Dmitri Yuryevich Chistyakov (russian: Дмитрий Юрьевич Чистяков; born 13 January 1994) is a Russian

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player who plays as a

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for Zenit St. Petersburg.

Club career

He made his professional debut in the

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for

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on 15 July 2013 in a game against FC Tosno. On 7 June 2019, he signed a 4-year contract with FC Rostov. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League for Rostov on 13 July 2019 in a game against FC Orenburg. On 15 October 2020 he returned to Zenit St. Petersburg on loan. On 3 June 2021, he moved to Zenit on a permanent basis and signed a 4-year contract with the club. On 14 January 2024, Chistyakov moved to

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on loan until the end of the season.

International career

He was called up to the

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for the first time for

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matches against Scotland and Cyprus, on 10 and 13 October 2019. On 11 May 2021, he was named as a back-up player for Russia's

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squad. He made his debut on 8 October 2021 in a

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against

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Career statistics

Club

Honours

;Zenit Saint Petersburg * Russian Premier League:

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, 2021–22,

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* Russian Super Cup:

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* * 1994 births Living people Russian men's footballers Russia men's youth international footballers Russia men's international footballers Men's association football defenders FC Mika players FC Shinnik Yaroslavl players FC Tambov players FC Rostov players FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players PFC Sochi players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Russian Second League players Armenian Premier League players Russian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Armenia FC Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg players Sportspeople from Leningrad Oblast {{Russia-footy-defender-1994-stub