Fyodor Nikolayevich Chalov (; born 10 April 1998) is a Russian professional

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who plays as a striker for

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club

PAOK PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...

and the

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Club career

CSKA Moscow

Chalov made his debut for the main squad of

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in the Russian Cup game against Yenisey Krasnoyarsk on 21 September 2016. On 2 November 2016, he scored four goals for CSKA's Under-19 team in a

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5–0 victory against

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. Following that game, he was called up to the main squad (with the first-choice forward

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struggling with only 4 goals in the first 15 season games) and made his

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debut on 6 November 2016 as a late substitute in a game against

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. On the next matchday on 18 November 2016, he made his first starting-lineup appearance for CSKA against

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, and on 22 November he started their next Champions League game against

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. He scored his first goal for CSKA on 3 December 2016 in a game against Ural Yekaterinburg. On 27 February 2017, Chalov signed a new contract with CSKA, keeping him at the club until 2020. On 12 December 2018, he scored a goal in a 3–0 win over

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in the

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. He later signed a new contract until the summer of 2022 on 22 January 2019. After only scoring twice in his first 21 appearances of the 2020–21 season in the Russian Premier League and UEFA Europa League, he scored a hat-trick on 17 December 2020 in a 3–1 away victory over

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. On 11 June 2023, Chalov scored the opening goal in a

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final that CSKA won in a penalty shout-out. On 30 July 2023, Chalov scored a rare hat-trick in which all three goals were scored from a

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against

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to secure a 3–2 victory for CSKA.

Loan to Basel

On 1 February 2022, Chalov joined Swiss club

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on a six month loan until the end of their

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under head coach

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. Chalov played his domestic league debut for his new club in the home game in the

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on 6 February as Basel played a 3–3 draw against Sion. He scored his first goal for the club on 19 February in the home game in the

against

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as Basel won 3–0. His last game with Basel was on 22 May as Basel won 2–1 against

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. Chalov gave the assist to Darian Males' goal in the sixth minute. During his time with Basel, Chalov played a total of 19 games for Basel scoring a total of 5 goals. 14 of these games were in the

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, two in the

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and three were friendly games. He scored four goals in the domestic league, the other was scored during the test games.

PAOK

On 1 August 2024, Chalov signed a three-year contract with the Greek club

. He made his debut on 13 August 2024 following a 4–3 defeat

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at home against

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in the third qualifying round of the Champions League.

International career

Chalov scored three goals for the Russia U17 national team at the

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. On 11 May 2018, he was included in the senior national team's extended

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squad, which was the first time he had been called up to the senior national team. He was not included in the finalized World Cup squad. He made his debut for the team on 21 March 2019 in a

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qualifier against

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Personal life

His father is a research chemist, while his older brother Daniil Chalov is also a professional footballer. In his youth he excelled at piano and flute as well as football.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals ''Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first.''

Honours

CSKA Moscow * Russian Cup:

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Individual *Young Footballer of the Season in Russia: 2017 * Russian Premier League Top scorer: 2018–19 *

Forward of the Season: 2018–19 *

Team of the Season:

Assist of the Season: 2023–24

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chalov, Fyodor Living people 1998 births Footballers from Moscow Russian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Russia men's international footballers Russia men's under-21 international footballers Russia men's youth international footballers PFC CSKA Moscow players FC Basel players PAOK FC players Russian Premier League players Swiss Super League players Super League Greece players Russian expatriate men's footballers Russian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Russian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Greece 21st-century Russian sportsmen