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Aleksandr Golovin

1996 - Today

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Aleksandr Sergeyevich Golovin (Russian: Александр Сергеевич Головин, IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr sʲɪrˈgʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ gəlɐˈvʲin]; born 30 May 1996) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or left winger for Ligue 1 club Monaco and captains the Russia national team. Golovin began his professional career at CSKA Moscow in 2014, where he played in four Russian Premier League seasons, winning the league title in his second season, before moving to Monaco in 2018, for a club record fee of €30 million, becoming the first Russian to play for the club. Golovin made his senior international debut for Russia in 2015 and was part of their squads at the UEFA European Championship in 2016 and 2020, and the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2024). Aleksandr Golovin is the 6,493rd most popular soccer player (down from 5,866th in 2024), the 2,553rd most popular biography from Russia (down from 2,510th in 2019) and the 86th most popular Russian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Aleksandr Golovin ranks 6,492 out of 21,273. Before him are Cédric Soares, František Straka, Jan Fiala, Dubravko Pavličić, and Fernando Álvez. After him are Emmanuel Olisadebe, Yuji Nakazawa, Marco Storari, Matuzalém, Sergio Navarro, Simone Zaza, and Charles De Ketelaere.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1996, Aleksandr Golovin ranks 94. Before him are Denis Zakaria, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Gabriel Barbosa, Jeongyeon, Álex Márquez, and Nicola McDermott. After him are Deniz Undav, Normani, Daichi Kamada, Joy, Karen Khachanov, and Thilo Kehrer.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Aleksandr Golovin ranks 2,551 out of 3,761. Before him are Dmitri Kharine (1968), Vladislav Galkin (1971), Sergey Menyaylo (1960), and Vitali Davydov (1939). After him are Gulnara Samitova-Galkina (1978), Nikolay Baskov (1976), Natalya Lebedeva (1949), Alexander Morozevich (1977), Nikolai Khmelyov (1901), Artur Taymazov (1979), Liliya Nurutdinova (1963), and Mirra Andreeva (2007).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Russia

Among soccer players born in Russia, Aleksandr Golovin ranks 86. Before him are Nikolai Tishchenko (1926), Oleg Kopayev (1937), Aleksandr Uvarov (1960), Oleg Pashinin (1974), Alan Dzagoev (1990), and Dmitri Kharine (1968). After him are Konstantin Zyryanov (1977), Alexei Guryshev (1925), Sergei Kiriakov (1970), Igor Kolyvanov (1968), Vasili Berezutski (1982), and Pavel Pogrebnyak (1983).

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