Igor Alekseyevich Leshchuk (russian: Игорь Алексеевич Лещук; born 20 February 1996) is a Russian

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player who plays as

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for

FC Dynamo Moscow FC Dynamo Moscow (''FC Dynamo Moskva'', russian: Дина́мо Москва́ ) is a Russian football club based in Moscow. Dynamo returned to the Russian Premier League for the 2017–18 season after one season in the second-tier Russian Footb ...

Club career

He made his debut in the

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FC Dynamo-2 Moscow FC Dynamo-2 Moscow (russian: «Динамо-2» (Москва)) is a Russian association football, football team from Moscow. It is the farm-club for FC Dynamo Moscow. History In 2016, it was revived after the parent club, Dynamo, was relegated fr ...

on 28 August 2016 in a game against FSK Dolgoprudny. He made his

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debut for

on 10 August 2019, when he had to come in for injured

Anton Shunin Anton Vladimirovich Shunin (russian: Антон Владимирович Шунин; born 27 January 1987) is a Russian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Dynamo Moscow and the Russian national team. Club career Shunin is a youth product ...

in a game against

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. He started the next 6 games as Shunin was recovering (including 2 clean sheets) and won the Dynamo fans' vote for "player of the month" for August 2019. On 30 August 2021, he signed a new four-year contract with Dynamo. After another Shunin injury in September 2021, he kept clean sheet in 3 consecutive games and was voted as player of the month once again. On 15 March 2023, Leshchuk saved two penalty kicks in the shootout to eliminate Russian champions

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from the Russian Cup. He was voted player of the month by Dynamo fans for the third time for October 2023. On 18 January 2024, Leshchuk extended his contract with Dynamo to 2028.

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1996 births Footballers from Moscow Living people Russian men's footballers Russia men's youth international footballers Russia men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers FC Dynamo Moscow players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Russian Second League players {{Russia-footy-goalkeeper-stub