Ivan Sergeyevich Zlobin (russian: Иван Сергеевич Злобин; born 7 March 1997) is a Russian professional
footballer
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who plays for Portuguese club
Famalicão as a
goalkeeper
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.
Club career
Early career
Born in
Tyumen
Tyumen ( ; rus, Тюмень, p=tʲʉˈmʲenʲ, a=Ru-Tyumen.ogg) is the administrative center and largest city of Tyumen Oblast, Russia. It is situated just east of the Ural Mountains, along the Tura River. Fueled by the Russian oil and gas i ...
in
Siberia
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, Zlobin began playing at hometown club
FC Tyumen
FC Tyumen is a Russian football club based in Tyumen. The former member of the Russian Premier League now plays in the third-tier FNL 2.
The club was previously known as ''Geolog'' (in 1961–1963 and 1983–1991, meaning Geologist), ''Priboy' ...
from the age of six. After impressing in a youth tournament at 12, he was approached by the
Konoplyov football academy
Yuri Konoplyov football academy (russian: Академия футбола имени Юрия Коноплёва) is a Russian youth football academy based in Togliatti.
History
The academy was founded in 2003 as SDYuShOR Krylia Sovetov. I ...
,
Lokomotiv Moscow
FC Lokomotiv Moscow (''FC Lokomotiv Moskva'', russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Локомотив" Москва, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Lokomotiv have won the Russian Premier League on three o ...
and
Krasnodar
Krasnodar (; rus, Краснода́р, p=krəsnɐˈdar; ady, Краснодар), formerly Yekaterinodar (until 1920), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The city stands on the Kuban River in south ...
, and opted