Artur Sergeyevich Paporotnyi (Russian: Артур Сергеевич Папоротный; born 28 November 1985) is a Russian beach soccer player. Paporotnyi debuted in the Russian national beach soccer team in 2011. Since 2013, he is playing for BSC Kristall.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Artur Sergeyevich Paporotnyi | ||
Date of birth | (1985-11-28)28 November 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Mirny, Soviet Union | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Kristall | ||
Number | 14 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2010 | City | 6 | (3) |
2011 | Mayna Vira | 11 | (9) |
2012 | Strogino | 14 | (5) |
2013– | Kristall | 294 | (181) |
National team‡ | |||
2011– | Russia national beach soccer team | 129 | (84) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:48, 28 July 2019 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:48, 28 July 2019 (UTC) |
Medal record | ||
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Beach soccer | ||
Representing ![]() | ||
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup | ||
![]() | 2011 Ravenna | |
![]() | 2021 Moscow | |
![]() | 2015 Espinho | |
![]() | 2019 Luque | |
Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup | ||
![]() | 2014 Dubai | |
![]() | 2015 Dubai | |
![]() | 2016 Dubai | |
European Games | ||
![]() | 2015 Baku | Team |
Paporotnyi was born 28 November 1985 in Mirny, Bryansk Oblast. As a child he played basketball; as a reminder he often performs a basketball shot hand movement on the pitch. Then he started playing association football, he also tried himself in futsal.[1] In 2009, he switched to beach soccer, debuting for City. His first coach was S. Stepanov.[2][3]
He debuted for the Russia national beach soccer team in 2011. His first match was against Romania at the 2011 Euro Beach Soccer League. After that he was chosen for the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, which Russia won.
In 2019, Artur Paporotnyi, Anton Shkarin, Maxim Chuzhkov and Yuri Krashennikov scored a goal each at the qualification tournament for the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, bringing the score 7–1 against Italy.[4]