Georgi Mikhaylovich Shchennikov (; born 27 April 1991) is a Russian former

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who played as a left defensive midfielder or

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. He is a son of the Olympic medalist race walker

Mikhail Shchennikov Mikhail Anatolyevich Shchennikov (; born 24 December 1967, in Sverdlovsk) is a Russian race walker. He was born in Sverdlovsk. His son Georgi Shchennikov is a professional footballer for PFC CSKA Moscow Professional Football Club CSKA (, ...

Club career

He made his debut for the main squad in the Russian Cup game against

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on 6 August 2008. He came on as a substitute on 24 October 2008 in an

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game against

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, making his debut in European competition before playing in any domestic league games. He was one of the 40 nominees in the 2011 Golden Boy awards, but was not eventually included to the short list. In 2013 he scored his first goal for the club with an extra time winner against Terek Gronzy. On 22 November 2017, he scored his first Champions League goal in a 2–0 win over Benfica in the 2017–18 season. On 5 June 2018, Shchennikov signed a new five-year contract with CSKA Moscow. On 12 December 2018, he scored a goal in a 3–0 win over

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in the

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. On 3 June 2023, Shchennikov played his farewell game for CSKA after 15 seasons at the club as CSKA secured 2nd place in the

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by beating

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4–1.

International career

Shchennikov was a part of the Russia under-21 side that competed in the 2011 European Under-21 Championship qualification. He made his senior

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debut on 15 August 2012 in a friendly against

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. On 2 June 2014, he was included in the Russia's

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squad.

Career statistics

Club

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

Honours

Club

;CSKA Moscow *

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(2):

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, 2013–14 * Russian Cup (4): 2008–09,

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(3):

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

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Individual

*In the list of 33 best football players of the championship of Russia (3): 2009, 2010, 2013–14 *

Best Young Player (1):

References

External links

CSKA Moscow Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shchennikov, Georgi 1991 births Living people Footballers from Moscow Russian men's footballers Men's association football defenders PFC CSKA Moscow players Russian Premier League players Russia men's youth international footballers Russia men's under-21 international footballers Russia men's international footballers 2014 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 2016 players 21st-century Russian sportsmen