Ruslan Romanovich Litvinov (russian: Руслан Романович Литвинов; born 18 August 2001) is a Russian

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player who plays as a

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for

FC Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow (russian: Футбольный клуб «Спартак» Москва, Futbolʹnyy klub «Spartak» Moskva, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships (second only to Dyna ...

and the Russian national team.

Club career

He made his debut in the

Russian Football National 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

FC Spartak-2 Moscow FC Spartak-2 Moscow (russian: ФК «Спартак-2» Москва) was a Russian football team from Moscow, founded in 1964. It was a farm club for the Russian Premier League team FC Spartak Moscow. History The club has participated in profes ...

on 20 August 2019 in a game against

FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk FK Yenisey Krasnoyarsk (ФК Енисей Красноярск) is a Russian football club based in Krasnoyarsk. The club plays in the Russian First League. History The club was founded in 1937 as ''Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk'' and spent one season i ...

, he substituted

Mikhail Ignatov Mikhail Aleksandrovich Ignatov (russian: Михаил Александрович Игнатов; born 4 May 2000) is a Russian football player. He plays for FC Spartak Moscow as an attacking midfielder. Club career He made his debut in the Russi ...

in the 79th minute. He made his debut for the main squad of

on 21 October 2020 in a Russian Cup game against

. 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 2001 ...

debut for Spartak on 5 December 2020 in a game against

FC Tambov FC Tambov (russian: ФК Тамбов) was a Russian football team from Tambov. It last played in the Russian Premier League, having won promotion to the top division of Russian football in 2019, before dissolving in 2021. History FC Tambov start ...

, he substituted

Alex Král Alex Král (born 19 May 1998) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Bundesliga club Schalke 04, on a short-term agreement whilst his contract is suspended with Russian Premier League side Spartak Moscow. He a ...

in the 3rd added minute. On 7 February 2022, Litvinov extended his contract with Spartak until May 2026. On 29 May 2022, he won the Russian Cup, playing the full

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against

Dynamo Moscow MGO VFSO "Dynamo" (russian: МГО ВФСО «Динамо»), commonly known as Dynamo Moscow (russian: Динамо Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. Founded by Felix Dzerzhinsky on 18 April 1923, Dynamo Moscow was the first ...

, which Spartak won 2-1.

International career

Litvinov was called up to the

Russia national football team The Russia national football team (russian: Сборная России по футболу, Sbornaya Rossii po futbolu) represents the Russia, Russian Federation in men's international association football. It is controlled by the Russian Footb ...

for the first time in November 2022 for friendly games against Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. He made his debut against Uzbekistan on 20 November 2022.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

;Spartak Moscow * Russian Cup: 2021–22 ;Individual *

Goal of the Month: March 2023. *

Team of the Season:

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References

External links

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Profile by Russian Football National League
* * 2001 births Footballers from Voronezh Living people Russian men's footballers Russia men's youth international footballers Russia men's under-21 international footballers Russia men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Spartak-2 Moscow players FC Spartak Moscow players Russian First League players Russian Premier League players {{Russia-footy-midfielder-stub