Grigori Pavlovich Morozov (also spelled Grigory, , ; born 6 June 1994) is a Russian

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er who plays as a defender for

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club

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. His primary position is

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, but can also play at

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. He also holds an Israeli passport.

Club career

Morozov made his debut in the

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for Akademiya Tolyatti on 18 April 2012 in a game against Khimik Dzerzhinsk. He made his

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debut for

Dynamo Moscow MGO VFSO "Dynamo" (), commonly known as Dynamo Moscow (), is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. Founded by Felix Dzerzhinsky on 18 April 1923, Dynamo Moscow was the first institution created from the All-Union Dynamo Sports Club. Dynamo Mosco ...

on 2 August 2015 in a game against

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, and scored on his debut in a 1–1 draw. In his third game for Dynamo, on 16 August 2015, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 home victory over Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast. On 24 June 2019, he signed a new three-year contract with Dynamo. On 17 October 2020, he was loaned to Ufa for the

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season. Upon his return from Ufa, he did not train with the main squad and started the 2021–22 season with the reserves. On 6 February 2022, Morozov's contract with Dynamo was terminated by mutual consent. On 14 February 2022, Morozov signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with

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side

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. On 31 December 2022, he was loaned for the rest of the season to

side

. After winning the 2022–23 Israel State Cup in May 2023, Morozov transferred to Beitar on a permanent deal.

Personal life

Morozov has Jewish roots and received Israeli citizenship in December 2022 through Israel's

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Career statistics

Honours

FC Dynamo-2 Moscow *

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: 2016–17 Beitar Jerusalem *

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Morozov, Grigori 1994 births Living people Footballers from Izhevsk Russian men's footballers Jewish footballers Russian people of Jewish descent Israeli people of Russian-Jewish descent Jewish Russian sportspeople Russian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks FC Akademiya Tolyatti players FC Dynamo Moscow players FC Ufa players NK Celje players Beitar Jerusalem F.C. players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Russian Second League players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Israeli Premier League players Russia men's youth international footballers Russia men's under-21 international footballers Russian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Russian emigrants to Israel Citizens of Israel through Law of Return 21st-century Russian sportsmen