Denis Alekseyevich Davydov (; born 22 March 1995) is a Russian former professional

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who played as a winger or

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Club career

He made his debut in the

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for

FC Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow (, ) is a Russian professional association football, football club based in Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet Top League, Soviet championships (second only to FC Dynamo Kyiv, Dynamo Kyiv) and 10 Russian Premier League, Russian champ ...

on 28 September 2013 in a game against FC Zenit St. Petersburg. On 19 February 2019, he was released from his contract by

by mutual consent. On 27 February 2019, he signed with

FC Nizhny Novgorod FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod (), also known as FC Pari NN or simply Nizhny Novgorod is a Russian professional association football, football club from Nizhny Novgorod, founded in 2015. It made its debut in the Russian Premier League in the 2021–22 ...

. On 28 May 2019, he joined Bulgarian club

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. After featuring only on rare occasions for the team, Davidov decided to cancel his contract with the "redmen" in the spring of 2020. On 18 September 2020, he signed with

Tom Tomsk FC Tom Tomsk () was a Russian professional football club, based in the Siberian city of Tomsk. The team played in Trud Stadium (Tomsk) before being dissolved in 2022. History The team was previously named ''Burevestnik'' (1957), ''Tomich'' (195 ...

. On 14 July 2022, Davydov signed with

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. On 7 February 2024, Davydov announced that he is putting his football career on pause.

Career statistics

International

Davydov made his debut for the

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on 31 March 2015 in a friendly game against

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