Mikhail Merkulov
 Merkulov with Rubin Kazan in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mikhail Viktorovich Merkulov | ||
| Date of birth | 26 January 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Kamyshin, Russia | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Rijeka | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2015 | Rotor Volgograd | 9 | (0) |
| 2012 | → Energiya Volzhsky (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2015 | MITOS Novocherkassk | 10 | (0) |
| 2015–2020 | Ural Yekaterinburg | 86 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Baikal Irkutsk (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Rubin Kazan | 9 | (0) |
| 2021– | Rijeka | 2 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2013–2014 | Russia U19 | 6 | (0) |
| 2015 | Russia U21 | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 November 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 October 2015 | |||
Mikhail Viktorovich Merkulov (Russian: Михаил Викторович Меркулов; born 26 January 1994) is a Russian footballer who plays as a left-back for Croatian First Football League club Rijeka.
Club career[]
He made his debut in the Russian Second Division for FC Rotor Volgograd on 5 June 2011 in a game against FC MITOS Novocherkassk.[1]
He made his Russian Football Premier League for FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast on 28 April 2016 in a game against PFC CSKA Moscow.
On 6 June 2020, he signed a two-year contract with FC Rubin Kazan after his contract with Ural had ended.[2]
On 28 July 2021, he moved to Croatian club Rijeka.[3]
Career statistics[]
Club[]
- As of 13 May 2018
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| FC Rotor Volgograd | 2011–12 | PFL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | ||
| FC Energiya Volzhsky | 2012–13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 0 | |||
| FC Rotor Volgograd | 2012–13 | FNL | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3[a] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2014–15 | PFL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total (2 spells) | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| FC MITOS Novocherkassk | 2014–15 | PFL | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 0 | ||
| FC Baikal Irkutsk | 2015–16 | FNL | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 0 | ||
| FC Ural Yekaterinburg | 2015–16 | Russian Premier League | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 0 | ||||
| 2017–18 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 40 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 83 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 93 | 0 | ||
Notes[]
External links[]
- Mikhail Merkulov at Soccerway
References[]
- ^ "Career Summary". Russian Football Union. 5 September 2011. Archived from the original on 7 May 2012.
- ^ "МИХАИЛ МЕРКУЛОВ – ИГРОК "РУБИНА"" (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 9 June 2020.
- ^ "МИХАИЛ МЕРКУЛОВ И КИРИЛЛ КОСАРЕВ ПРОДОЛЖАТ КАРЬЕРУ В ХОРВАТИИ" (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 28 July 2021.
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