Konstantin Aleksandrovich Tyukavin (russian: Константин Александрович Тюкавин; born 22 June 2002) is a Russian football player who plays as a striker or

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for

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and

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Club career

He made his debut in the

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for

on 1 November 2020 in a game against

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. He made his first start in their next game against

FC 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 ...

on 8 November. On 20 February 2021, he scored his first goal for Dynamo in a 2–0 victory over

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in a Russian Cup game. On 18 March 2021, he came on as a substitute in the 55th minute in the away game against

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, with Dynamo down 0–2. 11 minutes later he scored his first RPL goal for Dynamo that equalized the score, and in the 81st minute he scored the winning goal that established the final score of 3–2 for Dynamo. He was selected as

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. In Dynamo's next league game on 3 April 2021 against

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, Tyukavin scored a goal, assisted on another, and another Dynamo goal was scored on a rebound tap-in after the ball hit the goalpost after Tyukavin's header, as Dynamo won 4–0. He was selected as player of the match again. In the next game on 11 April 2021 against

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, he assisted on both Dynamo goals in a 2–2 draw. Dynamo fans voted him Player of the Month for April 2021. On 18 June 2021, he extended his contract with Dynamo for 3 additional seasons with an option for another season. On 20 August 2022, Tyukavin scored the only goal of the game in an

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game against

, securing the first Dynamo home league victory in this derby since 2008.

International career

On 20 March 2021, he was called up to the Russia U21 squad for the

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. He was called up to the

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for the first time for

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against Croatia, Cyprus and Malta in September 2021. He made his debut on 4 September 2021 against Cyprus, substituting

Fyodor Smolov Fyodor Mikhaylovich Smolov ( rus, link=yes, Фёдор Миха́йлович Смо́лов, p=ˈfʲɵdər mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ ˈsmoləf; born 9 February 1990) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Dynamo Moscow and ...

in the 75th minute of a 2–0 away victory.

Personal life

His father

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is a legendary

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player who won the

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8 times and

Russian Bandy Super League The Russian Bandy Super League (russian: Чемпионат России по хоккею с мячом — Суперлига), is a men's professional bandy league in Russia, the top division of Russian bandy. There is no definite rule which t ...

16 times.

Career statistics

References

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* * 2002 births People from Kotlas Sportspeople from Arkhangelsk Oblast Living people Russian footballers Russia youth international footballers Russia under-21 international footballers Russia international footballers Association football forwards FC Dynamo Moscow players Russian Premier League players Russian Second League players {{Russia-footy-forward-stub