Mikhail Merkulov

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Viktorovich and the family name is Merkulov.
Mikhail Merkulov
Merkulov with Rubin Kazan in 2020
Personal information
Full name Mikhail Viktorovich Merkulov
Date of birth (1994-01-26) 26 January 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Kamyshin, Russia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
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)
2021–2023 Rijeka 4 (1)
International career
2013–2014 Russia U19 6 (0)
2015 Russia U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mikhail Viktorovich Merkulov (Russian: Михаил Викторович Меркулов; born 26 January 1994) is a Russian former footballer who played as a left-back.

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 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] Merkulov retired in September 2023 due to injury.[4]

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

  1. ^ Three appearances in FNL Cup

References

  1. ^ "Career Summary". Russian Football Union. 5 September 2011. Archived from the original on 7 May 2012.
  2. ^ "МИХАИЛ МЕРКУЛОВ – ИГРОК "РУБИНА"" (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 9 June 2020.
  3. ^ "МИХАИЛ МЕРКУЛОВ И КИРИЛЛ КОСАРЕВ ПРОДОЛЖАТ КАРЬЕРУ В ХОРВАТИИ" (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 28 July 2021.
  4. ^ ""Я УСТАЛ ОТ ФУТБОЛА. ХОЧЕТСЯ ОСВОИТЬ НОВУЮ ПРОФЕССИЮ". ИНТЕРВЬЮ ИГРОКА, ЗАВЕРШИВШЕГО КАРЬЕРУ В 29 ЛЕТ" (in Russian). Match TV. 6 September 2023.


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