Ilya Kutepov

Ilya Olegovich Kutepov (Russian: Илья Олегович Кутепов, IPA: [ɪˈlʲja ɐˈlʲegəvʲɪtɕ kʊˈtʲepəf]; born 29 July 1993) is a Russian professional football player who plays for Spartak Moscow as centre-back. In the last several games of 2020, he played as centre-forward.

Club Career

He made his debut in the Russian Premier League on 10 December 2012 for FC Spartak Moscow in a game against FC Rubin Kazan.

International Career

He was called up to the senior Russia squad in August 2016 for matches against Turkey and Ghana. He made his debut on 9 October 2016 in a friendly against Costa Rica.

On 11 May 2018, he was included in Russia's extended 2018 FIFA World Cup squad. On 3 June 2018, he was included in the finalized World Cup squad. He started and played every minute of every game as Russia was eliminated in the quarterfinal shoot-out by Croatia.

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