Anton Olegovich Shvets (, , ka, ანტონ ოლეგოვიჩ შვეცი; born 26 April 1993) is a

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who plays for Akhmat Grozny as a

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. Born in

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, he has represented the Russian national team.

Club career

Born in

to a Ukrainian father and a Georgian mother, Shvets moved to

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at early age, and later moved to

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.Anton Shvets renuncia a jugar con Georgia esperando a Rusia (Anton Shvets refuses to play for Georgia waiting for Rusia)

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, 7 March 2013 In September 2010 he went on a trial at

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, but could not sign with the club due to his age; he later returned to Russia and joined

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's youth setup. In the 2011 summer Shvets returned to Zaragoza, being assigned to the ''Juvenil'' squad. He made his senior debuts with Zaragoza's reserves in the 2011–12 campaign, appearing rarely in

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. On 23 March 2014 Shvets played his first match as a professional, coming on as a late substitute in a 0–1 home loss against

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in the

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championship. On 19 June he moved to another

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also in the third level. On 1 July 2017, he signed a 4-year contract with the

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club

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. On 5 December 2022, Shvets extended his contract with Akhmat until the end of the 2025–26 season.

International career

In March 2013, Shvets was called up to Georgia under-21's, but refused to link up with the squad, committing himself to

. He played his first full international for his country on 27 March 2018 against

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, replacing Alexandr Yerokhin, the game Russia lost with a score of 1–3. On 11 May 2018, he was included in Russia's extended

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squad as a back-up, but was excluded from the final list.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shvets, Anton 1993 births Living people Russian men's footballers Russia men's international footballers Russian people of Ukrainian descent Ukrainian emigrants to Russia Men's association football midfielders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Deportivo Aragón players Real Zaragoza players Villarreal CF B players Russian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain FC Akhmat Grozny players Russian Premier League players Footballers from Kherson Oblast 21st-century Russian sportsmen