Aleksandr Sergeyevich Sapeta (; born 28 June 1989) is a Russian former

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who played as

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Club career

He has been playing in the Saturn system throughout his youth years. He made his debut for the main Saturn team on 26 October 2008 when he was a starter in the Premier League match against

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. In winter 2011 Sapeta was signed by

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. On 9 August 2012, he came off the bench to score a brace in a 5–0 win against

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in the second leg of their third qualifying round tie in the

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. On 22 February 2018, he signed a 2-year contract with

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. He was released from his Rostov contract by mutual consent on 21 August 2018. On 27 January 2022, he joined

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on loan. On 1 March 2024 he signed with

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from the

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International career

Sapeta was one of the members of the Russian U-17 squad that won the 2006 UEFA U-17 Championship.

Career statistics

References

External links

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Player page on the official FC Saturn Moscow oblast site
1989 births Sportspeople from Engels, Saratov Oblast Footballers from Saratov Oblast Living people Russian men's footballers Russia men's youth international footballers Russia men's under-21 international footballers Russia men's B international footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Saturn Ramenskoye players FC Dynamo Moscow players FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg players FC Ural Yekaterinburg players FC Rostov players FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod players FC Kuban Krasnodar (2018) players FC Volga Ulyanovsk players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Russian Second League players 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-footy-midfielder-1989-stub