| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aleksandr Sergeyevich Samedov | ||
| Date of birth | July 19, 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Moscow, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | FC Dynamo Moscow | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FC Spartak Moscow | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2001–2005 | FC Spartak Moscow | 47 | (6) |
| 2005–2008 | FC Lokomotiv Moscow | 49 | (3) |
| 2008–2009 | FC Moscow | 44 | (7) |
| 2010– | FC Dynamo Moscow | 58 | (8) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011– | Russia | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:08, 26 November 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Aleksandr Sergeyevich Samedov (born 19 July 1984 in Moscow) is a professional Russian footballer of Azeri ethnic origin.[1][2] He currently plays for FC Dynamo Moscow. He has played for the Russia U-21s. He has been called up to the Azerbaijan national football team.
He was a pupil of the Spartak Moscow academy and was considered one of their most talented youngsters and is a splendid dribbler. He was a regular in the first team under Nevio Scala but when Aleksandrs Starkovs came he lost his place in the first team. Spartak Moscow then purchased the speedy Vladimir Bystrov, and in summer of 2005 he left for Lokomotiv Moscow, being sold for €3.4 million. However, Samedov failed to succeed in Loko, and in 2008 joined FC Moscow. Having shown great progress under direction of Miodrag Božović, he chose to become part of a bigger club and went to Dynamo Moscow during the 2009-10 winter transfer period.
At international level Samedov has played for the Russia U-21s. He was invited to the Russia national football team in late September 2011 for the first time. He also had an invitation earlier in the summer of 2011 to the Azerbaijan national football team which he declined in hopes he'll get called up for Russia. On 7 October 2011, Samedov made his debut for the senior national team of Russia after coming on as a last-minute substitute for Alan Dzagoev in the 1:0 away win against Slovakia in a Euro 2012 qualifier.
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