Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Bukharov (; born 12 March 1985) is a Russian former professional footballer who played as a
striker.
Club career
With
Rubin Kazan
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Bukharov won the
Russian Premier League 2008. At that season he broke the record for the fastest goal in the
Russian Premier League
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, scoring after 26 seconds. On 19 July 2010, he signed four-year contract with
Zenit Saint Petersburg
Football Club Zenit (, ), 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, according to some Russian sources), the club plays in the Russian Pr ...
.
On 22 February 2018, he was released from his
Rostov
Rostov-on-Don is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East European Plain on the Don River, from the Sea of Azov, directly north of t ...
contract by mutual consent.
On 25 July 2018, he returned to Rubin Kazan, signing a one-year contract. He left Rubin upon the expiration of his contract on 17 June 2019.
International career
Bukharov made his debut for the
Russia national team in October 2009 in a
2010 FIFA World Cup
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national Association football, football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010. ...
qualifier against
Azerbaijan
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. After six years without call-ups, he returned to the national team for two friendly games in March 2017.
Career statistics
Club
International
:''Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first.''
External links
Player page on the official FC Rubin Kazan website
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References
Living people
1985 births
Footballers from Naberezhnye Chelny
Russian men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Russia men's international footballers
Russia men's B international footballers
Russia men's under-21 international footballers
2017 FIFA Confederations Cup players
FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk players
FC Rubin Kazan players
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players
FC Anzhi Makhachkala players
FC Rostov players
Russian Premier League players
Russian Second League players
21st-century Russian sportsmen
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