Dmitri Dmitriyevich Poloz (; born 12 July 1991) is a

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professional

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who plays as a winger or

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for Krasnoye Znamya Noginsk.

Club career

Poloz was born in

Stavropol Stavropol (, ), known as Voroshilovsk from 1935 until 1943, is a city and the administrative centre of Stavropol Krai, in southern Russia. As of the 2021 Census, its population was 547,820, making it one of Russia's fastest growing cities. E ...

. He began to play football for his hometown club Dynamo Stavropol and joined the youth ranks of

Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow (, ) is a Russian professional association football, football club based in Moscow. Lokomotiv have won the Russian Premier League on three occasions; the Soviet Cup twice; and the Russian Cup (football), Russian Cup a record ...

in 2008. On 15 July 2009, he made his professional debut for

in a 1–2 away loss to SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk in the Russian Cup.

Rostov

On 10 January 2012, Poloz signed a three-year contract with Russian Premier League club

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. On 17 March 2012, he made his debut for a new club in a league game against Terek Grozny. On 7 December 2012, he scored his first league goal in a 2–3 home loss to

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Zenit St Petersburg

On 28 June 2017, Poloz signed a three-year contract with

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Loan to Rubin Kazan

On 26 July 2018, he joined

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on loan for the 2018–19 season.

Sochi

On 4 July 2019, he moved to

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Return to Rostov

On 23 August 2020, he returned to

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in exchange for Ivelin Popov. On 28 November 2020, he scored the first hat-trick of his career in a 4–1 victory over

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, two of his goals were from the penalty spot. Poloz left Rostov in June 2023.

International career

On 3 September 2014, Poloz made his national team debut in a friendly against

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. On 11 May 2018, he was included in Russia's extended

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squad as a back-up. He was not included in the finalized World Cup squad.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first.''

Honours

;Rostov * Russian Cup: 2013–14

References

External links

FC Rostov profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Poloz, Dmitri 1991 births Footballers from Stavropol 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 Russia men's international footballers Men's association football wingers Men's association football forwards FC Lokomotiv Moscow players FC Rostov players FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players FC Rubin Kazan players PFC Sochi players FC Torpedo Moscow players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup players 21st-century Russian sportsmen