stay with Slovan Bratislava.


Career statistics


Honours

Slovan Bratislava * Fortuna Liga (4): 2018–19, 2019–20,
2020–21 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen ...
, 2021–22 * Slovnaft Cup (2): 2019–20,
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Individual *
Slovak Super Liga The Slovak First Football League (), officially known as Niké liga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Slovakia and the highest level of the Football in Slovakia, Slovak football league system. It was formed ...
Team of the Season: 2019-20,
2022–23 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen ...


References


External links

*
Futbalnet profile
1996 births Living people People from Kargaly District Sportspeople from Aktobe Region Czech people of Russian descent Immigrants to the Czech Republic Kazakhstani emigrants Czech men's footballers Czech expatriate men's footballers Czech Republic men's youth international footballers Men's association football defenders FC Viktoria Plzeň players FK Baník Sokolov players FK Senica players ŠK Slovan Bratislava players PFC Sochi players Czech National Football League players Slovak First Football League players Russian Premier League players Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia Czech expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Czech expatriate sportspeople in Russia 21st-century Czech sportsmen {{CzechRepublic-footy-defender-stub