Igor Sergeyevich Shitov, sometimes written Ihar Shytaw ( be, Ігар Сяргеевіч Шытаў; russian: Игорь Серге́евич Шитов; born 24 October 1986) is a

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...

ian former football

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Career

Club

On 5 July 2016, Shitov signed a two-year contract with

Kazakhstan Premier League The Kazakhstan Professional Football League ( kk, Қазақстан Премьер Лигасы, ''Qazaqstan Premer Ligasy''), commonly referred to as Kazakh Premier League or simply Premier League, is the top division of football in Kazakhstan ...

side

FC Astana Astana Football Club ( kk, Astana Futbol Kluby) is a professional football club based in Astana. They play in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest level of Kazakh football. The club's home ground is the 30,254-seat Astana Arena stadium. ...

. Shitov left Astana on 3 July 2018 when his contract expired. On 16 July 2018, Shitov returned to

FC Dinamo Minsk FC Dinamo Minsk ( be, ФК Дынама Мінск, ''FK Dynama Minsk''; russian: link=no, ФК Динамо Минск) is a professional football club based in the Belarusian capital city of Minsk. It was founded in 1927 as part of the Sov ...

International

Shitov scored his only international goal against

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in the 90+2nd minute in a

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held on 2 June 2008. The match ended in a 1–1 draw after Toni Kallio scored the equalizer in the 90+4th minute.

Career statistics

Club

International

''Statistics accurate as of match played 11 June 2019''

International goals

Honours

BATE Borisov *

Belarusian Premier League The Belarusian Premier League or the Vyšejšaja Liha or the Vysheyshaya Liga ( be, Вышэйшая ліга, russian: Высшая лига, "Top League") is the top division of professional football in Belarus, and is organized by the Belaru ...

champion:

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, 2011 *

Belarusian Cup The Belarusian Cup () is an annual association football knock-out cup competition for men's football clubs in Belarus. The tournament is organized by the Football Federation of Belarus. Belarusian Cup was established in 1992. Each year the winnin ...

winner: 2009–10 *

Belarusian Super Cup The Belarusian Super Cup is an annual one-match association football competition in Belarus organized by the Football Federation of Belarus. This competition serves as the season opener and is played between the Belarusian Premier League Champion ...

winner: 2011 Astana *

champion: 2016,

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* Kazakhstan Super Cup winner:

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* * * 1986 births Living people People from Polotsk Men's association football defenders Belarusian footballers Belarus men's international footballers FC RUOR Minsk players FC Dinamo Minsk players FC Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino players FC BATE Borisov players Belarusian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Russia Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan Belarusian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Belarusian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Russian Premier League players Kazakhstan Premier League players FC Dynamo Moscow players FC Mordovia Saransk players FC Astana players Sportspeople from Vitebsk Region {{Belarus-footy-defender-stub