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.
![]() Merkulov with Rubin Kazan in 2020 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mikhail Viktorovich Merkulov | ||
Date of birth | (1994-01-26) 26 January 1994 (age 28) | ||
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 | 4 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2013–2014 | Russia U19 | 6 | (0) |
2015 | Russia U21 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 March 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 October 2015 |
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]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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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[lower-alpha 1] | 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 | ||
HNK Rijeka – current squad | |
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