Nikita Iosifov
Iosifov with Lokomotiv in 2021
Personal information
Full name Nikita Igorevich Iosifov
Date of birth (2001-04-11) 11 April 2001
Place of birth Michurinsk, Tambov, Russia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Mirandés
Number 17
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Lokomotiv Moscow 4 (0)
2019–2021 → Kazanka Moscow 15 (2)
2021–2023 Villarreal B 41 (6)
2022–2023 Villarreal 1 (0)
2023– Mirandés 5 (0)
International career‡
2018–2019 Russia U18 10 (4)
2021 Russia U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 November 2021

Nikita Igorevich Iosifov (Russian: Никита Игоревич Иосифов; born 11 April 2001) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Segunda División club Mirandés.

Club career

He made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Lokomotiv Moscow on 11 August 2020 in a game against FC Rubin Kazan, he substituted Dmitri Barinov in added time.[1]

On 12 July 2021, he joined Villarreal B in Spain on a five-year contract.[2] He was occasionally included in the matchday squads of the senior Villarreal team for La Liga and UEFA Champions League games early in the 2021–22 season, but remained on the bench.[3][4] He made his debut for the senior team on 30 November 2021 in a Copa del Rey game against the sixth-tier club Victoria CF and scored Villarreal's last goal in a 8–0 victory.[5] He made his La Liga debut on 22 January 2022 against Mallorca as an added-time substitute for Moi Gómez.[6] At the end of the 2021–22 season, Villarreal B was promoted to the second-tier Segunda División.

Iosifov left Villarreal in June 2023.[7]

On 5 July 2023, Iosifov signed a two-year contract with Mirandés.[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 13 December 2020[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Lokomotiv Moscow 2020–21 Russian Premier League 40101[lower-alpha 1]060
FC Kazanka Moscow (loan) 2019–20 Russian Professional Football League 102——102
2020–21 Russian Professional Football League 50——50
Total 1520000152
Villarreal B 2021–22 Primera División RFEF 00——00
Career total 1921010212
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Club

Lokomotiv Moscow

References

  1. ↑ "Rubin v Lokomotiv game report". Russian Premier League. 11 August 2020.
  2. ↑ "IOSIFOV, TALENTO Y PROYECCIÓN PARA EL VILLARREAL B" (in Spanish). Villarreal CF. 12 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "Atletico Madrid v Villarreal game report". Soccerway. 29 August 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "Manchester United v Villarreal game report". UEFA. 29 September 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "Victoria v Villarreal game report". Soccerway. 30 November 2021.
  6. ↑ "Villarreal v Mallorca". Soccerway. 22 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "Los cuatro jugadores terminan su vinculación contractual con el filial amarillo" (in Spanish). Villarreal CF. 30 June 2023.
  8. ↑ "Nikita Iosifov es nuevo jugador rojillo" (in Spanish). CD Mirandés. 5 July 2023.
  9. ↑ Nikita Iosifov at Soccerway
  10. ↑ "Lokomotiv beat FNL champions Krylia to win Russian Cup". Russian Premier League. 12 May 2021.
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