Yevgeni Vladimirovich Makeyev or Evgeniy Makeev (; born 24 July 1989) is a Russian former association football player who played as a

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. He plays for amateur club Broke Boys Moscow.

Club career

He made his debut in the

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on 15 March 2009 in a game against FC Zenit St. Petersburg. Makeyev is able to play as a

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on either wing, but he is used mainly as a

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. He was released from his contract with

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by mutual consent on 23 August 2018. On 4 July 2019, he signed a one-year contract with Armenian club

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International career

Makeyev was a part of the Russia U-21 side that was competing in the 2011 European Under-21 Championship qualification. In March 2011, he was called up for the first time to the

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. He made his national team debut on 29 March 2011 in a friendly against

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after coming on as a half time substitute for

Yuri Zhirkov Yuri Valentinovich Zhirkov ( rus, Ю́рий Валенти́нович Жирко́в, p=ˈjʉrʲɪj vəlʲɪnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪdʑ ʐɨrˈkof; born 20 August 1983) is a Russian former footballer who played as a left-back and as a left-winger. ...

. After a period when he was not called up, he played for the national team once again on 18 November 2014 in a friendly against

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Personal life

His father Vladimir Makeyev played in the

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in the 1990s for

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and

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Career statistics

Club

References

External links

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Profile on the FC Spartak Moscow site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Makeyev, Yevgeni 1989 births Sportspeople from Cherepovets Footballers from Vologda Oblast Living people Russian men's footballers Russia men's under-21 international footballers Russia men's B international footballers Russia men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Men's association football defenders FC Cherepovets players FC Spartak Moscow players FC Spartak-2 Moscow players FC Rostov players FC Rotor Volgograd players PFC Sochi players FC Ararat Yerevan players PFK Metallurg Bekabad players FC Veles Moscow players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Russian Second League players Armenian Premier League players Uzbekistan Super League players Russian expatriate men's footballers Russian expatriate sportspeople in Armenia Expatriate men's footballers in Armenia Russian expatriate sportspeople in Uzbekistan Expatriate men's footballers in Uzbekistan 21st-century Russian sportsmen