Ivan Andreyevich Konovalov (; born 18 August 1994) is a Russian

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player who plays as a

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, most recently for

Turan Tovuz Turan Tovuz () is an Azerbaijani football club based in Tovuz. The club won the Azerbaijan championship once, in 1994–1995. The club's home stadium is Tovuz City Stadium. History Founded by Vidadi Ahmedov on 23 February 1992, the club was t ...

in the

Azerbaijan Premier League The Azerbaijan Premier League (), also known as Misli Premyer Liqası for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Azerbaijan and the highest level of the Azerbaijani football league system. It is contested by twelve ...

. He has previously played in the top divisions in Russia, Serbia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Scotland.

Career

Coming from the Fyodor Cherenkov Academy, Konovalov's first role as a senior was as reserve goalkeeper of

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sides

Spartak Moscow Spartak Moscow may refer to the following teams based or formerly based in Moscow, Russia: * FC Spartak Moscow, an association football club * HC Spartak Moscow, a professional ice hockey team * Spartak GM Moscow, a semi-professional rugby club * ...

and

Amkar Perm FC Amkar Perm ( ) is a professional football club. Originally founded in 1994, it is based in the city of Perm. It was a participant in second-tier football from 1995 and in the Russian Premier League from 2004 to 2018, after which it was dissol ...

in the seasons 2012–13 and 2013–14, respectively. He made his professional debut in the

Russian Professional Football League The Russian Second League (), formerly the Russian Professional Football League, are both the third (Division A) and fourth level (Division B) of Russian professional football. History In 1998–2010, it was run by the Professional Football Lea ...

for SKChF Sevastopol on 3 September 2014 in a game against Krasnodar-2. On 23 July 2015, he signed a 2-year contract with

Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League (), also known as Mozzart SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Serbia and the highest level of the Serbian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a sys ...

side Radnički Niš. In January 2017, he signed contract with

side

OFK Bačka OFK Bačka (Serbian Cyrillic: ОФК Бачка) is a football club based in Bačka Palanka, Serbia, that competes in the Serbian League Vojvodina. In 2016, the club achieved promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga. It is known as one of the most su ...

. On 29 June 2018, he signed a 4-year contract with the

club

Rubin Kazan FC Rubin Kazan (; ) is a Russian professional football club based in the city of Kazan. They play in the Russian Premier League. Founded in 1958, Rubin played its first-ever top flight season in 2003. It has remained there through the 2021–2 ...

. On 18 January 2022, Konovalov signed an initial 18-month deal with

Scottish Premiership The Scottish Premiership, also known as the William Hill (bookmaker), William Hill Premiership for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Scotland and the highest level of the Scottish football league system. Th ...

side Livingston, subject to international clearance and obtaining a work permit. Konovalov was the only Russian player in professional league football in the UK at the time. He initially served as a backup to

Max Stryjek Maksymilian Stryjek (born 18 July 1996) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ekstraklasa club Jagiellonia Białystok. He was a Poland youth international. Club career Born in Warsaw, Stryjek began playing football fo ...

, but was given an opportunity to play when Stryjek was suspended for two matches. On 9 February 2023,

Kazakhstan Premier League The Kazakhstan Professional Football League (, ''Qazaqstan Premier Ligasy''), commonly referred to as the Kazakh Premier League or simply the Premier League, is a professional association football league in Kazakhstan and the highest level of the ...

club

Tobol The Tobol (, ) is a river in Western Siberia (in Kazakhstan and Russia) and the main (left) tributary of the Irtysh. Its length is , and the area of its drainage basin is . History The Tobol River was one of the four important rivers of the S ...

announced the signing of Konovalov. On 10 January 2024, Tobol announced that Konovalov had left the club. On 30 January 2024, Baltika Kaliningrad announced the signing of Konovalov on a contract until the end of the season. On 4 June 2024, Konovalov left Baltika as his contract expired. On 25 June 2024,

club

announced the signing of Konovalov. On 10 June 2025, Turan Tovuz announced the departure of Konovalov after his contract had expired.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Konovalov, Ivan 1994 births Sportspeople from Balashikha Footballers from Moscow Oblast Living people Russian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers FC Spartak Moscow players FC Amkar Perm players FC Sevastopol (2014) players FK Radnički Niš players OFK Bačka players FC Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino players FC Rubin Kazan players FC Ural Yekaterinburg players Livingston F.C. players FC Tobol players FC Baltika Kaliningrad players Turan Tovuz players Russian Premier League players Russian Second League players Serbian SuperLiga players Belarusian Premier League players Scottish Professional Football League players Kazakhstan Premier League players Azerbaijan Premier League players Russian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Russian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus Russian expatriate sportspeople in Belarus Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Russian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Russian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan Russian expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan 21st-century Russian sportsmen