en Aleksandr Chernikov (footballer, born 2000)

Aleksandr Chernikov
	Chernikov with FC Krasnodar in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Chernikov
Date of birth	1 February 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth	Vyselki, Russia
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	FC Krasnodar
Number	53
Youth career
	DYuSSh Vyselki
0000–2019	Krasnodar
Senior career*
Years	Team
2018–2019	FC Krasnodar-3
2018–2022	FC Krasnodar-2
2019–	FC Krasnodar
International career‡
2016	Russia U-16
2018	Russia U-18
2018–2019	Russia U-19
2019	Russia U-20
2021	Russia U-21
2023–	Russia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 December 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2024

Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Chernikov (Russian: Александр Евгеньевич Черников; born 1 February 2000) is a Russian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for FC Krasnodar and Russia national team.

Club career

He made his debut in the Russian Professional Football League for FC Krasnodar-2 on 17 March 2018 in a game against FC Biolog-Novokubansk.^[1] He made his Russian Football National League debut for Krasnodar-2 on 22 July 2018 in a game against FC SKA-Khabarovsk.^{[citation needed]}

He made his debut for the main squad of FC Krasnodar on 25 September 2019 in a Russian Cup game against FC Nizhny Novgorod.^[2] He made his Russian Premier League debut for Krasnodar on 1 March 2020 in a game against FC Ufa, he started the game and was substituted at half-time.^[3]

International career

He was called up to the Russia national football team for the first time in October 2021 for the World Cup qualifiers against Cyprus and Croatia. He was included in the extended 41-players list of candidates.^[4]

Chernikov made his debut on 20 November 2023 in a friendly against Cuba.^[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 8 December 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Krasnodar-2	2017–18	Russian Second League	3	0	—		—		1^[a]	0	4	0
	2018–19	Russian First League	21	2	—		—		—		21	2
	2019–20	Russian First League	15	2	—		—		—		15	2
	2020–21	Russian First League	16	0	—		—		—		16	0
	2021–22	Russian First League	2	0	—		—		—		2	0
	Total		57	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	58	4
Krasnodar-3	2018–19	Russian Second League	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
	2019–20	Russian Second League	2	0	—		—		—		2	0
	Total		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Krasnodar	2018–19	Russian Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2019–20	Russian Premier League	6	0	1	0	0	0	—		7	0
	2020–21	Russian Premier League	1	0	0	0	0	0	—		1	0
	2021–22	Russian Premier League	23	2	2	1	—		—		25	3
	2022–23	Russian Premier League	13	0	6	0	—		—		19	0
	2023–24	Russian Premier League	27	1	7	0	—		—		34	1
	2024–25	Russian Premier League	16	1	6	0	—		1^[b]	0	23	1
	Total		86	4	22	1	0	0	1	0	109	5
Career total			146	8	22	1	0	0	2	0	170	9