Anton Olegovich Shvets (russian: Антон Олегович Швец, uk, Антон Олегович Швець, ka, ანტონ ოლეგოვიჩ შვეცი; born 26 April 1993) is a

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who plays for

Akhmat Grozny Republican Football Club Akhmat ( ce, футболан клуб Ахмат Соьлжа-ГӀала; russian: Республиканский футбольный клуб Ахмат Грозный), commonly known as Akhmat Grozny, is a Russian ...

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

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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

FC Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow (russian: Футбольный клуб «Спартак» Москва, Futbolʹnyy klub «Spartak» Moskva, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships (second only to Dy ...

'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

Deportivo de La Coruña Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña (), Deportivo or simply Dépor, is a professional football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. They currently play in the Primera División RFEF – ...

in the Segunda División 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

FC Akhmat Grozny Republican Football Club Akhmat ( ce, футболан клуб Ахмат Соьлжа-ГӀала; russian: Республиканский футбольный клуб Ахмат Грозный), commonly known as Akhmat Grozny, is a Russian ...

. 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 Aleksandr Yuryevich Yerokhin (russian: Александр Юрьевич Ерохин, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ˈjʉrʲjɪvʲɪtɕ jɪˈroxʲɪn; born 13 October 1989) is a Russian professional footballer who plays for Zenit St. Petersburg and the Rus ...

, 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