Vitali Aleksandrovich Lystsov (russian: Виталий Александрович Лысцов; born 11 July 1995) is a Russian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

União de Leiria União Desportiva de Leiria, commonly known as União de Leiria (), is a Portuguese football club based in Leiria, central Portugal. Founded on 6 June 1966, it currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, holding home matches at Estádio Dr. M ...

Club career

Born in

Voronezh Voronezh ( rus, links=no, Воро́неж, p=vɐˈronʲɪʂ}) is a city and the administrative centre of Voronezh Oblast in southwestern Russia straddling the Voronezh River, located from where it flows into the Don River. The city sits on ...

and a product of

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 ...

's football youth department, Lystsov debuted in the

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for Lokomotiv Moscow in a match against

FC Krasnodar FC Krasnodar is a Russian professional football club based in Krasnodar that plays in the Russian Premier League. The club was founded in 2008. In 2009, the club was promoted to the Russian First Division, the second highest division of the ...

on 24 November 2012. About two years later, he moved to U.D. Leiria in Portugal to play in the country's third-level league. On 2 February 2015, Lystsov joined Portuguese champions

S.L. Benfica Sport Lisboa e Benfica (), commonly known as Benfica, is a professional football club based in Lisbon, Portugal, that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football. Founded on 28 February 1904 as ''Sport Lisboa'', B ...

on a season-long loan from União de Leiria, and with a buyout clause, being assigned to the former's

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. He debuted for Benfica B against Académico de Viseu on 8 February. Later, on 31 May, União Leiria announced that he had signed a five-year contract with Benfica. On 6 July 2016, he was loaned out to

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side C.D. Tondela for one season. He then returned to Benfica B in the following season. On 2 September 2019, he signed a 3-year contract with the

club

Krylia Sovetov Samara PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara (russian: Профессиональный футбольный клуб «Крылья Советов» Самара) is a football club from Russia based in Samara. It returned to the Russian Premier League for the 2 ...

. On 3 August 2020, he returned to

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 ...

, signing a 4-year contract. On 23 June 2021, he joined Akhmat Grozny on loan for the 2021–22 season. On 15 July 2022, Lystsov's contract with Lokomotiv was terminated by mutual consent. On 23 February 2023, Lystsov signed for

side

Khimki Khimki ( rus, Химки, p=ˈxʲimkʲɪ) is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, 18.25 kilometres northwest of central Moscow, and immediately beyond the Moscow city boundary. History Origins and formation Khimki was initially a railway station tha ...

. On 1 July, he left the club, after his contract had expired. On 14 September 2023, Lystsov returned to his former club

, now competing in the

. He signed a one-year contract.

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* * * 1995 births Living people Footballers from Voronezh Men's association football defenders Men's association football central defenders Russian men's footballers Russia men's youth international footballers Russia men's under-21 international footballers Russian Premier League players Liga Portugal 2 players Primeira Liga players FC Lokomotiv Moscow players U.D. Leiria players S.L. Benfica B players C.D. Tondela players PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players FC Akhmat Grozny players FC Khimki players Russian expatriate men's footballers Russian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal {{Russia-footy-defender-1995-stub