Soslan Totrazovich Dzhanaev (, ; born 13 March 1987) is a Russian former professional footballer who played as a

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Club career

On 8 January 2019, he was released from his contract with

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by mutual consent. On 27 February 2019, he signed with Polish club

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until the end of the

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season. On 16 July 2019, he joined

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newcomer

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. On 20 October 2019 he saved two penalty kicks in a 1–1 away draw against Arsenal Tula. He also saved a penalty in the previous game, making it 3 penalty kick saves in 2 games. Dzhanayev left Sochi in June 2023. On 29 August 2023, Dzhanayev signed with Baltika Kaliningrad.

International career

In September 2009, Dzhanayev was called up to the

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for the first time for games against

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and

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. He was called up again in August 2016 for matches against

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and

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. He made his debut on 9 October 2016 in a friendly against

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. On 11 May 2018, he was included in Russia's extended

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squad. He was not included in the finalized World Cup squad. After a 3-year break, he was called up to the national team in August 2019 for the

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matches against Scotland and Kazakhstan.

Career statistics

Honours

Spartak Moscow *

runner-up:

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

Rostov *

runner-up: 2015-16 Individual * Lev Yashin Prize "Goalkeeper of the year": 2015–16 * List of 33 best football player of the Russian Championship: 2015–16

References

1987 births Living people Footballers from Vladikavkaz Ossetian footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Russian men's footballers Russia men's under-21 international footballers Russia men's B international footballers Russia men's international footballers PFC CSKA Moscow players FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny players FC Spartak Moscow players FC Akhmat Grozny players FC Spartak Vladikavkaz players FC Rostov players FC Rubin Kazan players Miedź Legnica players PFC Sochi players FC Baltika Kaliningrad players Russian First League players Russian Premier League players Ekstraklasa players III liga players Russian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Russian expatriate sportspeople in Poland 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-footy-goalkeeper-stub