Igor Leshchuk

Igor Alekseyevich Leshchuk (Russian: Игорь Алексеевич Лещук; born 20 February 1996) is a Russian football player who plays as goalkeeper for FC Dynamo Moscow.

Igor Leshchuk
Leshchuk with Dynamo in 2018
Personal information
Full name Igor Alekseyevich Leshchuk
Date of birth (1996-02-20) 20 February 1996
Place of birth Moscow, Russia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 FC Dynamo Moscow
Number 31
Youth career
0000–2019 FC Dynamo Moscow
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014– FC Dynamo Moscow 19 (0)
2016–2017 → FC Dynamo-2 Moscow 11 (0)
2020–2021 → FC Dynamo-2 Moscow 3 (0)
International career‡
2010 Russia U15 2 (0)
2010–2011 Russia U16 4 (0)
2016–2017 Russia U21 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 April 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 November 2017

Club career

He made his debut in the Russian Professional Football League for FC Dynamo-2 Moscow on 28 August 2016 in a game against FSK Dolgoprudny.[2]

He made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Dynamo Moscow on 10 August 2019, when he had to come in for injured Anton Shunin in a game against FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.[3] He started the next 6 games as Shunin was recovering (including 2 clean sheets) and won the Dynamo fans' vote for "player of the month" for August 2019.[4]

On 30 August 2021, he signed a new four-year contract with Dynamo.[5] After another Shunin injury in September 2021, he kept clean sheet in 3 consecutive games and was voted as player of the month once again.[6]

On 15 March 2023, Leshchuk saved two penalty kicks in the shootout to eliminate Russian champions Zenit St. Petersburg from the Russian Cup.[7]

Career statistics
As of 18 March 2023
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Dynamo Moscow 2014–15 Premier League 00000000
2015–16 0000–00
2016–17 FNL 1000–10
2017–18 Premier League 0010–10
2018–19 0020–20
2019–20 8000–80
2020–21 30000030
2021–22 4060–100
2022–23 2060–80
Total 18015000330
FC Dynamo-2 Moscow 2016–17 PFL 110––110
2020–21 30––30
Total 1400000140
Career total 32015000470

References
  1. "Igor Leshchuk" (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  2. "Game Report by PFL". Russian Professional Football League. 28 August 2016.
  3. "Dynamo v Zenit game report". Russian Premier League. 10 August 2019.
  4. "Игорь Лещук – лучший игрок августа" [Igor Leshchuk is the best player of August] (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 12 September 2019.
  5. "Игорь Лещук продлил контракт с "Динамо"" (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 30 August 2021.
  6. "Игорь Лещук — ВТБ Игрок месяца в сентябре" (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 2 October 2021.
  7. "Zenit v Dynamo game report" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 15 March 2023.
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