Ivan Yevgenyevich Knyazev (russian: Иван Евгеньевич Князев; born 5 November 1992) is a Russian
football defender.
Career
Knyazev made his debut in the
Russian National Football League
The Russian First League (russian: Первая лига, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division (russian: Первый дивизион) and Russian Football National League (FNL) (russian: Первенство Футбольн� ...
for
Torpedo Moscow
Football Club Torpedo Moscow (russian: link=no, ФК "Торпедо" Москва, ''FK Torpedo Moskva''), known as Torpedo Moscow, is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow that was founded in 1924 and returned to the Russian Pr ...
on 12 March 2013 in a game against
Yenisey Krasnoyarsk. He made his
Russian Premier League
The Russian Premier League (RPL; russian: Российская премьер-лига; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is the top division professional association football league in Russia. It was established at the end of 200 ...
debut for Torpedo on 16 August 2014 in a game against
FC Ural Yekaterinburg
FC Ural Yekaterinburg (russian: ФК Урал) is a Russian association football club based in Yekaterinburg. They play in the Russian Premier League.
History
The club was founded in 1930 and was known as Avangard (1930–1948, 1953–1957), Ze ...
.
On 15 March 2021, it was reported that
FIFA opened an investigation into Knyazev on suspicion of violating
anti-doping
In competitive sports, doping is the use of banned athletic performance-enhancing drugs by athletic competitors as a way of cheating in sports. The term ''doping'' is widely used by organizations that regulate sporting competitions. The use of ...
rules in 2013. On 18 July 2021, he received a two-year ban from playing from FIFA.
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1992 births
People from Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
Living people
Russian men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Russia men's under-21 international footballers
FC Torpedo Moscow players
Riga FC players
Valmiera FC players
Dinamo Zugdidi players
Russian Premier League players
Latvian Higher League players
Russian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia
Russian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia
FC Kuban Krasnodar players
FC Irtysh Omsk players
FC Ural Yekaterinburg players
FC Zvezda Perm players
Sportspeople from Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
Doping cases in association football
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