Oleg Aleksandrovich Shatov (Russian: Олег Александрович Шатов; born 29 July 1990) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Ural Yekaterinburg. Earlier in his career, he mostly played as a left winger or right winger.

Oleg Shatov

Shatov with Ural in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Oleg Aleksandrovich Shatov
Date of birth	(1990-07-29) 29 July 1990 (age 32)
Place of birth	Nizhny Tagil, Russian SFSR
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team	Ural Yekaterinburg
Number	27
Youth career
0000–2007	DYuSSh Mega-Temp Krasnoufimsk
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2011	Ural Yekaterinburg	127	(16)
2012–2013	Anzhi Makhachkala	34	(3)
2013–2020	Zenit Saint Petersburg	139	(23)
2018	→ Krasnodar (loan)	6	(1)
2020–2021	Rubin Kazan	24	(1)
2022–	Ural Yekaterinburg	13	(1)
National team‡
2009	Russia U-19	1	(0)
2010–2013	Russia U-21	20	(3)
2013–2016	Russia	28	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 July 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 October 2016

Early life

Shatov was born and grew up in Nizhny Tagil, where the winter conditions made playing outdoor sports very difficult.[1] As a result, Shatov began playing futsal from the age of 14, before committing fully to association football two years later.[1]

Club career

Ural

Shatov made his professional debut in the Russian First Division in 2007 for FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast.[2] He was named Ural's Player of the Year after the 2010 season.[1]

Anzhi

Although Shatov was scouted by CSKA Moscow, he accepted an offer to join Anzhi Makhachkala during the 2011-12 winter transfer window. Upon joining Anzhi, Shatov was teammates with Roberto Carlos and Samuel Eto'o. Shatov earned his first call-up to the Russian men's national team while playing at Anzhi.[1] At the end of Shatov's first season, the team finished in fifth place in the Russian Premier League and suffered several changes of coaches.

Zenit

Shatov was signed by Zenit Saint Petersburg in the summer of 2013.[1] During the 2015-16 season, Shatov was a regular in Zenit's Champions League campaign that season, scoring the winning goal against Gent in the group stage.[3] Zenit was eventually eliminated by Benfica in the final 16.

Shatov left Zenit on 29 July 2020, when his contract with the club expired.[4]

Krasnodar

On 6 February 2018, he joined FC Krasnodar on loan until the end of the 2017–18 season.[5]

Rubin Kazan

On 29 July 2020, he signed a contract with Rubin Kazan for a term of 2 years with an additional 1-year extension option.[6] On 18 November 2021, his contract with Rubin was terminated by mutual consent.[7] He explained that he decided to pause his playing career due to repeating injuries and that he will reassess his situation in January 2022.[8]

Return to Ural

Shatov resumed playing when he rejoined his first club Ural Yekaterinburg in January 2022 for the pre-season camp. On 1 February 2022, he signed a contract with Ural until the end of the 2021–22 season.[9] Shatov extended his contract for the 2022–23 season on 16 June 2022.[10]

International career

After receiving a call up by coach Fabio Capello, Shatov scored a goal in his debut for Russia, in a friendly match against Iceland which Russia won 2-0.[1]

On 2 June 2014, he was included in the Russia's 2014 FIFA World Cup squad.[11]

Career statistics

As of 21 May 2022

International goals

Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first.[12]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	6 January 2013	Estadio Municipal de Marbella, Marbella, Spain	Iceland	0–2	0–2	Friendly
2.	31 May 2014	Ullevål Stadion, Oslo, Norway	Norway	0–1	1–1	Friendly

Honours

Anzhi

• Russian Cup: 2013 Runner Up

Zenit Saint Petersburg

• Russian Football Premier League: 2014–15, 2018–19,[13][14] 2019–20[15]
• Russian Cup: 2016, 2019–20[16]
• Russian Super Cup: 2015, 2016

References

На других языках

[es] Oleg Shátov

[fr] Oleg Chatov

[it] Oleg Šatov

[ru] Шатов, Олег Александрович