Aleksandr Sergeyevich Sobolev (Russian: Александр Сергеевич Соболев; born 7 March 1997) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Spartak Moscow and the Russia national team.
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Sobolev with Spartak Moscow in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Aleksandr Sergeyevich Sobolev | ||
| Date of birth | (1997-03-07) 7 March 1997 (age 25) | ||
| Place of birth | Barnaul, Russia | ||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Spartak Moscow | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2016 | Dynamo Barnaul | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2017 | Tom Tomsk | 37 | (9) |
| 2018–2020 | Krylia Sovetov Samara | 42 | (19) |
| 2019 | → Yenisey Krasnoyarsk (loan) | 10 | (3) |
| 2020 | → Spartak Moscow (loan) | 11 | (2) |
| 2020– | Spartak Moscow | 64 | (30) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2018 | Russia U21 | 2 | (0) |
| 2020– | Russia | 9 | (4) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 November 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 September 2022 | |||

Sobolev made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Tom Tomsk on 5 December 2016 in a game against FC Ufa.[2]
Sobolev scored more goals than any other player in the 2017–18 Russian Cup.
On 2 February 2019, Sobolev joined Yenisey Krasnoyarsk on loan.[3]
On 29 January 2020, Sobolev joined Spartak Moscow on loan until the end of the 2019–20 season, with Spartak holding an option to purchase his rights at the end of the loan.[4]
On 18 May 2020, Spartak Moscow announced that they had exercised the option to purchase Sobolev from Krylia Sovetov.[5]
On 13 August 2021, he extended his contract with Spartak until May 2026.[6] On 29 May 2022, Sobolev scored the opening goal in the 2022 Russian Cup Final against FC Dynamo Moscow which Spartak won 2–1.[7]
On 6 October 2019, Sobolev was called up to the Russia national team for the first time for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Scotland and Cyprus, replacing injured Fedor Smolov.[8]
He made his debut on 8 October 2020 in a friendly against Sweden and scored an added-time goal in a 2–1 home loss.[9]
On 11 May 2021, he was included in the preliminary extended 30-man squad for UEFA Euro 2020.[10] On 2 June 2021, he was included in the final squad.[11] He appeared as a late substitute in Russia's second game against Finland on 16 June in a 1–0 victory.[12] He appeared as a substitute for the last half-hour of the match on 21 June in the last group game against Denmark as Russia lost 4–1 and was eliminated.[13]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Tom Tomsk | 2016–17 | RPL | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 3 | ||
| 2017–18 | FNL | 24 | 6 | 3 | 3 | – | – | 27 | 9 | |||
| Total | 37 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 12 | ||
| Krylia Sovetov Samara | 2017–18 | FNL | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | – | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 15 | 9 | |
| 2018–19 | RPL | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 13 | 2 | |||
| 2019–20 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 10 | ||||
| Total | 42 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 21 | ||
| Yenisey Krasnoyarsk (loan) | 2018–19 | RPL | 10 | 3 | – | – | – | 10 | 3 | |||
| Spartak Moscow (loan) | 2019–20 | RPL | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 14 | 3 | |
| Spartak Moscow | 2020–21 | RPL | 22 | 14 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 24 | 15 | ||
| 2021–22 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 7[lower-alpha 3] | 4 | – | 36 | 15 | |||
| 2022–23 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | – | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 20 | 9 | |||
| Total | 64 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80 | 39 | ||
| Career total | 164 | 63 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 191 | 78 | ||
| Russia | ||
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| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 9 | 1 |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 8 October 2020 | VEB Arena, Moscow, Russia | 1–2 | 1–2 | Friendly | |
| 2 | 24 March 2021 | National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
| 3 | 5 June 2021 | VTB Arena, Moscow, Russia | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly | |
| 4 | 24 September 2022 | Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | 1–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
Spartak Moscow
Individual
FC Spartak Moscow – current squad | |
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Russia squad – UEFA Euro 2020 | ||
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